A&P prefixes

Prefix that means absent, without, or away from

• a-

• ab-

• ad-

• ante-

Prefix that means away from

• a-

• ab-

• ad-

• ante-

Prefix that means to or toward

• a-

• ab-

• ad-

• ante-

Prefix that means without

• a-; an-

• ab-

• ad-

• ante-

Prefix that means against

• anti-

• ante-

• auto-

• ambi-

Prefix that means before

• ambi-

• anti-

• ante-

• auto-

Prefix that means two

• bi-

• bio-

• co-

• ex-

Prefix that means life

• bi-

• bio-

• dis-

• epi-

Prefix that means cancer

• carcin-(o)

• contra-

• circum-

• dors-

Prefix that means around

• carcin-(o)

• circum-

• contra-

• dors-