Ch. 4: Prefixes Flashcards
(63 cards)
1
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cib/o
A
meals
2
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cutane/o
A
skin
3
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dactyl/o
A
fingers, toes
4
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duct/o
A
to lead, carry
5
Q
furc/o
A
forking, branching
6
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immun/o
A
protection
7
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morph/o
A
shape, form
8
Q
mort/o
A
death
9
Q
nat/i
A
birth
10
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nect/o
A
to bind, tie, connect
11
Q
norm/o
A
rule, order
12
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seps/o
A
infection
13
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somn/o
A
sleep
14
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son/o
A
sound
15
Q
the/o
A
to put, place
16
Q
thyr/o
A
thyroid gland, shield
17
Q
top/o
A
place, position, location
18
Q
-blast
A
embryonic, immature
19
Q
-crine
A
to secrete
20
Q
-drome
A
to run
21
Q
-fusion
A
coming together
22
Q
-gen
A
substance that produces
23
Q
-lapse
A
to slide, fall, sag
24
Q
-meter
A
to measure
25
-mission
to send
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-or
one who
27
-phoria
to bear, carry; feeling (mental state)
28
-physis
to grow
29
-plasia
development, formation, growth
30
-plasm
structure or formation
31
-pnea
breathing
32
-ptosis
falling, drooping
33
-rrhea
flow, discharge
34
a-, an-
no, not, without
35
ab-
away from
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anti-
against
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-brady
slow
38
con-
with, together
39
contra-
against, opposite
40
de-
down, lack of
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dia-
through, complete
42
dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
43
ec-, ecto-
outside
44
endo
in, within
45
eu-
good, normal
46
ex-
out, outside, away from
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hemi-
half
48
in-
not, into, within
49
infra-
beneath, under
50
inter-
between
51
intra-
in, within, into
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macro-
large
53
neo-
new
54
pan-
all
55
para-
abnormal, beside, near
56
per-
through
57
post-
after, behind
58
pro-
before, forward
59
pros-
before, forward
60
re-
back, again
61
syn-, sym-
together, with
62
tachy-
fast
63
ultra-
beyond, excess
