common, body, color, physical prefixes Flashcards by Emily R.

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A- An-

A

without, lacking

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Andr/o-

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male

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Anti-

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Against

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Auto-

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self

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Bio-

A

Life

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Chem/o-

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chemistry

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Contra-

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against

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Cyt/o-

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Cell

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Dis-

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separation, taking apart

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Dys-

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difficult, abnormal

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Eu-

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good, well

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Fibr/o

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Fiber

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Gyno/Gyne

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Female

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Idio-

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self, ones own

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Lyso/Lys

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break down, deconstruct

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Necr/o

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death

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Myc/o

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Fungus

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Mal-

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bad, abnormal

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neo-

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new

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oxy-

A

sharp, acute, oxygen

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pan- pant/o

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all or everywhere

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pharmaco-

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drug, medicine

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re-

A

again, backward

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somato/somatico

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body, bodily

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gluco/glyco

glucose, sugar

hydr/o

water

chlor/o

green

chrom-, chromoto-

color

cyano-

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

cry/o-

cold

elect-

electrical activity

kin/o, kine-, kinesi/o

movement

kyphy

humped

rhadb/o

rod-shaped, striated

phot/o

light

reticul/o

net

scoli/o

twisted

therm/o

heat

acoust/o

hearing

bucc/o

cheeck

adren/o

gland

angi/o

blood vessel

adip/o

fat

aden/o

gland

arthr/o

joint

bronch/i

bronchus

burs/o

bursa

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

chondri-

cartiliage

cephal/o

head

chol-

bile

coron-

heart

cost-

rib

crani/o

brain

cutane-

skin

cyst/o-, cysti-

bladder or sac

gastr-

stomach

derm-, dermat/o

skin

duoden/o

duodenum

onych/o-

ovary

op-, opt-

vision

ophthalm/o-

eye

orchid/o, orchio-

testis

orth/o-

straight, normal, correct

ossi-

bone

ost-, oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

ovar/i, ovario-, ovi-, ovo-

ovary

radio-

radiation, radius

retin-

retina (of the eye)

rhin/o

nose

schiz/o

split, cleft

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

splen/o

spleen

stern-

sternum

thorac/o, thoracico

chest

vagin-

vagina

thyr/o

thyroid gland

tympan/o

eardrum

vasculo-

blood vessel

vertrbr-

vertebra, spine

gloss-

tongue

hem- hema- hemat/o

blood

hepat/o hepatico-

liver

hist/o histio-

tissue

hyster/o-

utereus

ischi/o

ischium

kerat/o

cornea (eye or skin)

lacrim/o

tear (from eye)

lact/o lacti-

milk

laryng/o

larynx

lip/o

fat

lymph/o

lymph

mamm- mast/o

breast

mening/o

meninges

muscul/o

muscle

ileo-

illeum

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord or bone marrow

nephr/o

kidney

neur/i/o

nerve

oculo-

eye

onco-

tumor, bulk, volume

osseo-

bony

phalang-

phalanx

paryng/o

pharynx

phleb/o (phebotomist)

vein

phren/i phreno- phernico-

diaphragm

pleur/a/o

rib, pleura

pneum/a- pmeumat/o

air/lung

proct/o

anus, rectum

prostat-

prostate

pseudo-

false

psych/o/e

mind

ren/o

kidney

salping/o

tube

sarco-

muscular, flesh like

sclera- sclero

hardness

sperm/a/o, spermato

sperm

sten/o

narrowed, blocked

stom/a stomat/o

mouth

thromb/o

blood clot

trache/o

trachea

ur/o

urine

varic/o

duct, blood vessel

ven/o

vein

lingu/o-

tongue