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EMT class latin prefixes

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a, an   without, from, absence of  
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ab   away from  
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ad   toward, near  
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aden   pertaining to gland  
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ana   up, toward, apart  
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ante   before  
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anti   against, opposing  
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auto   self  
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bi   two  
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brady   slow  
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circum   around, about  
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contra   opposite, against  
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de   down, lack of  
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derma   skin  
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dia   through, completely  
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dys   difficult, bad, painful, abnormal  
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ec, ecto, ex, exo, extra   out, outside, without  
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edem   swelling  
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en, end   inside, within  
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endo   within, inner  
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ep, epi   upon, on, over  
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eu   good, normal  
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hemi   half  
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hyper   excessive, high, above  
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hypo   too little, low, beneath, under  
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infra   beneath, under  
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inter   between  
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intra   within  
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macro   great, abnormal largeness  
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mal   bad  
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mega, megalo   large, great  
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micro   small  
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mid   middle  
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multi   many, much  
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my   pertaining to muscle  
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oligo   little, scanty  
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para   near, beside, abnormal  
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per   through, by, excessive  
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peri   around  
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poly   many, much, excessive  
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post   after, behind  
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pre   before, in front of  
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pseudo   false  
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quadri   four  
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retro   behind, backward  
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semi   half  
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sub   under, beneath  
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super, supra   above, beyond  
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sym, syn   joined, together, with  
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tachy   fast  
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trans   across  
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tri   three  
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uni   one, single  
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alb   white  
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chlor, chloro   green  
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cyan, cyano   blue  
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eryth, erythro   red  
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leuk, leuko   white  
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melan, melano   dark, black  
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xanth, xantho   yellow  
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