Prefixes- Common Flashcards by Mrea Holden | Brainscape

Q

a- (before consonant)

an- (before vowel)

A

without, not (amastia, anesthesia)

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anti-; contra-

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against (antibacterial, contraception)

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brady-

A

slow (bradycardia)

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dys-

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bad; painful; difficult (dystocia)

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eu-

A

good, normal (eupnea)

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hetero-

A

different (heterograft)

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homo-; homeo-

A

same (homograft, homeoplasia)

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mal-

A

bad (malnutrition)

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pan-

A

all (panarthritis)

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pseudo-

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false (pseudocyesis)

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syn- (appears as sym- before b, p, ph, or m)

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union, together, joined (syndactylism)

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tachy-

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rapid (tachypnea)

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