Chapter 4. Prefixes - Suffixes Flashcards

1
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-blast

A

embryonic, immature

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2
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-crine

A

to secrete

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3
Q

-cyesis

A

pregnancy

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4
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-drome

A

to run

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5
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-fusion

A

coming together; to pour

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6
Q

-gen

A

substance that produces

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7
Q

-lapse

A

to slide, fall, sag

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8
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-lysis

A

breakdown, destruction, separation

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9
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-meter

A

to measure

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10
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-mission

A

to send

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11
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-or

A

one who

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12
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-partum

A

birth, labor

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13
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-phoria

A

to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)

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14
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-physis

A

to grow

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15
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-plasia

A

development, growth, formation

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16
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-plasm

A

structure or formation

17
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-pnea

A

breathing

18
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-ptosis

A

falling, dropping, prolapse

19
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-rrhea

A

flow, discharge

20
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-stasis

A

stopping, controlling

21
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-trophy

A

development, nourishment