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Chapter 4: Prefixes Flashcards

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Carp/o

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Wrist bones

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cis/o

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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 (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone

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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; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)

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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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29
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-crine

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Secrete

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30
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-drome

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Run

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31
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-fusion

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Coming together; to pour

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32
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-gen

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Substance that produces

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33
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-lapse

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Slide, fall, sag

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34
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-lysis

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Breakdown, destruction, separation

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35
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-meter

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Measure

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36
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-mission

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Send

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37
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-or

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One who

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38
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-oxia

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Oxygen

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39
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-party

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Birth, labor

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40
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-phoria

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Bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

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-physis

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-plasia

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Development, formation, growth

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-plasm

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Structure or formation

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-pnea

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-prom

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Happening, occurrence

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-ptosis

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Falling, drooping, 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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a-, an-

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No, not, without

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ab-

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ad-

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ana-

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ante-

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Before, forward

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anti-

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auto-

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bi-

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brady-

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cata-

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con-

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With, together

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Autoimmune disease

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The body makes antibodies against its own good cells and tissues, causing inflammation and injury.

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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

67
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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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hyper-

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Excessive, above

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hypo-

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Deficient, under

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in-

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Not (ex: insomniac)
Into, within (ex: incision)

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infra-

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Beneath, under

75
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inter-

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intra-

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In, within, into

77
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macro-

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mal-

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meta-

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Beyond, change

80
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micro-

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neo-

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pan-

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para-

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Abnormal, beside, near

84
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per-

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peri-

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Surrounding

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poly-

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Many, much

87
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post-

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After, behind

88
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pre-

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Before, in front of

89
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pro-

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Before, forward

90
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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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supra-

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Above, upper

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syn-, sym-

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Together, with

96
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Symbiosis

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Occurs when two organisms live together in close association

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tachy-

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trans-

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across, through

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ultra-

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Beyond, excess

100
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uni-

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