Prefixes Flashcards by Jasmine Mills

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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-

Out or outside

Gluco-

Sweet or sugar

Hemi-

Half

Hepat-

Liver

Hist-

Tissue

Hydro-

Water or liquid

Hyper-

In excess

Hypo-

Below or under

Infra-

Beneath or under

Inter-

Between

Intra-

Within or inside

iso-

Equal

Leuko-

White

Macro-

Large

Melano-

Black

Micro-

Small

Mono-

One

Multi-

Many or multiple

Myo-

Muscle

Neo-

New

Nephro-

Kidney

Neuro-

Nerve

Oculo-

Eye

Odonto-

Tooth

Oligo-

Deficient or few

Opthalm-

Eye

Osteo-

Bone

Oto-

Ear

Para-

Alongside or beyond

Peri-

Around

Physio-

Related to nature, physical or physics

Pneumo-

Air or gas in relation to the lungs

Pod-

Foot

Poly-

Many or much

Post-

Behind or after

Pre- or pro-

Prior to or in front of

Pseudo-

False

Sacro-

Flesh

Semi-

Half or partially

Sclero-

Hard

Somato-

Body

Steno-

Narrow or close

Sub-

Below or under

Sym- or syn-

With or together

Tachy-

Fast or rapid

Trans-

Across or through

Viscer-

Pertaining to internal organs