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1. hemi-, prefix View full entry 1776
...Half-; one half, the half, pertaining to or affecting one half; esp. in Anat., Biol., and Pathol. Pertaining to one of the two halves...
2. hyper-, prefix View full entry 1611
...Formations in which, as in hyperborean, the prefix has the prepositional force of ‘over, beyond, or above’ (what is denoted by the second element)....
3. hypo-, prefix View full entry c1540
...In words from Greek: the most important of these are hypochondria, hypocrisy, hypocrite, hypotenuse, hypothec, hypothesis, and their derivatives....
4. juxta-, prefix View full entry 1875
...repr. Latin juxtā adv. and prep. ‘near, by the side of, according to’, used in recent formations, in which it stands in prepositional relation to the n. represented in the...
5. post-, prefix View full entry 1578
...Forming words in which post- is either adverbial or adjectival, and qualifies the verb, or the verbal derivative or other adjective or noun which forms or is implied in the...
6. pre-, prefix View full entry 1559
...Combinations in which pre- is adverbial or adjectival, qualifying the verb, adjective, or noun to which it is prefixed....
7. pro-, prefix2 View full entry 1833
...Prefixed to nouns and adjectives with the sense ‘earlier, prior, before (in time)’; spec.chiefly Biol., forming nouns and derived adjectives denoting something that is an earlier or (supposedly)forming...
8. semi-, prefix View full entry ?1550
...In general use....
9. sub-, prefix View full entry c1386
...In prepositional relation to the noun constituting or implied in the second element, with the sense ‘situated, existing, or occurring under, below, or at the bottom of’....
10. super-, prefix View full entry c1429
...Forming adjectives and nouns denoting a thing which is situated over, above, higher than, or (less commonly) upon another, and verbs expressing this relation....
