Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards
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Q
a-
A
no, not, without
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Q
an-
A
no, not, without
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Q
ab-
A
away from
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Q
ad-
A
toward
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Q
ana-
A
up, apart
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Q
ante-
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before, forward
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Q
anti-
A
against
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Q
auto-
A
self, own
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Q
bi-
A
two
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Q
brady-
A
slow
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Q
cata-
A
down
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Q
con-
A
with, together
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Q
contra-
A
against
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Q
de-
A
down, lack of
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Q
dia-
A
through complete
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Q
dys-
A
bad, painful
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Q
ec-
A
out, outside
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Q
ecto-
A
out, outside
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Q
en-
A
in, within
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Q
endo-
A
in, within
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Q
epi-
A
upon, on, above
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Q
eu-
A
good, normal
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Q
ex-
A
out, outside
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Q
hemi-
A
half
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hyper-
excessive
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hypo-
under, deficient
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in-
not, into, within
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infra-
beneath
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inter-
between
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intra-
in, within, into
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macro-
large
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mal-
bad
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meta-
beyond, change
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micro-
small
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neo-
new
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pan-
all
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para-
abnormal, beside, near
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per-
through
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peri-
surrounding
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poly-
many, much
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post-
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front
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pro-
before, forward
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pros-
before, forward
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re-
back, again
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retro-
behind, backward
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sub-
under
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ultra-
beyond, excessive
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uni-
one
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trans-
across
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tachy-
fast
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syn-
together, with
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sym-
together, with
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supra-
above, uypper
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carp/o
wrist bone
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cib/o
meals
57
cost/o
rib
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cutane/o
skin
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dactyl/o
fingers, toes
60
duct/o
to lead, carryu
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flex/o
to bend
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furc/o
forking, branching
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gloss/o
tongue
64
glyc/o
sugar
65
immun/o
protection
66
later/o
side
67
morph/o
shape, form
68
mort/o
death
69
nat/i
birth
70
nec/o
death
71
nect/o
to bind
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norm/o
rule, order
73
ophthalm/o
eye
74
ox/o
oxygen
75
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone)
76
ren/o
kidney
77
seps/o
infection
78
somn/o
sleep
79
son/o
sound
80
the/o
to put, place
81
thyr/o
thyroid gland, shield
82
top/o
place, position, location
83
tox/o
poison
84
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
85
urethr/o
urethra
86
ven/o
vein
87
-blast
embryonic, immature
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-crine
to secrete
89
-drome
to run
90
-fusion
coming together
91
-gen
substance that produces
92
'-lapse
to slide, fall
93
-lysis
breakdown
94
-meter
to measure
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-mission
to send
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-or
one who
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-partum
birth, labor
98
-phoria
to bear, carry
99
-physis
to show
100
-plasia
develop, formation
101
-plasm
structure, formation
102
-pnea
breathing
103
-ptosis
falling, drooping
104
-rrhea
flow, discharge
105
-stasis
stopping, controlling
106
-trophy
development, nourishment
