Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards by H W

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prefix: without or not

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a-

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prefix: extremity

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acro-

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prefix: gland

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adeno-

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prefix: without

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an-

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prefix: before

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ante-

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prefix: against

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anti-

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prefix: joint

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arthro-

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prefix: self

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auto-

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prefix: life

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bio-

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prefix: bile

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chol-

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prefix: bladder

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cyst-

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prefix: through

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dia-

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prefix: difficult

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dys-

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prefix: in

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en-

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prefix: within

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endo-

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prefix: intestine

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entero-

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prefix: upon

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epi-

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prefix: out of

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ex-

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prefix: blood

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hem-, hemo-

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prefix: dissimilar

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hetero-

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prefix: similar

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homeo-

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prefix: water

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hydro-

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prefix: above or excess

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hyper-

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prefix: deficiency or beneath

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hypo-

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prefix: uterus

hyster-

prefix: below

infra-

prefix: between

inter-

prefix: within

intra-

prefix: white

leuko-

prefix: large

macro-

prefix: bad

mal-

prefix: breast

mast-

prefix: great

mega-

prefix: thick

melan-

prefix: month

men-

prefix: small

micro-

prefix: muscle

myo-

prefix: mucus

myx-

prefix: death

necro-

prefix: new

neo-

prefix: kidney

nephr-

prefix: few

oligo-

prefix: bone

osteo-

prefix: around

peri-

prefix: to eat

phago-

prefix: vein

phleb-

prefix: gray

polio-

prefix: many, excess

poly-

prefix: after

post-

prefix: before

pro-

prefix: false

pseudo-

prefix: pus

pyo-

prefix: together with

syn-

prefix: yellow

xantho-

suffix: pain

-algia

suffix: vessel

-angio

suffix: enzyme

-ase

suffix: a protrusion

-cele

suffix: perforating

-centesis

suffix: bile

-chole

suffix: dilate

-ectasis

suffix: removal of

-ectomy

suffix: vomit

-emesis

suffix: blood

-emia

suffix: sensation

-esthesia

suffix: generation of

-genesis

suffix: a process

-iasis

suffix: inflammation of

-itis

suffix: stone

-lith

suffix: to dissolve

-lysis

suffix: softening

-malacia

suffix: large

-megaly

suffix: pain

-odynia

suffix: like

-oid

suffix: tumor

-oma

suffix: full of

-osis

suffix: mouth

-ostomy

suffix: cut

-otomy

suffix: disease

-pathy

suffix: poverty, decrease

-penia

suffix: affinity for

-phila

suffix: to form

-plasia

suffix: paralysis

-plegia

suffix: breath

-pnea

suffix: falling

-ptosis

suffix: bursting forth

-rhagia

suffix: flow

-rhea

suffix: hardening

-sclerosis

suffix: standing still

-stasis

suffix: nourish

-trophy

suffix: relating to urine

-uria