Glossary of Lesson 2: Nouns of the Third Declension
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- amphi- (ampho-)
- Prefix
on both sides, around, both
- ana-
- Prefix
up, back, against
- apo-
- Prefix
away from
- cata- (cat-)
- Prefix
downward, disordered
- dia- (di-)
- Prefix
through, across, apart
- eso-
- Prefix
within, inner, inward
- eu-
- Prefix
good, normal, healthy
- heter- (hetero-)
- Prefix
different, other, relationship to another
- homo- (homeo-)
- Prefix
same, likeness
- meta- (met-)
- Prefix
change, transformation, after, behind
- para- (par-)
- Prefix
alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
- pro-
- Prefix
before
- pros- (prosth-)
- Prefix
in place of
- -al
- Adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, located in
- -ase
- Suffix
forms names of enzymes
- -asia (-asis)
- noun-forming suffix
state, condition
- -ema
- noun-forming suffix
state, condition
- -esis
- noun-forming suffix
state, condition, procedure
- -etic
- adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to
- -ics (-tics)
- noun-forming suffix
science or study of
- -ism
- noun-forming suffix
state, condition, quality
- -ismus
- noun-forming suffix
state, condition, muscular spasm
- -old (-ode) (-id)
- noun and adjective-forming suffix
like, resembling
- -oma
- noun-forming suffix
tumor, occasionally disease
- -ose
- adjective-forming suffix
names of chemical substances, full of, resembling
- -ous
- adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, characterized by, full of
- -us
- noun-forming suffix
condition, person, sometimes a malformed fetus
- -ize
- verb-forming suffix
to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in
- acr-
- combining form
(highest point) extremities (particularly the hands and feet)
- ambly-
- combining form
dull, faint
- carcin-
- combining form
carcinoma, cancer
- -cel-
- combining form
hernia, tumor, swelling
- cheir-, chir-
- combining form
hand
- chol(e)-
- combining form
bile, gall
- col(i)-, colon-
- combining form
colon
- cyan-
- combining form
blue
- cyst(i)-, -cystis
- combining form
bladder, cyst
- diplo-
- combining form
double, twin
- enter-
- combining form
small intestine
- erg-
- combining form
action, work
- gastr-
- combining form
stomach
- hem-, hemat-, -em-
- combining form
blood
- hepar-, hepat-
- combining form
liver
- lip-
- combining form
fat
- macr-
- combining form
(abnormally) large or long
- mega-, magal-
- combining form
(abnormally) large or long
- melan-
- combining form
dark, black
- micr-
- combining form
(abnormally) small
- nyct-
- combining form
night
- odyn-
- combining form
pain
- onc-
- combining form
tumor
- pachy-
- combining form
thick
- pseud-
- combining form
false
- py-
- combining form
pus
- sarc-
- combining form
flesh, soft tissue
- spasm-
- combining form
spasm, involuntary muscular contraction
- splen-
- combining form
spleen
- stom-, stomat-
- combining form
mouth, opening