Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards

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carp/o

A

wrist bones

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2
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cis/o

A

to cut

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3
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cost/o

A

rib

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4
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cutane/o

A

skin

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5
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dactyl/o

A

fingers, toes

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6
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duct/o

A

lead, carry

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7
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flex/o

A

bend

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8
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furc/o

A

branching

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9
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gloss/o

A

tongue

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10
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glyc/o

A

sugar

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11
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immun/o

A

protection

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12
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morph/o

A

shape, form

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13
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mort/o

A

death

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14
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nat/i

A

birth

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15
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norm/o

A

rule, order

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16
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ox/o

A

oxygen

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17
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pub/o

A

pubis

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18
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seps/o

A

infection

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19
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somn/o

A

sleep

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20
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son/o

A

sound

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21
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tens/o

A

force, strain, stretch

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22
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the/o

A

put, place

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23
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thel/o
theli/o

A

nipple

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24
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thyr/o

A

thyroid gland

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25
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top/o

A

place, position, location

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26
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tox/o

A

poison

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27
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trache/o

A

windpipe, trachea

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28
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urethr/o

A

urethra

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29
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a-,an-

A

no, not, without

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30
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ab-

A

away from

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31
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ad-

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toward

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32
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ante-

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before, forward

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33
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anti-

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against

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34
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auto-

A

self, own

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35
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bi-

A

two

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36
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brady-

A

slow

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37
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con-

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with, together

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38
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contra-

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against, opposite

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39
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de-

A

down, lack of

40
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dia-

A

through, complete

41
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dys-

A

abnormal, bad difficult, painful

42
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ec-

A

out, outside

43
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endo-

A

in, within

44
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epi-

A

upon, on, above

45
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eu-

A

good, normal

46
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ex-

A

cut, outside

47
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hemi-

A

half

48
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hyper-

A

excessive, above

49
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hypo-

A

deficient, underi

50
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in-

A

not, into, within

51
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infra-

A

beneath, under

52
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inter-

A

between

53
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intra-

A

in, within, into

54
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macro-

A

large

55
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mal-

A

bad

56
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meta-

A

beyond, charge

57
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micro-

A

small

58
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neo-

A

new

59
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pan-

A

all

60
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para-

A

abnormal, beside, near

61
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per-

A

through

62
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peri-

A

surrounding

63
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post-

A

after, behind

64
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pre-

A

before, in front of

65
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pro-

A

before, forward

66
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re-

A

back, again

67
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retro-

A

behind, backward

68
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sub-

A

under

69
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supra-

A

above, upper

70
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syn-, sym-

A

together, with

71
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tachy-

A

fast

72
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trans-

A

through, across

73
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ultra-

A

beyond, excess

74
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uni-

A

one

75
Q

-crine

A

secrete

75
Q

-drome

A

run

76
Q

-fusion

A

coming together, to pour

77
Q

-gen

A

substances that produces-

78
Q

-lapse

A

slide, fall, sag

79
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-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction, separation-

80
Q

-meter

A

measure

81
Q

-mission

A

send

82
Q

-or

A

one who-

83
Q

-oxia

A

oxygen

84
Q

-partum

A

birth, labor

85
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-phoria

A

bear, carry, feeling

86
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-physis

A

grow-

87
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-plasia

A

development, growth, formation

88
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-plasm

A

structure or formation

89
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-phea

A

breathing

90
Q

-ptom

A

happening, occurence

91
Q

-ptosis

A

falling, dropping, prolapse

92
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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

93
Q

-stasis

A

stopping, controlling

94
Q

-trophy

A

development, nourishment