Prefixes Flashcards
(79 cards)
1
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a, an
A
without, not
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ab, apo, de
A
away from
3
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ambi, amphi, ampho
A
both
4
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ad
A
to, toward, near
5
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ante, fore, pre, pro
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before, forward (prenatal, forehead)
6
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anter-
A
in front of
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anti, contra, counter, ob
A
against, opposite (contraceptive)
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circum, peri
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around, about
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co, com, con, sym, syn
A
together, with
10
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dextro
A
to the right
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di, dis
A
apart from (dissect, diastemia)
12
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dia, per, trans
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through, across
13
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dorso, dorsi
A
back
14
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e-, ec-, ex-
A
out from
15
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ecto, exo, extro, extra
A
outside
16
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em-, en-, im-, in-
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in (impaction, inflammation)
17
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endo, ento, intra
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within
18
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epi
A
upon, over
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eso
A
inward
20
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media, meso, mid
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in the middle (medial, midbrain)
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extra, hyper, per, oleo, super
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more, excessive
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gen
A
producing, coming to be (genetics)
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homo
A
same
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hyper
A
above, over
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hypo, infra, sub
below, less, under, beneath, deficient
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im-, in-, ir-, non-, un-
not (immiscible, inarticulate, unconscious)
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inter
between
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intro
into (introversion)
29
ipsi, iso
same, equal (ipsilateral, isometric)
30
juxta
near (juxtapose)
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latero
to the side (lateroflexion)
32
levo, sinistro
to the left (levoversion, sinistrocardia)
33
meta
over, after, change (metastasis)
34
opistho, poster
behind, backward (posteromedian)
35
para
beside, near
36
post
after, behind
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primi, prot
first
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re
again
39
retro
backward
40
super, supra, ultra
above, excessive
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tel-, tele, telo
end, distance
42
trans
across, through
43
ventro
anterior
44
allo-
not normal
45
ambly
dim, dull
46
aniso
unequal, disimilar
47
atel
imperfect
48
atreto
lack of opening
49
bio
relation to life
50
brachy
short
51
brady
slow
52
caco
bad, ill
53
cryo
cold
54
dolicho
long
55
dys
difficult, painful, bad, abnormal
56
eu-
well, easily, good
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haplo
single, simple
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heter
different, other
59
holo
entire
60
homeo, homo
like, similar
61
ischio
suppress, restrain
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leio
smooth
63
malaco-
soft
64
medulo
marrow
65
mis-
bad, wrong, improper
66
mogi-
painful, difficult
67
myel-
marrow (myeloma)
68
neutro
neither (neutrophil)
69
poikilo-
varied
70
poly
many, much
71
presby-, proto-
old
72
pseudo-
false
73
sclero
hard
74
scoli-
curved, crooked
75
tachy
fast
76
torsi
twist (torsion)
77
trachy-
rough
78
varico-
twisted, swollen (varicose)
79
xero-
dry
