Ch 4. Prefixes Flashcards by Caitlin Hoogland

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Carp/o

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Wrist

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Cis/o

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Cut

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Cost/o

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Rib

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Cutane/o

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Skin

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Dactyl/o

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Fingers, toes

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Duct/o

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Lead, carry

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Flex/o

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Bend

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Furc/o

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Branching

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Gloss/o

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Tongue

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Immun/o

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Protection

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Morph/o

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Shape, form

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Mort/o

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Death

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nat/i

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Birth

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Norm/o

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Rule, order

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ox/o

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Oxygen

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-crine

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Secrete

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-drome

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Run

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-fusion

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Coming together, to pour

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-gen

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Substance that produces

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-lapse

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Slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

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Breakdown, destruction, separation

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-meter

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Measure

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-mission

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Send

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-or

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One who

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-oxia

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Oxygen

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-partum

A

Birth, labour

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a-
an-

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Not, not, without

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ab-

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Away from

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Adductor

A

A muscle that draws a limb toward the body

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Adrenal glands

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Glands that lie on top of each kidney

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Ana-

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Up, apart

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Ante-

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Before, forward

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ante cibum

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Before meals
Cibum = meals

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Adrenal glands secrete

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Adrenaline hormone (epinephrine)
Bronchial tubes widen, heart beats more rapidly, blood pressure rises

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Anti-

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Against

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Auto-

A

Self, own

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Bi-

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Two

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Brady-

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Slow

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Cata-

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Down

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Con-

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With, together

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Contra-

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Against, opposite

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de-

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Down, lack of

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Dia-

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Through, complete

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dys-

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Abnormal, bad, difficult, painful

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ec-

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Out, outside