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Words to Learn 141Medications with Anti-The prefix anti- is widely used in medicine. Health-care professionals prescribeantibiotics such as penicillin and neomycin to kill organisms that can causedisease. The word antibiotic comes from anti- and bio, meaning “life.” We takean antihistamine to stop the sneezing and runny nose of a cold or an allergy.Antihistamine comes from anti- plus histi, the ancient Greek word element meaning“tissue,” or body substance. Immunizations against smallpox, measles, polio,and tuberculosis allow us to form antibodies that prevent these diseases.Currently, medical researchers are trying to locate substances that will formantibodies against the deadly viruses that cause as AIDS, SARS, BSE, avian flu,and swine flu.2. antipathy (noun) ăn-t˘pə-thē (plural: antipathies)From Greek: anti- (against) patho (feeling)great hatred, opposition, or disgustDebbie felt deep-seated antipathy to the man who hadcheated her family out of money.Increased contact between the two cultures graduallydecreased the antipathy between them.Copyright © Cengage Learning. All Right Reserved.3. antithesis (noun) ăn-t˘th˘-s˘s (plural: antitheses)From Greek: anti- (against) tithenai (to put)opposite; direct contrastCensorship is the antithesis of freedom of expression.The actor’s real-life charm and fashionable clothes made himthe antithesis of the slob he played on the TV soap opera. Common Phrasesantithesis of; antithetical to Related Wordantithetical (adjective) (ăn-t˘-thĕt˘-kəl) Rigid thinking isantithetical to creativity.equi-, equa-4. equilibrium (noun) ēkwə-l˘brē-əmFrom Latin: equi- (equal) libra (balance)balance between forces; stabilityTraditional Chinese philosophy values keeping the forces ofyin (passivity) and yang (activity) in equilibrium.