Ch. 4: Prefixes Flashcards

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cib/o

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meals

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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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to lead, carry

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furc/o

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forking, branching

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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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nect/o

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to bind, tie, connect

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norm/o

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rule, order

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seps/o

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infection

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somn/o

A

sleep

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son/o

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sound

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the/o

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to put, place

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland, shield

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top/o

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place, position, location

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18
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-blast

A

embryonic, immature

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-crine

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to secrete

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-drome

A

to run

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21
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-fusion

A

coming together

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-gen

A

substance that produces

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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24
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-meter

A

to measure

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25
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-mission

A

to send

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-or

A

one who

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-phoria

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to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

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-physis

A

to grow

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-plasia

A

development, formation, growth

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-plasm

A

structure or formation

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-pnea

A

breathing

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-ptosis

A

falling, drooping

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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

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a-, an-

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no, not, without

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ab-

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away from

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anti-

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against

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-brady

A

slow

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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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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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ec-, ecto-

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outside

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endo

A

in, within

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside, away from

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hemi-

A

half

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in-

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not, into, within

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infra-

A

beneath, under

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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in, within, into

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macro-

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large

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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through

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post-

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after, behind

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pro-

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before, forward

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pros-

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before, forward

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re-

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back, again

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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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fast

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ultra-

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beyond, excess