Chapter 4 medical terms Prefixes Flashcards
1
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A-
A
Absent, Without, Away from
2
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Ab-
A
Away from
3
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Ad-
A
To, Tword
4
Q
Ambi-
A
Both
5
Q
An-
A
Without
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Anti-
A
Against
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Ante-
A
Before
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Auto-
A
Self
9
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Bi-
A
Two
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Bio-
A
Life
11
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Carcin-(o)
A
Cancer
12
Q
Circum-
A
Around
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Co-
A
With, Together
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Contra-
A
Against, Counter to
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De-
A
Down, From
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Di-
A
Two
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Dis-
A
Apart, Away from
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Dors-
A
Back
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Dys-
A
Abnormal, Impaired
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E-
A
Out, From
21
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Ect-
A
Outside, Without
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End-(o)
A
Inside, Within
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Epi-
A
Upon, Over, In addition
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Ex-
A
Out of
25
Extra-
Beyond, Outside, In addition
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Flex-
Bent
27
Front-
Front, Forehead
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Hemi-
Half
29
Hetero-
The other
30
Hom-
Common, Same
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Hydro-
Denoting water
32
Hyper-
Above, Extreme
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Hypo-
Under, Below
34
In-
Within, Into, Not, Negitive
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Infra-
Beneath
36
Inter-
Between
37
Intra-
Inside
38
Leuk-(o)
White
39
Macr-(o)
Large, Long
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Mal-
Abnormal, Bad
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Medi-
Middle, Midline
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Mega-
Large, Extreme
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Micr-(o)
Small
44
Mon-(o)
One, Single
45
Multi-
Many, Multiple
46
Narc-
Stupor, Numbness
47
Ne-(o)
New
48
Necr-(o)
Dead
49
Nutri-
Norish
50
Para-
Next to, Resembling, beside
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Path-
Pertaining to disease
52
Per-
Through
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Peri-
Around
54
Poly-
Many, Much
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Post-
After, Later in time
56
Pre-/Pro-
Before in time
57
Pseud-(o)
False
58
Quad-
Four
59
Re-
Back, Again
60
Retro-
Backward
61
Semi-
Half
62
Sub-
Under, Below
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Super-
Above, In addition
64
Supra-
Over, Above, Upper
65
Syn-
Together, Along with
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Tri-
Three
67
Trans-
Across
68
Uni-
Single, One
