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pre·fix [ pree-fiks ]
Definitions related to prefix:
  • A prefix has a strong association to the immediately following name part. A prefix has no implicit trailing white space (it has implicit leading white space though). Note that prefixes can be inverted.
    NCI Health Level 7 Vocabulary
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2018
  • An affix occurring at or before the beginning of a word or name.
    NCI
    U.S. National Cancer Institute, 2021
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