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Prefixes/Suffixes Flashcards

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a-

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not

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an-

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not

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ante-

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before

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audi-

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hearing

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bi-

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two

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brady-

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slow

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de-

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lack of

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dys-

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difficult, painful

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ecto-

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outside

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endo-

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in

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epi-

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on/upon

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eso-

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inward

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eu-

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good/normal

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exo-

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outward

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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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excess, over

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hypo-

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under

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in-

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into

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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meta-

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change, after

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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-, nulti-

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none

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oxy-

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sharp, oxygen

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pan-

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all

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para-

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beside

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per-

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through

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peri-

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surrounding

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poly-

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many

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post-

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after

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primi-

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first

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psuedo-

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false

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quadri-

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four

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retro-

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behind

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sub-

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under

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supra-

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above

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sym-

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together

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syn-

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together

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tachy-

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fast

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tetra-

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four

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tri-

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three

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tropin-

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act upon

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uni-

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one

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-agon

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assemble

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-algesia

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pain sensation

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-algia

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pain

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-ar

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pertaining to

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-arche

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beginning

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-ary

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pertaining to

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-asthenia

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weakness

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-blast

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embyonic

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–capnia

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carbon dioxide

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-cele

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-centesis

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puncture to remove (drain)

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-chezia

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defecation

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-clast, -clasia, -clasis

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-coccus

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spherical bacterium

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-cyesis

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-desis

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-dilation

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widening, expanding

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-drome

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-dynia

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-ectasis

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stretching

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-ectomy

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-edema

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-emia

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-esthesis

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-gram

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-graph

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recording instrument

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-graphy

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recording process

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-gravida

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-ia

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-iatrist

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physician specialist

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-iatry

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medical treatment

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-ical

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pertaining to

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-ictal

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pertaining to

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-in

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a substance

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-ine

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a substance

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-itis

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inflammation

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-listhesis

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-lithiasis

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condition of stones

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-lysis

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separation

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-malacia

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-megaly

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enlargement

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-meta

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-meter

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measurement; instrument that measures

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-metry

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measurement of

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-oid

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resembling

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-oma

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-omia

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-one

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-opia

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-opsy

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-orrhexis

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-osis

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-oxia

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-para

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woman who has given birth

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-paresis

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incomplete paralysis

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-parous

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-penia

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-pexy

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-phagia

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-phonia

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-physis

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-plasty

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-plegia

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-pnea

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-poiesis

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production

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-poly

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-porosis

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-retro

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-rrhagia

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bursting of blood

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-rrhaphy

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-rrhea

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-schisis

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-sclerosis

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-scopy

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to examine

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-spasm

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contraction of muscle

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-steat/o

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-stenosis

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blockage, narrowing

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-stomy

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-thorax

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-tocia

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-tom/o

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-tome

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an instrument that cuts

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-tomy

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cutting, incision

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-tripsy

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-tropia

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-uria

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