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Chapter 2- Key Adjective Modifiers Flashcards

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auto-

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Self

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brachy-

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Short

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brady-

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Slow

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brevi-

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Short

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cav-

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Hollow

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cryo-

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Cold

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crypto-

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Hidden, concealed

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dextro-

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Right

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diplo-

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Double, twice

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dys-

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Difficult, bad, faulty, disordered, painful

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eu-

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Normal, good, well

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glyco-

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Sugar, sweet

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gravid

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Heavy, pregnant

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haplo-

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Single, simple

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hetero-, heter-

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Other, a relationship to others

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homo-, homeo-

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Same

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hydro-

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Wet, water

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iso-

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Equal

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latus-, lat-

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Broad, side

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longus-

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Long

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macro

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Large, abnormal size

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magni-

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Large, great

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malaco-

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Soft

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mal-

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Bad

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medi-

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Middle

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mega-

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Great

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megalo-

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Huge

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meso-

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Middle, mid

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micro-

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Small

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minimus-

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Smallest

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multi-, -poly

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Many, much

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necro-

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Dead

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neo-

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New

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oligo-

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Few, scanty, little

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ortho-

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Straight, normal, correct

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oxy-

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Sharp, quick, acute

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poly-

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Many, much

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pronus-, prono-

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Face down

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pseudo-

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False

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sclero-

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Hard

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scolio-

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Twisted, crooked

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sinistro-

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Left

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stasis-

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Stop

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steno-

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Narrow

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stalsis

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Contract

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tachy-

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Fast, swift

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tele-, tel-, telo-

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End, far away

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thermo-

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Heat

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trachy-

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Rough

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xero-

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Dry

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