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Medical Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards

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A

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lacking

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Ab-

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from

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Ad

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towards

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-aemia

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blood

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ante-

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against/before

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Bi-

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two

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-cele

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swelling

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Cerebro-

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brain

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Chole-

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bile

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Derma-

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skin

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Di-

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two

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Dia-

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across

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-Dura-

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hard

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Dys-

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badly functioning

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Ecto-

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outer

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-ectomy

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cutting out

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Endo-

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inner

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Entro-

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bowels

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Epi-

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upon

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Erythro-

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red

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Eu-

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good easily functioning

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Gastro-

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Stomach

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Haemo-

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blood

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Hydro-

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water

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Hyper-

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above high

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Hypo-

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below low

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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within

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-itis

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inflammation

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Lact-

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milk

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Leuco-

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white

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Loco-

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Place

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-lysis

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breakdown

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Macro-

A

large

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Mega-

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large

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Melaen-

A

black

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Meso-

A

middle

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Micro-

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small

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Mono-

A

one

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-morph

A

form

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Myo-

A

muscle

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Myco-

A

fungus

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Necro-

A

Death

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Nephro-

A

kidney

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Neuro-

A

nerve

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-ology

A

study of

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-oma

A

tumour

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-opia

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sight

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Ortho-

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upright straight

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-osis

A

disease

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Osteo-

A

bone

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Pan-

A

whole

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Para-

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beside

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-path-

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suffering sick

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Per-

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through

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Peri-

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around

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-phobia

A

fear

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Pneum-

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air

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Poly-

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many

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Post-

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after

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Pseudo-

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false

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Pyo-

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pus

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retro-

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behind

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-scope

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view

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Spondyl-

A

spine

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-stasis

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stoppage

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-stomy

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making an opening

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Syn-

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together

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-therm

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heat

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-tomy

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cutting

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-tox-

A

poison

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Tri-

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three

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Ultra-

A

beyond

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