Medical Terminology Prefixes Flashcards
(75 cards)
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ana?
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up, back again
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ante?
A
before, in front of, forward
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cata?
A
down, through
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meta?
A
beyond, over, between, change, after
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noct?
A
night
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post?
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after, behind
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pre?
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before, in front of
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prim?
A
first
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sym?, syn?
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together, union, with
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anti?
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against, opposing
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apo?
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separation from or derivation from
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circum?
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around
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contra?
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opposite, against, opposed
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dorso?
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pertaining to the back
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ecto?
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outside, misplaced
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endo?
A
within, inner
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epi?
A
on, over, upon
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extra?
A
outside of, in addition to
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hyper?
A
above, excessive, beyond
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hypo?
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under, deficient, beneath
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infra?
A
below
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inter?
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between parts
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intra?
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within parts
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medi?
A
middle
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para?
beside, beyond
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peri?
around
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pro?
for, in front of, before
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pseudo?
FALSE
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sub?
beneath, under
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super?, supra?
excessive, above, superior
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trans?
across, through, over, beyond
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ultra?
excessive, extreme, beyond
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a?, an?
without, absent, lack of
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auto?
self
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bi?
two, double, twice
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brady?
slow
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co?, com?, con?
with, together
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cry?
cold
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crypto?
hidden
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dys?
difficult, bad, painful, abnormal
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eu?
good, normal
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glyco?, gluco?
sugar, sweet
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gyn?, gyneco?
female
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hydra?, hydro?
water
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mal?
bad
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ab?
away from
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ad?
to, toward
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de?
opposite, reverse, remove
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dia?
apart, separate, between
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e?, ex?
out of, away from
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in?
in, inside, within, not
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re?
back, again
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retro?
behind, backward
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ambi?, amphi?
both
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bi?
two
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di?
two, twice
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hemi?
half
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mono?
one
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multi?
many
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pan?
all, entire
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poly?
many, excessive
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quadri?
four
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quint?
five
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semi?
half, partial
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tri?
three
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a?, an?
none
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cyano?
blue
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erythro?
red
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leuko?
white
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macro?
large
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mega?
big
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micro?
small
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mio?
less, smaller
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olig?
little, small
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per?
excessive, through, by means of
