Prefixes: 3 Flashcards by Hannah L

Q

path-

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disease

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ped-, -ped-, -pes

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foot

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peri-

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around

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phag-

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eat

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pharyng(o)-

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pharynx

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phleb-

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vein

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phren(i)-, phren

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diaphragm

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pleur(o)-, pleure(a)-

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pertaining to the ribs

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pneumo-

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air

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polio-

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gray

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poly-

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many

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post-

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behind, after

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pre-

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before, in front of

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presby(o)-

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old age

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pro-

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early, before, giving rise to

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psych-

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mind

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pulm-

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lung

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pyo-

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pus

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pyro-

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fever

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ren-

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kidney

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retro-

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behind

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rhin(o)-

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pertaining to the nose

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salping(o)-

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pertaining to the fallopian tubes

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sarc-

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flesh, muscle

schiz(o)-

denoting something 'split' or 'Double-sided'

scler-

though, hard

semi-

partial, half

sinistr(o)-

left, left side

somat(o)-, somatico-

semen, spermatozoa

spleen(o)-

spleen

stom(a)-

mouth

sub-

beneath, below

super-, supra-

above, greater

syn-, sym-

connecting, with

tachy-

rapid, accelerated

thromb-

clot

tono-

tone, pressure

tox(i)-, tox(o)-, taxico-

toxin, poison

trache(o)-

trachea

trans-

across

tmphan(o)-

eardrum

ultra-

greater, beyond

uni-

one

ur-

urine

vagin-

pertaining to the vagina

vas-

tubule, vessel

ventr(o)-

pertaining to the belly, stomach

viscer(o)-

pertaining to the internal organs, the viscera