Prefixes Flashcards

1
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Without, not

A

a

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Spiny, thorny

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acantho-

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Toward

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af-

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Without, not

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an-

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Before

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ante-

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Against; resisting

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anti-

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Self

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auto-

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Two; double

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bi-

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Immature cell, embryonic

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blast-

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10
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Around

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circum-

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11
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With; together

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co-, con-

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Against

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contra-

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13
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Secrete, separate

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crine-

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14
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Down from, undoing

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de-

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Across; through

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dia-

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Twofold, double

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dipl-

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17
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Bad; disordered; difficult

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dys-

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18
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Displaced, outside

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ecto-

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19
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Away from

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ef-

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20
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In, into

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em-, en-

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21
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Within

A

endo-

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22
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Upon, above

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epi-

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23
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Good

A

eu-

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24
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Out of, out from

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ex-, exo-

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25
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Outside of

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extra-

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26
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Single

A

hapl-

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27
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Blood

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hem-, hemat-

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28
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Half

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hemi-

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29
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Same, equal

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hom(e)o-

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30
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Over; above

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hyper-

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31
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Under; below

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hypo-

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32
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Below; beneath

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infra-

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33
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Between

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inter-

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34
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Within

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intra-

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35
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Same, equal

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iso-

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36
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Near

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juxta-

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37
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Large

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macro-

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38
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Large; million(th)

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mega-

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39
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Middle

A

mes-

40
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Beyond, change, after

A

meta-

41
Q

Small; millionth

A

micro-

42
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Thousandth

A

milli-

43
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One (single)

A

mono-

44
Q

Death

A

necro-

45
Q

New

A

neo-

46
Q

Not

A

non-

47
Q

Few, scanty

A

oligo-

48
Q

Straight, correct, normal

A

ortho-

49
Q

By the side of; near

A

para-

50
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Through

A

per-

51
Q

Around; surrounding

A

peri-

52
Q

Many

A

poly-

53
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After

A

post-

54
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Before

A

pre-

55
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First; promoting

A

pro-

56
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Four

A

quadri-

57
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Back again

A

re-

58
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Behind

A

retro-

59
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Half

A

semi-

60
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Under

A

sub-

61
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Over, above, excessive

A

super-, supra-

62
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Across; through

A

trans-

63
Q

Three; triple

A

tri-

64
Q

Cardio/o

A

Heart

65
Q

Brady

A

Slow

66
Q

Tachy

A

Fast

67
Q

Angi/o

A

Vessel

68
Q

Veno/phlebo

A

Vein

69
Q

Stasis

A

To stop

70
Q

Cyte

A

Cell

71
Q

Hem/o, emia

A

Blood

72
Q

Cephal/o

A

Head

73
Q

Encephal/o

A

Inside the head

74
Q

Mening/o

A

Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

75
Q

Myel/o

A

Spinal cord

76
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Neur/o

A

Nerve

77
Q

Dys

A

Difficult/painful/abnormal

78
Q

Gastr/o

A

Stomach

79
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Hepat/o

A

Liver

80
Q

Chol/e

A

Gall, bile

81
Q

Cyst/o

A

Bladder

82
Q

Emes/o

A

Vomit

83
Q

Lith/o

A

Stone

84
Q

Lapar/o

A

Abdominal wall

85
Q

Rhin/o

A

Nose

86
Q

Laryng/o

A

Larynx, voice box

87
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Trache/o

A

Trachea, “wind pipe”

88
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Bronch/o

A

Lung, air passageways

89
Q

Pne/u, -pnea

A

Breath, air, lung

90
Q

Pulmo/o

A

Lung

91
Q

Nephr/o, ren/o

A

Kidney

92
Q

Hydro/o

A

Water

93
Q

Cyst/o

A

Bladder

94
Q

Pyel/o

A

Renal collecting ducts

95
Q

Ur/o, -uria

A

Urine

96
Q

Olig/o

A

Scanty, less than normal