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PREFIXES and SUFFIXES 3 Flashcards

1
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Gyr-

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Ring, circle, spiral

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-hal-; -hale

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Breathe, breath

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Halo-

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Salt

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Hapl-

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Simple

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Hecto-

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Hundred

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-Helminth-

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Worm

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Hem-

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Blood

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hepar- ; hepat-

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Liver

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Herb-

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Grass, plant

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Hetero-

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Different; other

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12
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Hex-

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Six

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13
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Hibern-

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Winter

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14
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Hidr-

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Sweat

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Hipp-

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Horse

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16
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Hist-

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Tissue

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17
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Holo-

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Entire, whole

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18
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Homo- (Latin)

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Man, Human

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19
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Homo- (Greek)

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Same, alike

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20
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Hort-

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Garden

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21
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Hydr-

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Water

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22
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Hygr-

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Moist, wet

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23
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Hyper-

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Above, beyond, over

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24
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Hyph-

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Weaving, web

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25
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Hypno-

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Sleep

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26
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Hypo-

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Below, under, less

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27
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Hyster-

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Womb, uterus

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28
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-iac

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Person afflicted with disease

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29
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-iasis

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Disease, abnormal conditions

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30
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-ic

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(adjective former)

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31
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Ichthy-

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Fish

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32
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Ign-

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Fire

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33
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In-; il-; im-; ir-

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  1. Not
  2. To, towards, into
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34
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In-

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Very, thoroughly

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35
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-ine

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Of or pertaining to

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36
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Infra-

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Below, beneath

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Inter-

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Intra-

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Within, inside

39
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-ism

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A state or condition

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Iso-

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Equal, same

41
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-ist

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Person who deals with…

42
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-itis

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Inflammation, disease

43
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-ium

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Refers to a part of the body

44
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-kary-

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Cell nucleus

45
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Kel-

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Tumor, swelling

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Kerat-

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Kilo-

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Kine-

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Lachry-

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Lact-

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Lat-

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Leio-

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-less

54
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Leuc-; leuk-

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White, bright, light

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Lign-

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Lin-

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Lingu-

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Lip-

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Lith-; -lite

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Stone, petrifying

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Loc-

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-log-

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Word, speech

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-logist

A

One who studies

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-logy

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Lumin-

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Lys-; -lyt; -lyst

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Decompose, split, dissolve

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Macr-

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Malac-

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Malle-

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Mamm-

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Marg-

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Border, edge

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Mast-

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Med-

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Meg-

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Million, great

74
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Mela-; melan-

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Black, dark

75
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-mer

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Mes-

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Middle, half, intermediate

77
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Met-; meta-

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Between, along, after

78
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-meter; -metry

A

Measurement

79
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Micro-

A

Small, millionth

80
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Milli-

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Thousandths

81
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Mis-

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Wrong, incorrect

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Mito-

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Mole-

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Mono-

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One, single

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Mort-

86
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-mot-

87
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Morph-

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Shape, form

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Multi-

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Mut-

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My-

91
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Myc-

Biol 150 Prefixes and Suffixes (6 decks)

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