Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards by Michelle Lee

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carp/o

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wrist bones

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cis/o

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to cut

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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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lead, carry

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flex/o

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bend

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furc/o

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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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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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norm/o

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rule, order

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ox/o

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oxygen

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pub/o

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pubis

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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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tens/o

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force, strain, stretch

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the/o

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put, place

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thel/o
theli/o

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nipple

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thyr/o

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thyroid gland

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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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windpipe, trachea

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urethr/o

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urethra

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a-,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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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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con-

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with, together

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contra-

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against, opposite

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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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abnormal, bad difficult, painful

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ec-

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out, outside

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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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cut, outside

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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excessive, above

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hypo-

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deficient, underi

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in-

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not, into, within

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infra-

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beneath, under

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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, charge

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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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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of

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pro-

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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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supra-

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above, upper

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syn-, sym-

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together, with

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tachy-

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fast

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trans-

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through, across

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

A

one

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-crine

A

secrete

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-drome

A

run

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-fusion

A

coming together, to pour

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-gen

A

substances that produces-

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-lapse

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slide, fall, sag

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-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction, separation-

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-meter

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measure

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-mission

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send

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-or

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one who-

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-oxia

A

oxygen

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

A

bear, carry, feeling

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-physis

A

grow-

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-plasia

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development, growth, formation

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-plasm

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structure or formation

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-phea

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breathing

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-ptom

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happening, occurence

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-ptosis

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falling, dropping, prolapse

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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