Ch 3 Prefixes Flashcards

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mono-, uni-

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One

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Bi-, di-

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Two

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Tri-

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Three

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Quad-, quadri-, tetra-

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Four

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Centi-

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One hundred, one-hundreth

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Milli-

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One thousandth

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Diplo

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Double

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Hemi-, semi-

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Half, partly

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Hyper-

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Excessive, more than normal

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Hypo-

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Under, less than normal

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Multi-, poly-

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Many

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Nulli-

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None

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13
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Pan-

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All

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Primi-

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First

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15
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Super-, ultra-

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Excessive

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Ab-

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Away from

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Ad-

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Toward

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18
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Ante-, pre-

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Before in time or in place

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Circum-, peri-

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Around

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Contra-

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Against or opposed

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Dia-

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Through

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Ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-

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Outside, without, away from

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23
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En-, end-, endo-

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Inside

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24
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Epi-

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Above, on

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Hypo, -infra-, sub-

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Beneath, under

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Inter-

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Between

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27
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Intra-

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Within

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Ipsi-

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Same

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Meso-, mid-

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Middle

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30
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Para-

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Near, beside, or abnormal

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31
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Per-

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Through or by

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32
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Post-

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After, behind

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33
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Retro-

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Behind, backward

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34
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Super-, Supra-

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Above, beyond

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35
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Sym-, syn-

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Joined, together

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36
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Trans-

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Across

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37
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Anti-, contra-

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Against

38
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Brady-

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Slow

39
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Dys-

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Bad, difficult

40
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Eu-

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Good, normal

41
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Mal-

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Bad

42
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Pro-

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Favoring, supporting

43
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Tachy-

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Fast

44
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Ante-, pre-, pro-

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Before

45
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Post-

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AfTer or behind

46
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Macro-, mega-, megalo-

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Large or great

47
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A-, an-

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No, not, without

48
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In-

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Not or inside

49
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Alb/o, Albin/o, leuk/o

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White

50
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Chlor/o

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Green

51
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Cyan/o

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Blue

52
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Erythr/o

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Red

53
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Melan/o

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Black

54
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Xanth/o

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Yellow

55
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-cyte

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Cell

56
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-genie, -genesis

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Beginning, origin

57
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-gram, -graph, -graphy

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To record

58
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-kinesics, -kinesis

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Movement, motion

59
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-lepsy

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Seizure

60
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-lysin, -lysis, -lytic

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Destruction, dissolving

61
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-malacia

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Soft, softening

62
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-megaly

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Large, enlarged

63
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-meter, -metry

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Measure

64
Q

-pathy

A

Disease

65
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-Phagia, -phagic, -phagy

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Eat, ingest

66
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-phasia

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Speech

67
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-plegia

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Paralysis

68
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-schiasis

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Split, cleft

69
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-sclerosis

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Hard, hardening

70
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-scope, -scopy

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To examine, to view

71
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-tropic, -trophy

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Nutrition

72
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Aer/o

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Air

73
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Blast/o

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Embryonic form

74
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Cancer/o, carcin/o

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Cancer

75
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Cephal/o

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Head

76
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Cry/o

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Cold

77
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Crypt/o

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Hidden

78
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Dips/o

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Thirst

79
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Electr/o

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Electricity

80
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Fibr/o

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Fiber

81
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Hist/o

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Tissue

82
Q

Myc/o

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Fungus

83
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Narc/o

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Stupor

84
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Necr/o

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Dead

85
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Optic/ , opt/o

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Vision

86
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Phon/o

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Voice

87
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Phot/o

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Light

88
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Py/o

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Pus

89
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Therm/o

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Heat

90
Q

Top/o

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Position, place

91
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Trache/o

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Trachea