suffixes and prefixes (spring 25) Flashcards by Olivia Hofer

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-blast

A

embryonic cell

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-globin

A

protein

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-penia

A

decrease, deficiency

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-phil

A

attraction for

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-phylaxis

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protection

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-poiesis

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formation, production

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-stasis

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standing still

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-asthenia

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weakness, debility

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-clasia

A

to break, surgical fracture

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-clast

A

to break, surgical fracture

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-desis

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binding, fixation (bone/joint)

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-malacia

A

softening

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-porosis

A

porous

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-sarcoma

A

malignant timor of connective tissue

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syn-

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union, together, joined

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genesis

A

forming

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-iasis

A

abnormal condition

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-uria

A

urine

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aniso-

A

unequal, dissimilar

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dia-

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through, across

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retro-

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backward, behind

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-arche

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beginning

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-cyesis

A

pregnancy

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-gravida

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pregnant woman

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-para

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to bear (offspring)

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-salpinx

A

tube (fallopian/eustachian)

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-tocia

A

childbirth, labor

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-version

A

turning

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ante-

A

before, in front of

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dys-

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bad, painful

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endo-

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in, within

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multi-

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many
much

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post-

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after

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primi-

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first

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-cide

A

killing

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-ism

A

condition

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-spadias

A

slit, fissure

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brachy-

A

short

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epi-

A

above, upon

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adren/o

A

adrenal glands

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adrenal/o

A

adrenal glands

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calc/o

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calcium

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crin/o

A

secrete

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gluc/o

A

sugar, sweetness

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glyc/o

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sugar, sweetness

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glycos/o

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sugar, sweetness

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home/o

A

same, alike

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kal/i

A

potassium

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pancreat/o

A

pancreas

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parathyroid/o

A

parathyroid glands

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thym/o

A

thymus gland

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thyr/o

A

thyroid gland

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thyroid/o

A

thyroid gland

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toxic/o

A

poison

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-crine

A

secrete

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-dipsia

A

thirst

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-gen

A

forming, producing, origin

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-toxic

A

pertaining to poison

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-uria

A

urine

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eu-

A

good

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exo-

A

outside

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poly

A

many

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-esthesia

A

feeling

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-kinesia

A

movement

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-asthenia

A

weakness, debility

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-lepsy

A

seizure

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-paresis

A

partial paralysis

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-phasia

A

speech

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-plegia

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paralysis

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-taxia

A

order, coordination

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pachy-

A

thick

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syn-

A

union, together, joined

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para-

A

near, beside; beyond

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-acusia

A

hearing

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-cusis

A

hearing

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-opia

A

vision

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-opsia

A

vision

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-tropia

A

turning