Chapter 3 Prefixes Flashcards

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mono-, uni-

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one

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bi-, di-

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two

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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-hundreth

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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 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-, ex-, exo-, extra

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outside, 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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trans-

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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, disordered

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eu-

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good, normal

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mal-

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bad, abnormal

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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-, pre- pro-

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before

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post-

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after or 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-, not-

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not (could also be 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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cyt/o, -cyte

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cell

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gen/o
-genic
-genesis

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beginning, origin (sometimes genes)
produced by or in
producing or forming

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gram/o
-gram
-graph
-graphy

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to record
a record
instrument for recording
process of recording

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kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis

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movement, motion

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leps/o, -lepsy

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seizure

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lys/o
-lysin
-lysis
-lytic

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destruction, dissolving
that which destroys
process of destroying
capable of or producing destruction

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malac/o
-malacia

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soft, softening
abnormal softening

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megal/o
-megaly

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large, enlarged
enlargement

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metr/o
-meter
-metry

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measure, uterine tissue
instrument used to measure
process of measuring

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path/o, -pathy

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disease

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phag/o
-phagia, -phagic, -phagy

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eat, ingest
eating, swallowing

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phas/o, -phasia

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speech

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pleg/o, -plegia

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paralysis

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schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o, -schisis

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split, cleft

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slcer/o
-sclerosis

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hard
hardening

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scop/o
-scope
-scopy

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to examine, to view
instrument used for viewing
process of examining visually

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troph/o, -trophic, -trophy

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nutrition

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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 (insensibility, near-unconsciousness)

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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)