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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. hystero-, prefix1 View full entry 1706
...combining form of Greek ὑστέρα womb. Used in medical terms of recent formation with the senses:...
3. ob-, prefix View full entry 1793
...In combinations already formed in Latin in the senses noted in the etymology; rarely in words formed in English itself on Latin elements; e.g....
4. para-, prefix1 View full entry 1715
...Forming miscellaneous terms in the sense ‘analogous or parallel to, but separate from or going beyond, what is denoted by the root word’....
5. retro-, prefix View full entry 1759
...Miscellaneous terms....
6. syn-, prefix View full entry 1786
...Latinized form of Greek συν- (= σύν prep. with), together, similarly, alike, occurring in many modern scientific terms, the more recent or less important of which are collected...
