Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards

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a-

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no, not, without

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an-

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no, not, without

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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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ana-

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up, apart

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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against

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auto-

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self, own

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against

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de-

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down, lack of

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dia-

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through complete

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dys-

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bad, painful

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ec-

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out, outside

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ecto-

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out, outside

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en-

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in, within

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endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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upon, on, above

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eu-

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good, normal

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ex-

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out, outside

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive

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hypo-

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under, deficient

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in-

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not, into, within

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infra-

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beneath

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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in, within, into

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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meta-

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beyond, change

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micro-

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small

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neo-

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new

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pan-

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all

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para-

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abnormal, beside, near

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

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many, much

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front

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pro-

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before, forward

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pros-

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before, forward

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re-

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back, again

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retro-

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behind, backward

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sub-

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under

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ultra-

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beyond, excessive

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uni-

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one

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trans-

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across

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tachy-

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fast

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syn-

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together, with

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sym-

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together, with

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supra-

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above, uypper

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carp/o

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wrist bone

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cib/o

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meals

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cost/o

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rib

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cutane/o

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skin

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dactyl/o

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fingers, toes

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duct/o

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to lead, carryu

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flex/o

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to bend

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furc/o

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forking, branching

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gloss/o

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tongue

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glyc/o

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sugar

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immun/o

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protection

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later/o

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side

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morph/o

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shape, form

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mort/o

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death

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nat/i

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birth

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nec/o

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death

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nect/o

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to bind

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norm/o

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rule, order

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/o

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pubis (pubic bone)

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ren/o

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kidney

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seps/o

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infection

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somn/o

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sleep

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son/o

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sound

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the/o

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to put, place

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland, shield

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top/o

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place, position, location

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tox/o

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poison

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trache/o

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trachea, windpipe

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urethr/o

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urethra

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ven/o

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vein

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-blast

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embryonic, immature

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-crine

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to secrete

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-drome

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to run

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-fusion

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coming together

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-gen

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substance that produces

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‘-lapse

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to slide, fall

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-lysis

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breakdown

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-meter

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to measure

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-mission

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to send

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-or

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one who

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

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to bear, carry

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-physis

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to show

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-plasia

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develop, formation

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-plasm

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structure, formation

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-pnea

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breathing

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-ptosis

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falling, drooping

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-rrhea

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flow, discharge

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-stasis

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stopping, controlling

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-trophy

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development, nourishment