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Exam #2 vocab
prefixes
Question | Answer |
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hydr-, hydro- | water |
hyper- | excess |
hypno- | sleep |
hypo- | below, deficient |
hyster-, hystero- | uterus or womb |
ile- | intestine |
im- | not |
inter- | between |
intercal- | insert |
intra- | within, inside |
iso- | equal, same |
jugul- | throat |
juxta- | near, close |
karyo- | kernel, nucleus |
kera- | horn |
kilo- | thousand |
kin-, kines- | move |
labi-, labri- | lip |
lact- | milk |
lacun- | space, cavity, lake |
lamell- | small plate |
lamina | layer, sheet |
lat- | wide |
laten- | hidden |
later- | side |
leuko- | white |
leva- | raise, elevate |
lingua- | tongue |
lip-, lipo- | fat, lipid |
lith- | stone |
luci- | clear |
lumen | light |
lut- | yellow |
lymph | water |
macro- | large |
macula | spot |
magn- | large |
mal- | bad |
mamm- | breast |
mast- | breast |
mater | mother |
meat- | passage |
medi- | middle |
medull- | marrow |
mega- | large |
meio- | less |
melan- | black |
men-, menstru- | month |
meningo- | membrane |
mer-, mero- | a part |
meso- | middle |
meta- | beyond, between, transition |
metro- | uterus |
micro- | small |
mictur- | urinate |
mito- | thread, filament |
mnem- | memory |
mono- | single |
morpho- | form |
multi- | many |
mur- | wall |
muta- | change |
myelo- | spinal cord, marrow |
myo- | muscle |
nano- | dwarf |
narco- | numbness |
natri- | sodium |
necro- | death |
neo- | new |
nephro- | kidney |
neuro- | nerve |
noci- | harmful |
nom- | name |
noto- | back |
nucle- | pit, kernel, little nut |
nutri- | feed, nourish |
ob- | before, against |
oculo- | eye |
odonto- | teeth |
olfact- | smell |
oligo- | few |
onco- | a mass |
oo- | egg |
ophthalmo- | eye |
orb- | circular |
orchi- | testis |
org- | living |
ortho- | straight, direct |
osm- | smell |
osmo- | pushing |
osteo- | bone |
oto- | ear |
ov-, ovi- | egg |
oxy- | oxygen |
pan- | all, univeral |
papill- | nipple |
para- | beside, near |
pect-, pectus | breast |
pelv- | a basin |
peni- | a tail |
penna- | feather |
pent- | five |
pep-, peps-, pept- | digest |
per-, permea- | through |
peri- | around |
phago- | eat |