Prefixes Flashcards by Aubrie Carpenter

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Without, not

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a

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Spiny, thorny

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acantho-

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Toward

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af-

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Without, not

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an-

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Before

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ante-

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Against; resisting

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anti-

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Self

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auto-

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Two; double

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bi-

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Immature cell, embryonic

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blast-

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Around

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circum-

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With; together

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co-, con-

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Against

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contra-

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Secrete, separate

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crine-

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Down from, undoing

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de-

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Across; through

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dia-

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Twofold, double

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dipl-

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Bad; disordered; difficult

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dys-

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Displaced, outside

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ecto-

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Away from

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ef-

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In, into

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em-, en-

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Within

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endo-

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Upon, above

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epi-

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Good

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eu-

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Out of, out from

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ex-, exo-

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Outside of

extra-

Single

hapl-

Blood

hem-, hemat-

Half

hemi-

Same, equal

hom(e)o-

Over; above

hyper-

Under; below

hypo-

Below; beneath

infra-

Between

inter-

Within

intra-

Same, equal

iso-

Near

juxta-

Large

macro-

Large; million(th)

mega-

Middle

mes-

Beyond, change, after

meta-

Small; millionth

micro-

Thousandth

milli-

One (single)

mono-

Death

necro-

New

neo-

Not

non-

Few, scanty

oligo-

Straight, correct, normal

ortho-

By the side of; near

para-

Through

per-

Around; surrounding

peri-

Many

poly-

After

post-

Before

pre-

First; promoting

pro-

Four

quadri-

Back again

re-

Behind

retro-

Half

semi-

Under

sub-

Over, above, excessive

super-, supra-

Across; through

trans-

Three; triple

tri-

Cardio/o

Heart

Brady

Slow

Tachy

Fast

Angi/o

Vessel

Veno/phlebo

Vein

Stasis

To stop

Cyte

Cell

Hem/o, emia

Blood

Cephal/o

Head

Encephal/o

Inside the head

Mening/o

Membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

Myel/o

Spinal cord

Neur/o

Nerve

Dys

Difficult/painful/abnormal

Gastr/o

Stomach

Hepat/o

Liver

Chol/e

Gall, bile

Cyst/o

Bladder

Emes/o

Vomit

Lith/o

Stone

Lapar/o

Abdominal wall

Rhin/o

Nose

Laryng/o

Larynx, voice box

Trache/o

Trachea, “wind pipe”

Bronch/o

Lung, air passageways

Pne/u, -pnea

Breath, air, lung

Pulmo/o

Lung

Nephr/o, ren/o

Kidney

Hydro/o

Water

Cyst/o

Bladder

Pyel/o

Renal collecting ducts

Ur/o, -uria

Urine

Olig/o

Scanty, less than normal