Module 3: Prefixes, Human Body in Health and Disease Flashcards
(63 cards)
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ab-
A
away from
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ad-
A
toward
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bi-
A
two
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curcum-
A
around
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Q
diplo-
A
double
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dys-
A
abnormal, difficult, painful
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Q
endo-
A
in, within
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epi-
A
above, upon
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Q
hemi-
A
one half
10
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hyper-
A
excessive, above normal
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hypo-
A
deficient, below
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Q
intra-
A
within
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inter-
A
between
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mono-
A
one
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multi-
A
many
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para-
A
near, beside; beyond
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peri-
A
around, surrounding
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poly-
A
many, much
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post-
A
after, behind
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pre-
A
before, in front of
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pro-
A
before, in front of
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quadri-, quadr-
A
four
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retro-
A
backward, behind
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sub-
A
under, below
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super-
upper, above
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supra-
above; excessive; superior
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tri-
three
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ultra-
excess, beyond
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uni-
one
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albin/o, leuk/o
white
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anter/o
anterior, front
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caud/o
tail
33
cervic/o
neck
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cirrh/o, jaund/o, xanth/o
yellow
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crani/o
cranium, skull
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cyan/o
blue
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cyt/o
cell
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dist/o
far, furthest
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dors/o
back (back of body)
40
erythr/o
red
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eti/o
cause
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hist/o
tissue
43
home/o
same, alike
44
idi/o
unknown, peculiar
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infer/o
lower, below
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later/o
side
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lumb/o
loins, lower back
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medi/o
middle
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melan/o
black
50
path/o
disease
51
pelv/i, pelv/o
pelvis
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poster/o
posterior, back (of body), behind
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proxim/o
near, nearer
54
somat/o
body
55
son/o
sound
56
spin/o
spine
57
thorac/o
chest
58
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
59
ventr/o
belly, belly side
60
viscer/o
viscera, internal organs
61
-gnosis
knowing
62
-pathy
disease
63
-stasis
standing still
