Prefixes Flashcards by Robert Moore | Brainscape

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A- / An-

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Absence of / Without

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Andr/o-

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Male

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Anti-

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Against

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Auto-

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Self

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Bio-

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Life

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Chem/o-

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Chemistry / Chemical

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Contra-

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Against

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Cyt/o-

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Cell

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Dis-

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Separation / Taking apart

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Dys-

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Painful / Difficult /Disordered / Abnormal

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Eu-

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Good / Well

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Fibr/o-

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Fiber

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Gluco- / Glyco-

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Glucose / Sugar

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Gyn/o- / Gynec-

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Female

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Hydr/o-

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Water

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Idio-

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Self / One’s own

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Lyso- / Lys-

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Break down / Destruction / Dissolving

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Mal-

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Bad / Abnormal

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Myc/o-

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Fungi

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Necr/o-

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Death

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Neo-

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New

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Oxy-

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Sharp / Acute / Oxygen

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Pant/o- / Pan-

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All / Everywhere

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Pharmaco-

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Drug / Medicine

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Re-

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Again / Backward

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Somat/o- / Somatico-

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Body / Bodily

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Bar- / Baro-

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Weight / Pressure

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Batho- / Bathy-

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Depth

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Bi-

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Two

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Naso-

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Nose

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Masculo-

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Muscle

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Lympho-

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Lymph

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Laryngo-

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Larynx

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Glosso-

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Tongue

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Cysto-

A

Urinary / Urinary Bladder

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Cerebro-

A

Cerebrum / Anterior Superior Brain

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Cerebello-

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Cerebellum / Posterior Inferior Brain

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Vaso-

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Vessel

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Para-

A

Two / Near / Beside / Past / Beyond

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hemo-

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Blood

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Pneumo-

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Air / Lung

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Holo-

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Whole / Complete / Entire

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Sten- / Steno-

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Short / Narrow.

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Epi-

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On / Upon / On Top Of / Above

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Homeo-

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Similar / Same / Natural

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Pulmo- / Pulmon-

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Lung(s)

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Myo-

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Muscle