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prefixes

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pro   before time or in place  
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di (numbers or quantity)   two  
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tetra (numbers or quantity)   four  
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ana (numbers or quantity)   excessive, upward or again  
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diplo (numbers or quantity)   double  
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pan (numbers or quantity)   all  
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super (numbers or quantity)   excessive  
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dia   through  
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ecto   out, without, away from  
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exo   out, without, away from  
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extra   out, without, away from  
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en   inside  
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end   inside  
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endo   inside  
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infra   beneath, under  
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inter   between  
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intra   within  
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ipsi   same  
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para   near, beside, or abnormal  
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per   through or by  
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retro   behind backward  
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post   after, behind  
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super (position or direction)   above, beyond  
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supra (position or direction)   above, beyond  
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sym (position or direction)   joined, together  
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syn (position or direction)   joined, together  
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trans   across  
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in   not or inside  
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ana   upward or again  
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contra   against  
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brady   slow  
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dys   dad, difficult  
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eu   good, normal  
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mal   bad  
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pro (related to description)   favoring, supporting  
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tachy   fast  
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centigrade/celsius   temperature scale, 0 degrees freezing point and 100 degrees is boiling point  
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ultrasonic   sound frequencies so high they cannot be perceived by the human ear  
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ultraviolet   light beyond the visible spectrum and its violet end  
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transdermal drug   a drug that can be absorbed trough unbroken skin  
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ectopic pregnancy   embryo implants outside the uterus  
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syndrome   a set of symptoms that occur together and collectively characterize a particular disease or condition  
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microtia   unusually small size of the external ear  
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analysis   separation of substances into their component parts or elements. Informal term for psychoanalysis  
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Malaise   vague feeling of bodily discomfort and fatigue  
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lethargy   state of dullness, sluggishness, or prolonged sleepiness or drowsiness  
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fatigue   state of exhaustion or loss of strength or endurance  
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euphoria   feeling or state of well being  
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dysphoria   characterized by depression and anguish  
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malnutrition   any disorder of nutrition  
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megadose   dose that greatly exceeds the amount described or recommended  
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megalocyte   extremely large erythrocyte  
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microcyte   abnormally small erythrocyte  
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analeptic   drug that acts as a cns stimulant, such as coffee  
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semicoma   stupor from which the patient may be aroused  
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nullipara   woman who has never born a viable child,  
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-para   woman who has borne viable offspring  
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pandemic   widespread epidemic of a disease, occurring widely throughout a region  
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primigravidia   women pregnant for the first time  
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primi   first  
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monovision   correcting one eye for near vision and the other eye for far vision  
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ectopic   situated in an unusual place; sometimes occurring at the wrong time  
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hypoalgesia   reduced sensitivity to pain  
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