Chapter 4 - Prefixes Flashcards
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Ab-
A
Away from
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A-, an-
A
No, not, without
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Ad-
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Toward
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Ana-
A
Up, apart
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Ante-
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Before, forward
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Anti-
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Against
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Auto-
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Self, own
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Bi-
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Two
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Brady-
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Slow
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Cata-
A
Down
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Con-
A
With, together
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Contra-
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Against, opposite
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De-
A
Down, lack of
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Dia-
A
Through, complete
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Dys-
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Bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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Ec-, ecto-
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Out, outside
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Endo-
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In, within
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Epi-
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Upon, on, above
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Eu-
A
Good, normal
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Ex-
A
Out, outside, away from
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Hemi-
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Half
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Hyper-
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Excessive, above
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Hypo-
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Deficient, under
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In-
A
Not, into, within
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Infra-
Beneath, under
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Inter-
Between
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Intra-
In, within, into
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Macro-
Large
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Mal-
Bad
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Meta-
Beyond, change
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Micro-
Small
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Neo-
New
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Pan-
All
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Para-
Abnormal, beside, near
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Per-
Through
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Peri-
Surrounding
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Poly-
Many, much
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Post-
After, behind
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Pre-
Before, in front of
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Pre-
Before, forward
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Describe prodromal
Signs and symptoms (rash, fever) appear before the actual illness (chickenpox) and signal its onset. Altered mood, fatigue, flashes of light, or stuff muscles may occur before the actual headache.
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Pros-
Before, forward
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Re-
Back, again
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Retro-
Behind, backward
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Sub-
Under
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Supra-
Above, upper
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Syn-, sym-
Together, with
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Tachy-
Fast
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Trans-
Across, through
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Ultra-
Beyond, excess
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Uni-
One
