Prefixes: General/Conditions Flashcards by Kelsy Watkins

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Dys

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Problem; Abnormal (Think Dysfunctional)

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Mal

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Bad

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Meta

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Change; Transformation

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Anti

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Opposed to; Counteracting; Relieving

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Pro

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Before; Proceeding; Precursor; Inducing; Promoting

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Pyo

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Pus

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Pyr

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Relating to fever or heat

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Sterco

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Denoting(Indicating - a sign of) Feces

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Noso

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Denoting(Indicating - a sign of) Disease

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Chron(o)

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Denoting Time

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Noct(i)

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Night or Dark

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Iatro

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Medicine or Doctors (iatrogenic - illness picked up in a hospital)

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Steno

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Narrowing

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Therm(o)

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Heat or Temperature

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Psychro

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Denoting cold

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Noci

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Denotes pain or injury

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Herni(o)

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Hernia

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Necro

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Death

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Ger/Gero/Geronto

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Old age

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Hidr(o)

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Sweating

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Hapto

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Related to touch

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Halit

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Breath

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Propio

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Pressure touch

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Anthropo

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Human race

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Allo

Different (different human)

Auto

Self

Xeno

Different; Foreign; Alien

Choano

A funnel

Chord

String

Chym

Juice; Fluid

Calc

Stone

Arachn(o)

Spider

Aer(o)

Air or gas

Abras(o)

To rub away

Anim

Life

Corpor(o

Body; Relating to the body

Somato

Body

Organo

Organ

Dolich(o)

Long; Abnormally long

Viscero

Internal Organs

Proteo

Protein; Relating to a protein

Pharm/Pharmaco

Drugs; Medications

Nurti(o)

Relating to nutrition; to nourish

Physio

Nature

Lumin(o)

Light

Nomen

Name

Carcin(o)

Cancer; Tumor

Crypt

Hidden

Nom(o)

Custom; Law

Spectro

Spectrum

Vir(o)

Virus

Zygo

Union; Junction

Techn(o)

Skill

Phon

Sound

Cryo

Cold

Onco

Cancer; Relating to a tumor or mass

Sanit

Health

Calori

Heat

Vito

Life

Acu

Needle

Astheni(o)

Weakness

Alter

Change

Aspir(o)

Inhaling; Inhalation

Aspirat(o)

Inhaling; Inhalation

Ante

Before

Ambul

Walk; To walk

Ankyl(o)

Fused; Fusion; Not straight

Contra

Against; To counter

Pre

Before

Post

After

Primi

First

Acoust(o)

To hear; Hearing

Aud(i/o)

Hearing

Aux

To grow or enlarge

Anomalo

Abnormal; Irregular

Baro

Weight; Pressure

Dynamo

Strength; Power

Equi

Equal; Equality

Eti(o)

Cause; Relating to the cause

Ion(o)

Ion

Lyo

Loosen; Dissolve

Radio

Radiation

Scler(o)

Hardening or thickening

Scirrh(o)

Hard

Schisto

Fissure; Split

Schiz(o)

Denoting a split or division

Tumesc(o)

Swelling

Tempo

Relating to time

Psammo

Sand like quality or material