Chapter 4 - PREFIXES Flashcards
(78 cards)
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carp/o
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wristbones
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cost/o
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rib
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cutane/o
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skin
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dactyl/o
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fingers, toes
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duct/o
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to lead, carry
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flex/o
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to bend
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gloss/o
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tounge
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immun/o
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protection
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mort/o
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death
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nat/i
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birth
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norm/o
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rule, order
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ox/o
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oxygen
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pub/o
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pubis; another portion of the pelvic or hipbone
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seps/o
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infection
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somn/o
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sleep
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son/o
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sound
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the/o
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to put, place
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thyr/o
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thyroid gland, shield
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top/o
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place, position, location
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tox/o
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poison
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-blast
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embryonic, imature
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-drome
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to run
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-fusion
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coming together; to pour
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-gea
A
substance that produces
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-lapse
to slide, fall, sag
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-lysis
breakdown, destruction, separation
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-meter
to measure
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-mission
to send
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-or
one who
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-oxia
oxygen
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-partum
birth, labour
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-phoria
to bear, carry, feeling
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-physis
to grow
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-plasia
development, formation, growth
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-plasm
structure or formation
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-pnea
breathing
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-ptosis
falling, drooping, prolapse
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-rrea
flow, discharge
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-stasis
stopping, controlling
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-trophy
development, nourishment
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ab-
away from
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ad-
toward
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ana-
up, apart
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ante-
before, forward
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bi-
two
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brady-
slow
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cata-
down
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con-
with, together
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contra-
against, opposite
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de-
down, lack of
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dia-
through, complete
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dys-
bad, painful, difficult, abnormal
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ec-
out, outside
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eu-
good, normal
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ex-
out, outside
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hemi-
half
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in-
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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post-
after, behind
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pre-
before, in front of
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pro-
before, forward
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pros-
before, forward
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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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ultra-
beyond, excess
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uni-
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