Chapter 4; Prefixes Flashcards

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1
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carp

A

wrist bones

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costo

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rib

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cutaneo

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skin

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dactylo

A

fingers, toes

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ducto

A

to lead, carry

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flexo

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to bend

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glosso

A

tongue

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immuno

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proctection

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morto

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death

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nati

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birth

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normo

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rule, order

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oxo

A

oxygen

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pubo

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pubis

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sepso

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infection

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somno

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sleep

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sono

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sound

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theo

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to put, place

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thelo, thelio

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nipple

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thyro

A

thyroid gland; shield

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topo

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place, position, location

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toxo

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poison

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22
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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; to pour

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-gen

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substance that produces

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-lapse

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to slide, fall, sag

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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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-oxia

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oxygen

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-partum

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birth, labor

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-phoria

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to bear, carry; feeling

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-physis

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to grow

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-plasia

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development

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-plasm

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structure or formation

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-pnea

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breathing

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a-, an-

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not, no, 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, opposite

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de-

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down, lack of

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dys-

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bad, painful, abnormal

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ec-

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out, outside

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eu-

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good, normal

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hemi-

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half

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infra-

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beneath, under

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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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 of

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pro-, pros-

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before, forward

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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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across, through

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ultra-

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beyond, excess

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uni-

A

one