Common Prefixes Flashcards by Elizabeth Dietrich | Brainscape

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A-, An-

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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-

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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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Gluco-, Glyco-

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Glucose; Sugar

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Gyn/o-, Gynec-

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Female

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Hydr/o-

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Water

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Idio-

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Self; One’s own

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Lyso-, Lys-

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Break down; Destruction; Dissolving

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Mal-

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Bad; Abnormal

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Myc/o-

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Fungus

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Necr/o-

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Death

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Neo-

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New

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Oxy-

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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-

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Again; Backward

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Somat/o-, Somatico-

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Body; Bodily