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Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards

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a-

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Not, without

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ab-

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Away, apart

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-able

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Able

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ad-

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To, toward

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aero-

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Air

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amphi-

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Both

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angio-

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Vessel

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ante-

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Before

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antho-

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Flower

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anti-

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Against

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aqua-

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Water

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arche-

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Ancient, old

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arthro-

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Joint

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aster-; astr-

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Stars

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auto-

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Self, same, automatic

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bi-

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Two

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bio-

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Life

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blast-

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Embryo

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carcin-

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Cancer

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cardi-

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Heart

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cent-

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Hundred, hundreth

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cephal

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Head

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cereb-

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Brain

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chloro-

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Green

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chromo-

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Color

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chondro-

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Cartilage

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cili-

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Hair

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circ-

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Around

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-cide

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Kill

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co, con-

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With, together

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-cycle

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Circle

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cyto-

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Cell

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33
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de-

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Without or remove

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deca-

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Ten

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35
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deci-

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Tenth

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derm-

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Skin

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di-

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Two

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dia-

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Through

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39
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echino-

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Spiny

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ecol-

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Dwelling, house

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ecto-

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Outer, outside

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-ectomy

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Removal

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-ell

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Small

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endo-

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Inner, inside

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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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True

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ex-; exo-

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Outside of

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gastro-

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Stomach

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-gen

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Type

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geo-

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Land, earth

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glyco-

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Sweet, sugar

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gymno-

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haplo-

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hecto-

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-helminth

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hemi-

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hemo-

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hetero-

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hex-

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hist-

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homeo-

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homo-

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hydro-

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hyper-

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Above, over

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hypo-

A

Below, under

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-ic

A

Of or pertaining to

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ichthy-

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infra-

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Below, beneath

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inter-

A

Between, among

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intra-

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iso-

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-ist

A

Someone who practices or deals with something

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-itis

A

Inflammation

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Karyo-

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kilo-

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leuko-

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lip-

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-lyse

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-logy

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The study of

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macro-

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mal-

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meso-

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In the middle

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meta-

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micro

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milli-

A

Thousandth

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mono-

A

One, single

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morph-

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mycet-

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neo-

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nephr-

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neur-

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oct-

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omni-

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oo-

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org-

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-oma

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orth-

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oste-

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pachy-

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para-

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path-

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peri-

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phago-

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-philos

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-phobos

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photo-

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-phyll

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phyto-

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poly-

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-pod

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pre-

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pseudo-

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quin-

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rhiz-

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-scope

A

Instrument to see something

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semi-

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sex-

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-some

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sub-

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super-; supra-

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syn-

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tetra-

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-tomy

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trans-

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tri-

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troph-

A

One who feeds

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-ur

A

Referring to urine

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visc-

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zo-

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