Chapter 3 Flashcards
(110 cards)
1
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mono-, uni-
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one
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multi-, poly-
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many
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bi-, di-
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two
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tri
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three
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quad-, quadri-, tetra-
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four
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centi
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one hundred
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milli
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one thousand
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diplo
A
double
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hemi-, semi-
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half or partly
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hyper
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excessive
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hypo
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below or beneath
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multi-, poly-
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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-
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excessive
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ab-
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away
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ad-
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towards
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ante-, pre-, pro-
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before
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circus-, peri-
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around
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contra-
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against or opposed
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dia-
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through
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ecto-,ex-,exo-,extra-
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out, without, away from
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en-, end-, endo-
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inside
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epi-
above or 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,
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per,
through or by
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post
after
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retro-
behind
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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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micro
small
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macro, mega, megalomaniac
large
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a-, an-
no, not, without
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in-
not or inside
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anti-, contra-
against
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Brady-
slow
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tachy-
fast
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dys-
bad difficult
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eu
good, normal
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mal-
bad
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alb/o, Albin/o, leuk/o,leuc/o
white
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chlor/o
green
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cyan
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
cell
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-cyte
cell
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gen/o
beginning, origin
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gram/o
to record
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-genesis
producing or forming
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-graph
instrument for recording
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-graphy
process of recording
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kinesi/o, -kinesia, kinesis
movement
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leps/o
seizure
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-lepsy
seizure
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lys/o
destruction, dissolving
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-lysin
that which destroys
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-lysis
process of destroying
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-lytic
capable of or producing destroying
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malac/o
soft, softening
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megal/o
large or enlarged
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-malacia
abnormal softening
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-megaly
enlargement
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metr/o
measure, uterine tissue
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-metry
process of measuring
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path/o
disease
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-meter
instrument used to measure
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-pathy
disease
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phag/o
eat, ingest
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-phagia, -phagic, -phagy
eating, swallowing
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phas/o
speech
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-phasia
speech
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pleg/o
paralysis
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-plegia
paralysis
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schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o
split, cleft
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scler/o
hard
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-sclerosis
hardening
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scop/o
to examine, to view
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-scope
instrument used for viewing
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-scopy
process of examining visually
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troph/o
nutrient
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-trophic, -trophy
nutrition
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aer/o
air
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blast/o
embryonic form
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cancer/o, carin/o
cancer
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cephal/o
head
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crypt/o
hidden
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cry/o
cold
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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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narc/o
stupor
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Myc/o
fungus
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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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top/o
position, place
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therm/o
heat
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trache/o
trachea
