prefixes Flashcards by Amanda Smith

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Ab-

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away from

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ad-

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towards

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dys-

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difficult, painnfull

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eu-

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good and easy

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endo-

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within, inside

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ex- or exo-

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without, out of, outside, away from

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ecto-

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outside

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hyper-

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increased, more than normal

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hypo-

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decreased, less than

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inter-

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between

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intra-

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within

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poly-

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many

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oligo-

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scant or little

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pre-

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before

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post-

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after

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sub-

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below

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super- or supra-

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above, beyond, excessive

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A- or An-

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without or no

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anti-

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against

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brady-

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abnormally slow

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de-

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remove, take away, loss of

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contra-

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against, opposed

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dia-

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through, apart, across, between

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dis-

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reversal, separation

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dys-

difficult, painful, bad

epi-

above

mal-

bad, poor

path/o-

disease

py/o-

pus

tachy-

abnormally rapid

ankyl/o-

bent, looped, fused

auto-

self

bi-

two, double, twice

crypt/o-

hidden, concealed, depression on a surface

infra-

below, beneath

lith/o-

stone, calus

megal/o or mega-

abnormally large

necr/o-

dead or dying

neo/o-

new, recent

phag/o-

eating, swallowing

pseud/o-

false

scler/o-

hardening

1 in latin

uni-

2 in latin

duo-

3 in latin

tri-

4 in latin

quardrio- quadro-

5 in latin

quintu-

6 in latin

sex-

7 in latin

sept- septi-

8 in latin

octo-

9 in latin

novem- nonus-

10 in latin

deca- decem-

1 in greek

mono-

2 in greek

di-

3 in greek

tri-

4 in greek (2)

tetr- tetra-

5 in greek

pent- penta-

6 in greek

hex- hexa-

7 in greek

hept- hepta-

8 in greek (3)

oct- octa- octo-

9 in greek

ennea-

10 in greek (2)

dek- Deka-

yellow

chirrh/o

gall bladder (Pertaining to)

cholecyste/o

bladder or sac

cyst/o