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Chapter 3 Prefixes & More Flashcards

Number, Quantities, Position/Direction, Descriptive, Time/Size, Colors, Other Combining Words

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1
Q

Numbers

mono- uni-

A

one

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Numbers

bi- di-

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two

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3
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Numbers

tri-

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three

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Numbers

quad- quadri- tetra-

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four

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Numbers

centi-

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one hundredth

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Numbers

milli-

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one-thousandth

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Quantities

diplo-

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double

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Quantities

hemi- semi-

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half or partly

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Quantities

hyper-

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excessive or more than normal

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Quantities

hypo-

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beneath or below normal

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Quantities

multi- poly-

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many

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12
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Quantities

nulli-

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none

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Quantities

pan-

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all

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Quantities

primi-

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first

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Quantities

super- ultra-

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excessive

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Position/Direction

ab-

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away from

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Position/Direction

ad-

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toward

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Position/Direction

ante- pre-

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before in time or before in place

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Position/Direction

circum- peri-

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around

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Position/Direction

contra-

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against or opposed

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21
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Positon/Direction

trans-

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across

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Position/Direction

dia-

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through

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Position/Direction

ecto- ex- exo- extra-

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out or without or away from

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Position/Direction

en- end- endo-

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inside

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Position/Direction

epi-

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above or on

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Position/Direction

hypo- infra- sub-

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beneath or under

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Position/Direction

inter-

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between

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Position/Direction

intra-

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within

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29
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Position/Direction

top(o)

A

position or place

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30
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Position/Direction

ipsi-

A

same

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31
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Position/Direction

meso- mid-

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middle

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32
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Position/Direction

para-

A

near or beside

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33
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Position/Direction

per-

A

through or by

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34
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Position/Direction

post-

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after or behind

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35
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Position/Direction

retro-

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behind or backward

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36
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Position/Direction

super- supra-

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above or beyond

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37
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Position/Direction

sym- syn-

A

joined or together

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Descriptive

anti- contra-

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against

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39
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Descriptive

brady-

A

slow

40
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Descriptive

dys-

A

bad or difficult

41
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Descriptive

eu-

A

good or normal

42
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Descriptive

mal-

A

bad

43
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Descriptive

pro-

A

favoring or supporting

44
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Descriptive

tachy-

A

fast

45
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Time/Size

ante- pre- pro-

A

before

46
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Time/Size

post-

A

after

47
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Time/Size

macro- mega- megalo-

A

large or great, enlarged

48
Q

Time/Size

micro-

A

small

49
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Time/Size

a- an

A

no, not, without

50
Q

Time/Size

in-

A

not or inside

51
Q

Colors

alb/o albin/o leuk/o leuc/o

A

white

52
Q

Colors

chlor/o

A

green

53
Q

Colors

cyan/o

A

blue

54
Q

Colors

erythr/o

A

red

55
Q

Colors

melan/o

A

black or dark

56
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Colors

xanth/o

A

yellow

57
Q

Other Combining Forms

-cyte cyt/o

A

cell

58
Q

Other Combining Forms

-genesis -genic gen/o

A

pertaining to beginning (onset)

59
Q

Other Combining Forms

-gram gram/o

A

a record

60
Q

Other Combining Forms

-graphy

A

processing of recording (producing a record)

61
Q

Other Combining Forms

-graph

A

instrument used to record

62
Q

Other Combining Forms

-kinesi/o -kinesia kinesi/o

A

movement

63
Q

Other Combining Forms

-lepsy leps/o

A

seizure

64
Q

Other Combining Forms

-lysis lys/o

A

process of destroying (breaking down)

65
Q

Other Combining Forms

-malacia malac/o

A

softening

66
Q

Other Combining Forms

-megaly megal/o

A

enlarged

67
Q

Other Combining Forms

-meter metr/o

A

instrument to measure

68
Q

Other Combining Forms

-metry

A

process of measuring

69
Q

Other Combining Forms

-pathy path/o

A

disease

70
Q

Other Combining Forms

-phagia phag/o

A

eating/swallowing

71
Q

Other Combining Forms

-phasia phas/o

A

speech (brain function)

72
Q

Other Combining Forms

-plegia pleg/o

A

paralysis

73
Q

Other Combining Forms

-schisis (schis/o)

A

split

74
Q

Other Combining Forms

-sclerosis (scler/o)

A

hardening

75
Q

Other Combining Forms

-scope scop/o

A

instrument to view, examine

76
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Other Combining Forms

-scopy

A

process of viewing

77
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Other Combining Forms

-trophy troph/o

A

nutrition

78
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Other Combining Forms

aer/o

A

air

79
Q

Other Combining Forms

blast/o

A

embryonic form (one at an early stage in development)

80
Q

Other Combining Forms

cancer/o carcin/o

A

cancer

81
Q

Other Combining Forms

cephal/o

A

head

82
Q

Other Combining Forms

cry/o

A

cold

83
Q

Other Combining Forms

crypt/o

A

hidden

84
Q

Other Combining Forms

dips/o

A

thirst

85
Q

Other Combining Forms

electr/o

A

electricity

86
Q

Other Combining Forms

fibr/o

A

fiber

87
Q

Other Combining Forms

hist/o

A

tissue

88
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Other Combining Forms

myc/o

A

fungus

89
Q

Other Combining Forms

narc/o

A

stupor

90
Q

Other Combining Forms

necr/o

A

death (of cells/tissue)

91
Q

Other Combining Forms

optic/o opt/o

A

vision

92
Q

Other Combining Forms

-phonia phon/o

A

voice

93
Q

Other Combining Forms

phot/o

A

light

94
Q

Other Combining Forms

py/o

A

pus

95
Q

Other Combining Forms

therm/o

A

heat

96
Q

Other Combining Forms

trache(o)

A

windpipe or trachea

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