Prefixes Flashcards by Jasmine Mills | Brainscape

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a- or an-

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Without or lacking

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Ab-

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Away from

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Ad-

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Toward or adjacent to

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Anti-

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Against or opposed

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Arthr-

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Joint

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Auto-

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Self

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Bi-

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Two

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Bio-

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Life

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Carcin-

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Cancer or tumor

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Cardio-

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Heart

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Cephal-

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Head

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Cerebro-

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Brain

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Chondr-

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Cartilage

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Circum-

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Around or round about

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Co-

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With or together

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Contra-

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Against or opposing

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Derm-

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Skin

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Di-

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Two

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Dys-

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Difficult or abnormal

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Ecto-

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Outside or external

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Endo-

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Inside or within

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Epi-

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Upon or above

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Erythro-

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Red

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Eu-

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Well, good, or true

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Ex-

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Out or outside

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Gluco-

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Sweet or sugar

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Hemi-

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Half

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Hepat-

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Liver

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Hist-

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Tissue

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Hydro-

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Water or liquid

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Hyper-

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In excess

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Hypo-

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Below or under

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Infra-

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Beneath or under

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Inter-

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Between

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Intra-

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Within or inside

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iso-

A

Equal

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Leuko-

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White

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Macro-

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Large

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Melano-

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Black

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Micro-

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Small

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Mono-

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One

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Multi-

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Many or multiple

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Myo-

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Muscle

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Neo-

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New

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Nephro-

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Kidney

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Neuro-

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Nerve

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Oculo-

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Eye

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Odonto-

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Tooth

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Oligo-

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Deficient or few

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Opthalm-

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Eye

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Osteo-

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Bone

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Oto-

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Ear

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Para-

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Alongside or beyond

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Peri-

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Around

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Physio-

A

Related to nature, physical or physics

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Pneumo-

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Air or gas in relation to the lungs

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Pod-

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Foot

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Poly-

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Many or much

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Post-

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Behind or after

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Pre- or pro-

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Prior to or in front of

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Pseudo-

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False

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Sacro-

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Flesh

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Semi-

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Half or partially

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Sclero-

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Hard

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Somato-

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Body

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Steno-

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Narrow or close

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Sub-

A

Below or under

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Sym- or syn-

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With or together

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Tachy-

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Fast or rapid

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Trans-

A

Across or through

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Viscer-

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Pertaining to internal organs