Prefixes (Medical Terminology)

Question 1

a-, an-

Answer 1

no, not, without

Question 2

ab-

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away from

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ad-

Answer 3

toward

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af-

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toward

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ana-

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up, apart, backward, again, anew

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ante-

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before, forward

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anti-

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against

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apo-

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off, away

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aut-, auto-

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self, own

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bi-

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two

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brachy-

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short

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brady-

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slow

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cata-

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down

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con-

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together, with

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contra-

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against, opposite

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de-

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lack of, down, less, removal of

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dia-

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complete, through

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dorsi-

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back

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dys-

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bad, painful, difficult, abnormal

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ec-

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out, outside

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echo-

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reflected sound

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ecto-

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out, outside

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em-

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in

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en-

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in, within

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end-

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in, within

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endo-

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in, within

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epi-

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above, upon, on

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eso-

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inward

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eu-

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good, normal, true

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ex-

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out, away from

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exo-

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out, away from

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extra-

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outside

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hemi-

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half

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hyper-

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above, excessive

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hypo-

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deficient, below, under, less than normal

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in-

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in, into, not

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infra-

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below, inferior to, beneath

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within, into

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ipsi-

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same

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ir-

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in

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macro-

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large

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mal-

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bad

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meso-

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middle

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meso-

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middle

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meta-

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change, beyond

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micro-

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small

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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-

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none

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pachy-

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heavy, thick

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pan-

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all

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par-

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other than, abnormal

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para-

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near, beside, abnormal, apart from, along the side of

Question 54

per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding, around

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polio-

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gray matter (of brain or spinal cord)

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poly-

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many, much, increased

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post-

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after, behind

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pre-

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before, in front of

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primi-

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first

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pro-

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before, forward

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pros-

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before, forward

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pseudo-

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false

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quadri-

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four

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re-

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back, again, backward

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semi-

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half

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sub-

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under, below

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supra-

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above, upper

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sym-

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together, with

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syn-

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together, with

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tachy-

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fast

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tetra-

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four

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trans-

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across, through

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tri-

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three

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ultra-

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beyond, excress

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uni-

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one