Klatt-Lasso Med Vocab Chapter 2
Terms
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- amphi-(ampho-)
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prefix
on both sides, around, both - ana-
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prefix
up, back against - apo-
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prefix
away from - cata-(cat-)
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prefix
downward, disordered - dia-(di-)
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prefix
through, across, part - eso-
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prefix
within, inner, inward - eu-
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prefix
good, normal, healthy - heter- (hetero-
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prefix
different, other, relationship to another - homo-(homeo-)
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prefix
same, likeness - meta-,(met-)
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prefix
change, transformation, after, behind - para-(par-)
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prefix
alongside, around, abnormal, beyond - pro-
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prefix
before - pros-, (prosth-)
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prefix
in place of - -al
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adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, located in - -ase
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noun-forming suffix
forms names of enzymes - -asia (-asis)
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition - -ema
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noun-forming suffix
state condition - -ema (-emat)
- combining form for nouns
- -esis
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition, procedure - -etic
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adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to - -ics,-tics
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noun-forming suffix
indicate a particular science or study; science or study of - -ism
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition, quality - -ismus
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition, muscular spasm - -oid,(-ode),(-id)
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noun-forming suffix
adjective-forming suffix
particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling -
-oma
-oma,(-omat)
-omata -
noun-forming suffix
combining form
plural form
usually tumor, occasionally disease - -ose
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adjective-forming suffix
forms names of chem substances
full of, resembling - -ous
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adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, characterized by, full of - -us
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noun-forming suffix
condition, person: (sometimes unborn fetus) - -ize
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verb-forming suffix
to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in - -ate
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chemical substance
chlor-ate - -ide
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chemical substance
brom-ide - -ite
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chemical substance
nitr-ite - -one
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chemical substance
testoster-one - acr-
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combining form
(highest point) extremities (particularly the hands and feet) - ambly-
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combining form
dull, faint - carcin-
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combining form
(crab) carcinoma, cancer - -cel-
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combining form
preceding hyphen
hernia, tumor, swelling - cheir-, chir-
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combining form
hand - chol(e)-
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combining form
bile, gall - col(i), colon-
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combining form
colon - cyan-
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combining form
blue - cyst(i), -cystis
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combining form
preceding hyphen
bladder, cyst - cholecyst-
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combining form
gallbladder - diplo-
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combining form
twin, double - enter-
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combining form
(small) intestine - erg-
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combining form
action, work - gastr-
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combining form
stomach - hem-, hemat-, -em-
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combining form
preceding hyphen
blood - hepar-, hepat-
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combining form
liver - lip-
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combining form
fat - macr-
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combining form
(abnormally) large or long - mega-, megal-
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combining form
(abnormally) large or long - melan-
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combining form
dark, black - micr-
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combining form
(abnormally) small - nyct-
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combining form
night - odyn-
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combining form
pain - onc-
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combining form
tumor - pachy-
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combining form
thick - pseud-
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combining form
false - py-
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combining form
pus - sarc-
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combining form
flesh, soft tissue - spasm-
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combining form
spasm, involuntary muscular contraction - splen-
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combining form
spleen - stom-, stomat-
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combining form
mouth, opening - -cele
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combining form
suffix form
hernia, the protusion of an organ or part of an organ through the wall of the vacity that normally contains it - kel-
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combining form
hernia, tumor, swelling
(variation of cel-) - derma
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combining form
can be used with or without prefix
skin - hepar
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combining form
can be used with or without prefix
liver - meninx
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combining form
can be used with or without prefix
one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord - soma
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combining form
can be used with or without prefix
body - coli-
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combining form
reference to colon bacteria Escherichia coli