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1
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what is the prefix and what does it do?

A

the beginning of a word, describing a number/amount, size, location, or color.

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large and visible to the naked eye?

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Macro

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what is the suffix and what does it do?

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It is the ending of a word. It describes a condition that pertains to a process, procedure, or amount.

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small and not visible to the naked eye?

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Mirco

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High and above normal?

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Hyper-

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Low and below normal?

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Hypo-

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Eu/normo- means ?

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Normal

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All is meaning of what prefix ?

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Pan/Omni-

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A/An- means ?

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Absent or Lacking

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What is mono- ?

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single prefix.

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What is Di- ?

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Two/Double prefix

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Poly-?

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Many/a lot prefix

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Oligo-?

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little, deficient

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Tachy-?

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Rapid/Fast

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Brady/Brachy-?

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slow pace

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Location prefix that means around?

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Peri, or Circum-

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Location: Endo/Intra-?

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Inside, inner, and interior

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Location: Exo/ Extra-?

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outside, outer, and exterior

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Location & means middle?

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Medi(o/a)-

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Location: Para-

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nearby

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Location: Dial/per-

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Through/Complete

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Location: Juxta-

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next to/adjacent

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Movement: Ab-

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Away

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Movement: dis-

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To separate

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Movement prefix: ad

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toward

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26
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Color = prefix?

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Chromo/mato-

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Color prefix: leuko-

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white

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Color for red

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Erythro

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Color prefix for Green

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Chloro

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Color for Black

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Melan

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Color prefix: Flav

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Yellow

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Body General for body

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Homeo-

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Body General prefix: cephalo-

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Head

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Body General: cerv-

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Neck

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Body General for chest

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Thoraco-

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Body General prefix: Abdomino-

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Abdominal

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Body General for pelvis

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Pelvo/i

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Body General prefix: Derm-

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Skin/dermis

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Body General: Periton-

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Peritoneum (lining within your abdomen)

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Body General prefix: Neuro-

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Nerve (nervous system)

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Body General: hem, hema-, hemato-, hemo-

A

Blood

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Body General prefix for Arteries

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Arteri/o-

43
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Body General for veins

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Veno/a- means venous

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Body General prefix for muscle

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Myo/ my/o

myos/o

45
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Body General for bones

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Osteo -, similar to bone system

46
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Body General prefix for cell/ celluar

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Cyto, cyte -

47
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Thyro-

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Thyroid

48
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Tracheo-

A

Trachea

49
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Esophago stands for ?-

A

Esophagus

50
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Thymo- ?

A

Thymus (immune system organ close to the heart)

51
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Masto/mammo-?

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Breast

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Pulmo/Pneumo-?

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Lung

53
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Cardio-?

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Heart

54
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Gastro-?

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Stomach

55
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Liver-?

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Hepato

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Cholecysto-

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Gallbladder

56
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Adreno stands for-?

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Adrenal Gland

57
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ren, renal, neph, nephro-?

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Kidney

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Entero-?

A

small intestines

59
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Colo-?

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Colon/Large Intestine

60
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study of?

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-ology?

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Nephrology?

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the study of the kidney

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gastroenterology?

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the study of the gastrointestinal system

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Love of?

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  • philia
64
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  • tension?
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pressure

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fear of?

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  • phobia
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  • xia?
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oxygen

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  • capnea?
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Carbon dioxide, CO2

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-pnea?

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air

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-ase

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enzymes

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-oma

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tumor

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-pathy

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disease

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-algia

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pain

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-genic

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causing

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-ly, -lysis

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dissolve or destruction

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-oid

A

like, resembling

75
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-osis, -esis, -iasis

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abnormal condition or disease

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-penia

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deficeincy

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Onc/o

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tumors

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