Chapter 3 Flashcards by Julianna Small | Brainscape

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Prim/i

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First

Ex. Primary

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Mon/o

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One

Ex. Monocular

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Uni

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One

Ex. Unibrow

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Hemi

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Half, one side

Ex. Hemisphere

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Semi

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Half, partial

Ex. Semipermeable

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Bi

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Two, twice

Ex. Binary

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Di

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Two, twice

Ex. Diatomic

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Dipl/o

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Double

Ex. Diplococci

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Tri

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Three

Ex. Tricuspid

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Quadr/i

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Four

Ex. Quadruplet

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Tetra

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Four

Ex. Tetralogy

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Multi

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Many

Ex. Multicellular

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Poly

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Many, much

Ex. Polygamy

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cyan/o

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blue

Ex. Cyanosis (lack of oxygen discoloration in skin)

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erythr/o

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red

Ex. erythrocyte (red blood cell)

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leuk/o

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white

Ex. Leukemia (white blood cell cancer)

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melan/o

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black/dark

Ex. Melanin (dark pigment of hair and skin)

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xanth/o

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yellow

Ex. xanthoma (yellow skin growth)

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Prefix ‘a’?

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Not, without, lack of, absence.

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Prefix ‘an’?

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Not, without, lack of, absence.

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Prefix ‘anti?

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Against

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Prefix ‘contra’

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against, opposite, opposed

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Prefix ‘de’?

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Down, without, removal, loss

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Prefix ‘dis’?

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Absence, removal, separation

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in/im

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not

Ex. Incontinent

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non

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not

Ex. Noncontributory

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un

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not

Ex. Uncoordinated

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ab

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Away from

Ex. Abduct

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ad

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Toward, near

Ex. Adduct

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dia

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through

Ex. diarrhea

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per

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through

Ex. percutaneous

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trans

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through

Ex. Transected

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hyper

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over, excess, abnormally high, increased

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hypo

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under, below, abnormally low, decreased

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olig/o

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few, scanty

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pan

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all

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super

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above, excess

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equi

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equal, same

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eu

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true, good, easy, normal

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hetero

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other, different, unequal

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homo, homeo

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same, unchanging

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iso

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equal, same

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macro

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large, abnormally large

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mega, megalo

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large, abnormally large

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micro

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small

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neo

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new

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normo

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normal

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ortho

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straight, correct, upright

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poikilo

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varied, irregular

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pseudo

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false

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re

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again, back

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ante

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before

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pre

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before, in front of

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pro

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before, in front of

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post

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after, behind

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dextr/o

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right

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sinistr/o

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left

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ec, ecto

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out, outside

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ex/o

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away from, outside

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end/o

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in, within

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mes/o

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middle

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syn, sym (used before b, m, p)

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together

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tel/e, tel/o

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