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<prefix>
A combining form or prefix meaning against, opposite or opposed to, contrary, or in place of, in relation to symptoms and diseases, curative.
It is often shortened to ant-, such as; antacid, antarctic, when ant- appears before a vowel or 'h'.
Examples include: antiscorbutic, anticlimax, antipope, anti-hero, anti-novel, antineutrino, antiproton.
Origin: from or influenced by Greek anti- 'against'
(20 Jun 2000)
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