Pharmacy Prefixes Flashcards

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A-

A

without, not, no

Aphasia

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Ab-

A

away from

Abduct

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3
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Ad-

A

Toward

Adduct

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Ante-

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Before, forward

Anteflexion

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5
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Auto-

A

self

Autoimmune

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Bio-

A

Life

Biology

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Brady-

A

Slow

Bradycardia

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Circum-

A

around

circumcision

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Con-

A

together, with

congenital

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10
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Contra-

A

Against

Contraindication

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Dia-

A

Complete, through

Diarrhea

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12
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Dys-

A

Bad, abnormal, painful

Dysuria

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13
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Ecto-

A

Out, outside

Ectopic

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En-

A

In, within, inward

encapsulated

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Endo-

A

into, within

Endoscopic

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16
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Epi-

A

above, upon

Epidermal

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Eu-

A

Euphoria

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18
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Ex-, exo-

A

Out, away from

excision

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19
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Extra-

A

outside

Extracellular

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20
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Hyper-

A

Excessive, above

Hyperglycemia

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21
Q

Hypo-

A

Below, inferior

Infracostal

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22
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Inter-

A

Between

Interfemoral

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23
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Intra-

A

Within, into, inside

Intradermal

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Iso-

A

Same, equal

Isograft

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Macro-
Large | Macrocyte
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Mal-
Poor, bad | Malaise
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Meso-
Middle | Mesoderm
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Meta-
Change, beyond, after | Metastasis
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Micro-
Small | Microscope
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Multi-
Many | Multilingual
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Neo-
New | Neonatal
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Nulli-
None | Nullipara
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Para-
Near, beside, abnormal, alongside | Parathyroid
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Per-
through | Perforated
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Peri-
Around, surrounding | Pericardium
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Poly-
Many, excessive | Polycystic
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Post-
Behind, after | Postpartum
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Pre-
Before, in front of | Premature
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Pro-
Before, in front | Prognosis
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Re-
Again, back | Reactive
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Retro-
Behind, backward | Retrograde
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Sub-
Below, under, beneath | Sublingal
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Super-
Above, over | Superficial
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Supra-
Above, on top of, upper | Suprarenal
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Syn-
Together, with, union | Syndactylism
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Tachy-
Fast | Tachypnea
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Trans-
Across | Transhepatic
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Ultra-
Beyond, excessive | Ultrasound
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Semi-
Half | Semicircular
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Hemi-
Half | Hemiplegia
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Mono-
One, single | Mononucleus
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Uni-
One | Unipolar
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Bi-
Two, double, both | Bilateral
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Di(plo)-
Two, dounle | Diplococci
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Tri-
Three | Tricuspid
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Tetra-
Four | Tetratomic
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Quadr-
Four | Quadriplegia
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Penta-
Five | Pentadactyl
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Quint-
Five | Quintipara
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Hexa-
Six | Hexastrol
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Sexta-
Six | Sextan
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Hepta-
Seven | Heptachromic
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Septa-
Seven | Septuplets
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Octa-
Eight | Octarius
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Enne-
Nine | Ennead
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Non(i)-
Nine | Nonipara
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Deca-
Tenth | Deciliter
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Hecto-
Hundred | Hectogram
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Centi-
Hundreth | Centimeter
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Kilo-
Thousand | Kilogram
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Mili-
Thousandth | Milliliter