Prefixes and Suffixes Flashcards

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without

A

a/an

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ab

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away

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acro

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extremity

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ad

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to or toward

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ante

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before

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anti

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against

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auto

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self

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bi

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two or double

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brady

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slow

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circum

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around

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contra

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against

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dialy

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seperate

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13
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diplo

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double or two

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14
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dis

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removal

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dys

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abnormal, difficult, painful

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ecto

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outside

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endo

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within

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18
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epi

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above

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erythro

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red

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20
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eu

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normal or good

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21
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ex/o

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out

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22
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extra

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outside

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23
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hemi

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half

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hetero

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different

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homo

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same

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hyper

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high or excessive

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27
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hypo

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under or decreased

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28
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infra

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below

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29
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inter

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between

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30
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intra

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within

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iso

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same or equal

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32
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leuko

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white or colorless

33
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macro

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large

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mal

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bad

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neo

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new

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noct

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night

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oligo/o

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little or deficiency

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ortho

A

straight or correct

39
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pan

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all

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para

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beside or near

41
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peri

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around

42
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poly

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many or excessive

43
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post

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after or behind

44
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prim

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first

45
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pseudo

A

false

46
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quad

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four

47
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sclero

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hard or hardening

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semi

A

half

49
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sub

A

below

50
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supra

A

above

51
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tachy

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fast

52
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trans

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through or across

53
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-algia

A

pain

54
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-cele

A

tumor or hernia

55
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-centesis

A

puncture or tap

56
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-ecstasis

A

dilate or stretch

57
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-ectomy

A

excision

58
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-emia

A

blood

59
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-itis

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inflammation

60
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-logy

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study

61
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l-ysis

A

seperation

62
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-malacia

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softening

63
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-megaly

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enlargement

64
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-odynia

A

pain

65
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-oma

A

tumor

66
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-pathy

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disease

67
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-penia

A

lack of

68
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-phagia

A

swallowing

69
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-plegia

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paralysis

70
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-pnea

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breathing

71
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-rhage

A

bursting forth

72
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-scopy

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visual examination

73
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-stasis

A

stoppage of flow

74
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stomy

A

surgical opening

75
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-tomy

A

incision into

76
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-trophy

A

nourishment

77
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-tripsy

A

crushing

78
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-uresis

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urination

79
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-uria

A

urine