anti-

• antibacterialanti·bacteri·al

  1. Prefixanti-against, counteracting
  2. +Rootbacteri/obacteria
  3. +Suffix-alpertaining to

  killing bacteria or stopping their growth · In the dictionary

• antithromboticanti·thrombo·tic

  1. Prefixanti-against, counteracting
  2. +Rootthromb/oblood clot
  3. +Suffix-ticpertaining to

  preventing blood clots from forming; also a drug that does this

• antipsychoticanti·psycho·tic

  1. Prefixanti-against, counteracting
  2. +Rootpsych/omind
  3. +Suffix-ticpertaining to

  a medicine used to treat psychosis, as in schizophrenia

• antibioticanti·bio·tic

  1. Prefixanti-against, counteracting
  2. +Rootbi/olife
  3. +Suffix-ticpertaining to

  a medicine that kills bacteria or slows their growth, used for bacterial infections; it does not work on viruses · In the dictionary

• antiemeticanti·emet·ic

  1. Prefixanti-against, counteracting
  2. +Suffix-emesisvomiting
  3. +Suffix-icpertaining to

  a drug that helps prevent or treat nausea and vomiting

• antimycoticanti·myco·tic

  1. Prefixanti-against, counteracting
  2. +Rootmyc/ofungus
  3. +Suffix-ticpertaining to

  acting against fungi; another word for antifungal

• antiepilepticanti·epi·lept·ic

  1. Prefixanti-against, counteracting
  2. +Prefixepi-on, upon, over
  3. +Suffix-lepsyseizure, attack
  4. +Suffix-icpertaining to

  a drug that prevents or controls seizures; now usually called an antiseizure medication

• ante-before, in front of

Terms in our life science dictionary that list anti- among their word parts.

• Antagonist
• Antibiotic resistance
• Antibody
• Anticoagulant
• Antidiuretic hormone
• Antigen
• Antioxidant
• Antiviral drug
• Monoclonal antibody

Written for biofideX in plain words, after checking these references:

• Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean
• 1.3: Common Prefixes
• anti- - Wiktionary, the free dictionary

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