Ana-

prefix

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Definitions

Prefix
  1. 1
    up, above, upward morpheme

    "e.g. anafront, anagogy, anaglyph"

  2. 2
    again morpheme

    "e.g. anabaptist, anataxis, anastatic"

  3. 3
    backward in direction, reversed morpheme

    "e.g. anagram, anaplasia, anaphase"

  4. 4
    thoroughly morpheme

    "e.g. analysis, analyte, anatomy"

  5. 5
    against morpheme

    "e.g. anachronism, anamodernism, anatoxin"

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  1. 6
    distal, away from morpheme

    "e.g. anacolpate, anaporate, anaseismic"

  2. 7
    to grow or change in place; functionally similar morpheme

    "e.g. anagen, anagenesis, anabranch"

Synonyms

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contracounterdistoextraperpur

Example

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"e.g. anafront, anagogy, anaglyph"

Etymology

From Ancient Greek ἀνα- (ana-), from ἀνά (aná, “on, up, above, throughout”). Doublet of on-.

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