Chapter 3 - Prefixes Flashcards by Miranda Dawson

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Tachy-

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Rapid

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Epi-

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Above, upon

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Nat

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Birth

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Derm

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Skin

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Pre-

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Before

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-cyte

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Cell

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-emia

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Blood condition

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Mono-

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1

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Super-

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Upper, above

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Eu-

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Good, normal

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Poly-

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Many, much

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A-

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Without, not

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Sub-

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Under, below

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Uni-

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1

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-Version

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Turning

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Supra-

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Above; excessive; superior

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Dys-

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Bad; painful; difficult

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Quadri-

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4

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Extra-

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Outside, outward

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-gravida

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Pregnant woman

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Bacteri

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Bacteria

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Anti-

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Against

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Homeo-

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Same

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Ecto-

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Outside, outward

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Brady-

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Slow

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Ultra-

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Excess, beyond

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Hetero-

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Different

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-scope

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Instrument for examining

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Hypo-

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Under, below; deficient

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Peri-

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Around

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micro-

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Small

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Infra-

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Under, below

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-ceps

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Head

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Circum-

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Around

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-al

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Pertaining to

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Peri-

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Around

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Later

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Side

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Endo-

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In, within

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-ous

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Pertaining to

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macro-

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Large

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Diplo-

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Double

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Cutane

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Skin

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-opia

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Vision

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Contra-

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Against

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Auto-

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Self, own

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Cost

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Ribs

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Intra-

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In, within

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Hyper-

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Excessive, above normal

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Inter-

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Between

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Nucle

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Nucleus

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Tri-

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3

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Retro-

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Backward, behind

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What are the 4 prefix types?

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Position, number, measurement, and direction.

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Homo-

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Same

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Ab-

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From, away from

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-Therapy

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Treatment

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Hemi-

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1/2; one half

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Post-

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After

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Exo-

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Outside, outward

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Trans-

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Through, across

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An-

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Without, not

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-ic

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Pertaining to

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Calc

A

Calcium

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-plegia

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Paralysis

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Multi-

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Manny, much

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Para-

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Near, beside; beyond

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-crine

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Secrete

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Bi-

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2

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Dipl-

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Double

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Ad-

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Toward

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Trans-

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Through, across

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Mal-

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Bad

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Pan-

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All

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Primi-

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First

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Pseudo-

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False

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Syn-

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Union, together, joined

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Pro-

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Forward, for