Chapter 3 Flashcards by Julianna Small

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Prim/i

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First

Ex. Primary

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Mon/o

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One

Ex. Monocular

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Uni

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One

Ex. Unibrow

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Hemi

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Half, one side

Ex. Hemisphere

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Semi

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Half, partial

Ex. Semipermeable

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Bi

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Two, twice

Ex. Binary

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Di

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Two, twice

Ex. Diatomic

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Dipl/o

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Double

Ex. Diplococci

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Tri

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Three

Ex. Tricuspid

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Quadr/i

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Four

Ex. Quadruplet

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Tetra

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Four

Ex. Tetralogy

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Multi

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Many

Ex. Multicellular

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Poly

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Many, much

Ex. Polygamy

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cyan/o

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blue

Ex. Cyanosis (lack of oxygen discoloration in skin)

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erythr/o

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red

Ex. erythrocyte (red blood cell)

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leuk/o

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white

Ex. Leukemia (white blood cell cancer)

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melan/o

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black/dark

Ex. Melanin (dark pigment of hair and skin)

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xanth/o

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yellow

Ex. xanthoma (yellow skin growth)

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Prefix ‘a’?

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Not, without, lack of, absence.

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Prefix ‘an’?

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Not, without, lack of, absence.

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Prefix ‘anti?

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Against

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Prefix ‘contra’

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against, opposite, opposed

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Prefix ‘de’?

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Down, without, removal, loss

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Prefix ‘dis’?

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Absence, removal, separation

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in/im

not | Ex. Incontinent

non

not | Ex. Noncontributory

un

not | Ex. Uncoordinated

ab

Away from | Ex. Abduct

ad

Toward, near | Ex. Adduct

dia

through | Ex. diarrhea

per

through | Ex. percutaneous

trans

through | Ex. Transected

hyper

over, excess, abnormally high, increased

hypo

under, below, abnormally low, decreased

olig/o

few, scanty

pan

all

super

above, excess

equi

equal, same

eu

true, good, easy, normal

hetero

other, different, unequal

homo, homeo

same, unchanging

iso

equal, same

macro

large, abnormally large

mega, megalo

large, abnormally large

micro

small

neo

new

normo

normal

ortho

straight, correct, upright

poikilo

varied, irregular

pseudo

false

re

again, back

ante

before

pre

before, in front of

pro

before, in front of

post

after, behind

dextr/o

right

sinistr/o

left

ec, ecto

out, outside

ex/o

away from, outside

end/o

in, within

mes/o

middle

syn, sym (used before b, m, p)

together

tel/e, tel/o

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