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Context: specific numbers
prefix: mono-, uni-
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Context: specific numbers
prefix: bi- , di-
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Context: specific numbers
prefix: tri-
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Context: specific numbers
prefix: quad- , quadri- , tetra-
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Context: specific numbers
prefix: centi-
- one hundred or one-hundredth
- ex: centrigrade
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Context: specific numbers
prefix: milli-
- one-thousandth
- ex: a millimeter is one-thousandth of a meter
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Context: quantities
prefix: diplo-
-
Context: quantities
prefix: hemi-, semi-
- half, partly
- ex: hemisphere, semicircle
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Context: quantities
prefix: hyper-
- excessive, more than normal
- ex: hyperglycemia
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Context: quantities
prefix: hypo-
- beneath or below normal
- ex: hypodermic
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Context: quantities
prefix: multi- , poly-
- many
- ex: multitude, polyunsaturated
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Context: quantities
prefix: nulli-
-
Context: quantities
prefix: pan-
-
Context: quantities
prefix: primi-
-
Context: quantities
prefix: super-, ultra-
- excessive
- ex: supercalifragilisticexpeallidocious (i can't spell this by memory sorry).
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: ab-
-
Context: Position or Direction
prefix: ad-
-
Context: Position or Direction
prefix: ante-, pre-
- before in time or in place
- ex: anteroom, prerenal
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: circum-, peri-
- around
- ex: perimeter, circumference
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: dia-
-
Context: Position or Direction
prefix: ecto-, ex-, exo-, extra-
- out, without, away from
- ex: export, extranuclear
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: en-, end-, endo-
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: epi-
-
Context: Position or Direction
prefix: hypo-, infra- , sub-
- beneath, under
- ex: hypodermic, subcutaneous
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: inter-
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: intra-
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: meso-, mid-
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: para-
- near, beside, or abnormal
- ex: parallel
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: per-
- through or by
- ex: perspire
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: post-
- after, behind
- ex: postnasal
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: retro-
- behind, backward
- ex: retroactive
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: super-, supra-
- above, beyond
- ex: suprarenal
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: sym- , syn-
- joined, together
- ex: syndrome
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Context: Position or Direction
prefix: trans-
-
Context: related to time
prefix: ante-, pre- , pro-
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Context: related to time
prefix: post-
- after or behind
- ex: postpartum
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Context: related to size
prefix: macro-, mega-, megalo-
- large or great
- ex: macroscopic, megalomania
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Context: related to size
prefix: micro-
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Context: related to negation (denial of, contradiction)
prefix: a-, an-
- no, not, without
- ex: asymptomatic
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Context: related to negation (denial of, contradiction)
prefix: in-
- not or inside (in)
- ex: inconsistant, indwelling
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Context: related to description
prefix: anti-, contra-
- against
- ex: contraceptive (against or prevents conception)
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Context: related to description
prefix: brady-
-
Context: related to description
prefix: dys-
- bad, difficult
- ex: dyslexia (difficult at reading)
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Context: related to description
prefix: eu-
- good, normal
- ex: euthanasia (mercy killing, painless when so ill. good i guess o.o)
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Context: related to description
prefix: mal-
- bad
- ex: maladjusted (badly adjusted)
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Context: related to description
prefix: pro-
- favoring, supporting
- ex: prolong
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Context: related to description
prefix: tachy-
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context: combining forms for Color
alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o (leuc/o)
- white
- ex: albino, leukocytes (white blood cells)
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context: combining forms for Color
chlor/o
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context: combining forms for Color
cyan/o
- blue
- ex: cyanosis (deficiency of oxygen so you turn blueish)
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context: combining forms for Color
erythr/o
- red
- ex: erythrocytes (RBC)
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context: combining forms for Color
melan/o
- black
- ex: melancholy (sad, black bile produced- as thought)
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context: combining forms for Color
xanth/o
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
aer/o
-
context: miscellaneous combining forms
blast/o
- embryonic form (early)
- ex: osteoblasts
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
cancer/o, carcin/o
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
cephal/o
- head
- ex: cephalic (pertaining to the head)
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
cry/o
- cold
- ex: cryotherapy (cold temperatures to treat certain conditions)
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
crypt/o
- hidden
- ex: cryptic, cryptogram (hidden meaning)
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
dips/o
- thirst
- ex: polydipsia (excessive thirst)
-
context: miscellaneous combining forms
electr/o
- electricity
- ex: easy to remember so no example given in book :P
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
fibr/o
-
context: miscellaneous combining forms
hist/o
- tissue
- ex: histocompatibility (measure of the compatibility of tissue of people, etc.)
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
myc/o
-
context: miscellaneous combining forms
narc/o
-
context: miscellaneous combining forms
necr/o
-
context: miscellaneous combining forms
optic/o, opt/o
- vision
- ex: optical, optometrist
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
pharmac/o
- drugs, medicine
- ex: pharmacy
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
phon/o
- voice
- ex: hear voice on the phone
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
phot/o
- light
- ex: photography (light produces the image on film, kinda)
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
py/o
- pus
- ex: pyogenic (pus-producing)
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
therm/o
- heat
- ex: thermal (clothing to prevent loss of body heat)
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context: miscellaneous combining forms
top/o
- position, place
- ex: topography
-
context: miscellaneous combining forms
trache/o
- trachea (windpipe)
- ex: endotracheal (through the trachea)
-
Opposites!
ab- (away from)
ad- (toward)
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Opposites!
ante-, pre- (before)
post- (after)
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Opposites!
en-, end-, endo- (inside)
ecto-, exo-, extra- (outside)
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Opposites!
hyper- (more than normal)
hypo- (less than normal)
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Opposites!
macro- (large)
micro- (small)
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Opposites!
nulli- (none)
pan- (all)
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Opposites!
super-, supra- (above)
hypo- , infra-, sub- (below)
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