Chapter 3- Essential Prefexes and More Flashcards

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Bi-, di-

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Two

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Mono-, uni-

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One

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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-hundredth

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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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Pan-

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All

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Primi-

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First

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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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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-, Exo-, ex-, extra-

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Out, without, away from

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En-, end-, endo-

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Inside

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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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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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Para-

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Near, beside, or abnormal

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Per-

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Through or by

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Post-

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after, behind

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Retro-

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Behind, backward

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Super- supra-

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Above, beyond

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Sym-, syn-

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Joined, together

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Tran-

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Across

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Anti-, contra-

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Against

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Brady-

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Slow

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dys-

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Bad, difficult

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Eu-

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Good, normal

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Mal-

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Bad

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Pro-

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Favoring, supporting

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Ante-, pro-, pre-

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Before

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Post-

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After, behind

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Macro-, mega-, megalo-

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Large or great

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Micro-

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Small

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A-, an-

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No, not, without

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In-

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Not or inside (in)

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Alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o (leuc/o)

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White

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Chlor/o

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Green

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Melan/o

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Black

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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CF: cyt/o

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Suffix: -cyte

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CF: gen/o

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Suffix: -genic, -genesis

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CF: gram/o

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Suffix: -gram, -graph, -graphy

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CF: kinesi/o

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Suffix: -kinesia, -kinesis

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Leps/o

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Suffix: -lepsy

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CF: lys/o

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Suffix: -lysin, -lysis, -lytic

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CF: malac/o

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Suffix: malacia

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CF: megal/o

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Suffix: -megaly

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CF: metr/o

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Suffix: -meter, -metry

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CF: path/o

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Suffix: -pathy

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CF: phag/o

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Suffix: -phagia, -phagic, -phagy

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CF: phas/o

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Suffix: -phasia

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CF: pleg/o

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Suffix: -plegia

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CF: schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o

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Suffix: -scgisis

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CF: scler/o

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Suffix: -sclerosis

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CF: scop/o

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Suffix: -scope, -scopy

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CF: troph/o

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Suffix: -trophic, -trophy

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Aer/o

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Air

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Blast/o

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Embryonic form

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Cancer/o, carcin/o

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Cancer

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Crypt/o

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Hidden

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Dips/o

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Thirst

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Fibr/o

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Fiber

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Hist/o

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Tissue

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Narc/o

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Stupor

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Necr/o

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Dead

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Optic/o, opt/o

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Vision

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Phon/o

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Voice

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Phot/o

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Light

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Py/o

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Pus

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Therm/o

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Heat

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Top/o

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Position, place

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Trache/o

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Trachea (windpipe)