Prefixes for Medical Terminology Flashcards by India Davis

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A-, An-

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Absence of

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Ab-

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Away, from

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Ad-

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Toward

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Ambi-

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Both

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Ante-

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Before

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Anti-

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Against

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Auto-

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Self

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Bi-, Bin-

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Two

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Brady-

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Slow

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Circum-

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Around

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Contra-

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Against

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De-

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Down

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Di-

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Two

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Dys-

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Painful, abnormal, difficult, bad

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Endo-

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Within, inside

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Epi-

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Above, on

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Erythr-

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Red

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Eu-

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Normal, good

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Ex-, extra-, exo-

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Outside of

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Glyc-

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Sweet

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hyper-

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Above

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Hypo-

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Below

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Infra-

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Beneath

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Inter-

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Between, among

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Intra-

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Within, during

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Levo-

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To the left

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Macro-

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Large

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Mal-

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Bad

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Mega-

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Exceptionally large

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Meso-

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Middle

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Meta-

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Over, beyond

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Micro-

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Small

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Mono-

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One

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Multi-

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Many

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Neo-

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New

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Nulli-

A

None

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Patho-

A

Disease

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Peri-

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Around

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Poly

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Many

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Post-

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After

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Pre-, pro-

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Before, in front of

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Presby-

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Older age

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Primi-

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First

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Pseudo-

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False, pretend, unreal

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Quadri-

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Four

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Retro-

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Behind, in back of

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Semi-

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Half

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Sten-

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Narrowed

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Sub-

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Under or below

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Super-, supra-

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Over or above

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Sym-, syn-

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Together, with

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Tachy-

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Fast

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Trans-

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Across

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Tri-

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Three

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Ultra-

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Beyond, excess

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Uni-

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One