Ch. 3 Flashcards
(93 cards)
1
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mono-, uni-
A
one
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bi-, di-
A
two
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tri-
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three
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quad-, quadri-, tetra-
A
four
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centi-
A
one hundred, one-hundredth
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milli-
A
one-thousandth
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diplo-
A
double
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hemi-, semi-
A
half, partly
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hyper-
A
excessive, more than normal
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hypo-
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under, less than normal
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multi-, poly-
A
many
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nulli-
A
none
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pan-
A
all
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primi-
A
first
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super-, ultra-
A
excessive
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ab-
A
away from
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ad-
A
toward
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ante-, pre-
A
before in time or in place
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circum-, peri-
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around
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contra-
A
against or opposed
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dia-
A
through
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ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
A
outside, without, away from
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en-, end-, endo-
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inside
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epi-
A
above, on
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hypo-, infra-, sub-
beneath, under
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inter-
between
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intra-
within
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ipsi-
same
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meso-, mid-
middle
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para-
near, beside, or abnormal
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per-
through or by
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post-
after, behind
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retro-
behind, backward
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super-, supra-
above, beyond
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sym-, syn-
joined, together
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trans-
across
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anti-, contra-
against
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Brady-,
slow
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dys-
bad, difficult, disordered
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eu-
good, normal
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mal-
bad, abnormal
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pro-
favoring, supporting
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tachy-
fast
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ante-, pre-, pro-
before
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post-
after or behind
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macro-, mega-, megalo-
large or great
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micro-
small
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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in-
not or inside
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non-
not
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alb/o, Albin/o, leuk/o
white
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chlor/o
green
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cyan/o
blue
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erythr/o
red
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melan/o
black
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xanth/o
yellow
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cyt/o
-cyte (cell)
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gen/o
-genic, -genesis (beginning, origin, produced by)
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gram/o
-gram, -graph,- graphy (to record, a record, instrument for recording, process of recording)
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kinesi/o
-kinesia, -kinesis (movement, motion)
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leps/o
-lepsy (seizure)
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lys/o
-lysin, -lysis, -lytic (destruction, dissolving, that which destroys, process of destroying, capable of or producing destruction
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malac/o
-malacia (soft, softening, abnormal softening)
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Megal/o
-megaly (large enlarged, enlargement)
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metr/o
-meter, -metry (measure, uterine tissue, instrument used to measure, process of measuring)
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path/o
-pathy (disease)
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phag/o
-phagia, -phagic, -phagy (eat, ingest, eating, swallowing
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phas/o
-phasia (speech)
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pleg/o
-plegia (paralysis)
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schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
-schisis (split, cleft)
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scler/o
-sclerosis (hard, hardening)
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scop/o
-scope, -scopy (to examine, to view, instrument used for viewing
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troph/o
-trophic, -trophy (nutrition)
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aer/o
air
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blast/o
embryonic form
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cancer/o, carcin/o
cancer
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cephal/o
head
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cry/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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dips/o
thirst
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electr/o
electricity
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fibr/o
fiber
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hist/o
tissue
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Myc/o
fungus
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narc/o
stupor
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necr/o
dead
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optic/o, opt/o
vision
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phon/o
voice
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phot/o
light
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py/o
pus
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therm/o
heat
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top/o
position, place
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trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
