Chapter 3 Prefixes Flashcards
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mono-, uni-
A
one
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bi-, di-
A
two
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tri-
A
three
4
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quad-, quadri-, tetra-
A
four
5
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centi-
A
one hundred, one-hundreth
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milli-
A
one-thousandth
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diplo-
A
double
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hemi-, semi-
A
half, partly
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hyper-
A
excessive, more than normal
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hypo-
A
under, less than normal
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Q
multi-, poly-
A
many
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nulli-
A
none
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pan-
A
all
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primi-
A
first
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super-, ultra-
A
excessive
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ab-
A
away from
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ad-
A
toward
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ante-, pre-
A
before in time or place
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circum-, peri-
A
around
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contra-
A
against or opposed
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dia-
A
through
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ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra
A
outside, without, away from
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en-, end-, endo-
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inside
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epi-
A
above, on
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hypo-, infra-, sub-
beneath, under
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inter-
between
27
intra-
within
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ipsi-
same
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meso-, mid-
middle
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para-
near, beside, or abnormal
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per-
through or by
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post-
after, behind
33
retro-
behind, backward
34
super-, supra-
above, beyond
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sym-, syn-
joined, together
36
trans-
across
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anti-, contra-
against
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brady-
slow
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dys-
bad, difficult, disordered
40
eu-
good, normal
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mal-
bad, abnormal
42
pro-
favoring, supporting
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tachy-
fast
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ante-, pre- pro-
before
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post-
after or behind
46
macro-, mega-, megalo-
large or great
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micro-
small
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a-, an-
no, not, without
49
in-, not-
not (could also be inside (in))
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alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o (leuc/o)
white
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chlor/o
green
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cyan/o
blue
53
erythr/o
red
54
melan/o
black
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xanth/o
yellow
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cyt/o, -cyte
cell
57
gen/o
-genic
-genesis
beginning, origin (sometimes genes)
produced by or in
producing or forming
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gram/o
-gram
-graph
-graphy
to record
a record
instrument for recording
process of recording
59
kinesi/o, -kinesia, -kinesis
movement, motion
60
leps/o, -lepsy
seizure
61
lys/o
-lysin
-lysis
-lytic
destruction, dissolving
that which destroys
process of destroying
capable of or producing destruction
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malac/o
-malacia
soft, softening
abnormal softening
63
megal/o
-megaly
large, enlarged
enlargement
64
metr/o
-meter
-metry
measure, uterine tissue
instrument used to measure
process of measuring
65
path/o, -pathy
disease
66
phag/o
-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
eat, ingest
eating, swallowing
67
phas/o, -phasia
speech
68
pleg/o, -plegia
paralysis
69
schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o, -schisis
split, cleft
70
slcer/o
-sclerosis
hard
hardening
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scop/o
-scope
-scopy
to examine, to view
instrument used for viewing
process of examining visually
72
troph/o, -trophic, -trophy
nutrition
73
aer/o
air
74
blast/o
embryonic form
75
cancer/o, carcin/o
cancer
76
cephal/o
head
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cry/o
cold
78
crypt/o
hidden
79
dips/o
thirst
80
electr/o
electricity
81
fibr/o
fiber
82
hist/o
tissue
83
myc/o
fungus
84
narc/o
stupor (insensibility, near-unconsciousness)
85
necr/o
dead
86
optic/o, opt/o
vision
87
phon/o
voice
88
phot/o
light
89
py/o
pus
90
therm/o
heat
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top/o
position, place
92
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
