Prefixes


 * __Prefix list for March 15- 18 hyper- over, beyond, high

hyperactive__** - overly active; abnormally busy hyperbole - an overstated comment; exaggeration hypercritical - overly critical; harsh in judgment; hard to please hyperextend - to injure a body part (e.g., knee, elbow) by bending it beyond how far it should normally bend hyperglysemia - abnormally high level of sugar in the blood; a blood sugar level above what is needed for healthy blood hypersensitive - overly sensitive; sensitivity beyond what is normal hypertension - abnormally high blood pressure; having blood pressure over what is normal hyperthermia - very high fever; body temperature over and above what is normal and healthy hyperthyroidism - a disorder caused by a thyroid gland that is faster than normal and overly productive; results in a rapid pulse, nervousness, and loss of weight hyperventilate - to breathe rapidly and deeply; to breathe beyond normal or what is necessary


 * __Prefix list for March 8-12 hypo- under, below, less__**

hypoallergenic - less likely to cause allergies hypocrisy - the practice of being less than genuine; pretending to be someone you are not hypodermic - under the skin hypogeal - located below the surface of the ground hypoglossal - under the tonue hypoglycemia - an abnormally low level of sugar in the blood; a blood sugar level below what is needed for healthy blood hypotension - having blood pressure below what is normal hypothermia - a temperature below the normal body temperature; low body heat hypothesis - an idea that is under investigation hypothyroidism - a disorder caused by a thyroid gland that is slower and less productive than normal


 * __Prefix list for March 1 - March 5 sym-, syn- together same__**

symbiosis (n.) - a relationship between two different organisms that live together and depend on each other symmetry (n.) - having the same shape, size, and position on both sides sympathy (n.) - feeling kindness together with someone who suffers: pity; commiseration;compassion symposium (n.)- a conference or meeting together to discuss a topic symptoms (n.) - the conditions that together tell a doctor what is wrong synagogue (n.)- a place for meeting together for worship and religious instruction in the Jewish faith syndicate (n.) - a group of business people working together synonym (n.)- a word that has the same meaning as another word synthesis (n.) - parts put together to make a whole synthetic (adj.) - formed together from artificial parts; not genuine; fake