MT: Unit 4 Chapter 4: Prefixes and Combining Forms

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carp/o

Combining form: wrist bones

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nect/o

Combining form: binding, connecting

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cib/o

Combining form: meals, nutrition

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norm/o

Combining form: normal, usual

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cis/o

Combining form: to cut

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ox/o

Combining form: oxygen

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cost/o

Combining form: rib

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pub/o

Combining form: pubic bone

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cutane/o

Combining form: skin

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seps/o

Combining form: infection, decay

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dactyl/o

Combining form: fingers, toes

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somn/o

Combining form: sleep

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duct/o

Combining form: to lead, carry

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son/o

Combining form: sound

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flex/o

Combining form: to bend

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the/o

Combining form: to view, observe

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furc/o

Combining form: forked, divided

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thel/o

Combining form: nipple

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theli/o

Combining form: nipple

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gloss/o

Combining form: tongue

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thyr/o

Combining form: thyroid gland

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glyc/o

Combining form: sugar, glucose

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top/o

Combining form: place, position

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immun/o

Combining form: immune, protection

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tox/o

Combining form: poison, toxin

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morph/o

Combining form: form, shape

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trache/o

Combining form: trachea, windpipe

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mort/o-

Combining form: death

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urethr/o

Combining form: urethra

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nat/i

Combining form: birth

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A-

Prefix: without, absence of

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An-

Prefix: without, absence of

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Intra-

Prefix: within, inside

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Ab-

Prefix: away from

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Macro-

Prefix: large, long

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Ad-

Prefix: toward, near

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Mal-

Prefix: bad, abnormal

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Ana-

Prefix: up, apart

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Meta-

Prefix: change, beyond

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Ante-

Prefix: before, in front of

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Micro-

Prefix: small

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Anti-

Prefix: against, opposite

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Neo-

Prefix: new, recent

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Auto-

Prefix: self

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Pan-

Prefix: all, entire

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Bi-

Prefix: two, double

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Para-

Prefix: beside, beyond

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Brady-

Prefix: slow

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Per-

Prefix: through, by

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Con-

Prefix: with, together

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Peri-

Prefix: around

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Contra-

Prefix: against, opposite

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Poly-

Prefix: many, much

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De-

Prefix: down, without

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Post-

Prefix: after, behind

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Dia-

Prefix: through, across

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Pre-

Prefix: before, in front of

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Dys-

Prefix: bad, painful, difficult

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Pro-

Prefix: before, forward

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Ec-, Ecto-

Prefix: out, outside

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Pros-

Prefix: toward, in front of

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Endo-

Prefix: within, inside

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Re-

Prefix: again, back

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Epi-

Prefix: upon, above

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Retro-

Prefix: backward, behind

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Eu-

Prefix: good, normal

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Sub-

Prefix: under, below

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Ex-

Prefix: out, away from

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Supra-

Prefix: above, excessive

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Hemi-

Prefix: half

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Syn-, Sym-

Prefix: together, with

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Hyper-

Prefix: excessive, above normal

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Tachy-

Prefix: fast, rapid

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Hypo-

Prefix: below, deficient

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Trans-

Prefix: across, through

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In-

Prefix: not, without

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Ultra-

Prefix: beyond, excess

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Infra-

Prefix: below, beneath

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Uni-

Prefix: one

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Inter-

Prefix: between, among

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-blast

Suffix: immature cell, germ cell

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-partum

Suffix: birth, labor

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-crine

Suffix: to secrete

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-phoria

Suffix: feeling, bearing

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-drome

Suffix: to run, running

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-physis

Suffix: growth, nature

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-fusion

Suffix: pouring, infusion

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-plasia

Suffix: development, formation

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-gen

Suffix: substance that produces

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-plasm

Suffix: formation, growth

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-lapse

Suffix: to slide, fall, sag

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-pnea

Suffix: breathing, respiration

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-lysis

Suffix: breakdown, destruction

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-ptosis

Suffix: drooping, sagging

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-meter

Suffix: instrument to measure

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-rrhea

Suffix: flow, discharge

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-mission

Suffix: sending, letting go

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-stasis

Suffix: stopping, controlling

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-or

Suffix: one who, that which

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--trophy

Suffix: development, nourishment