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Chapter 4 Prefixes - Terminology Flashcards

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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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29
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-crine

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To secrete

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-drome

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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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Slide, fall, sag

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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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-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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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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-ptom

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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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-trophy

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Development, nourishment

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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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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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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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in-

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Into, within

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infra-

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Beneath, under

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inter-

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intra-

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In, within, into

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macro-

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mal-

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meta-

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Beyond, change

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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

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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

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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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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

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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

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uni-

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