Lesson 8 Medical Vocabulary
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Combining Form
ear - later-
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Combining Form
side - oss-
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bone - radic-
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Combining Form
root - sopor-
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Combining Form
sleep - vas-
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Combining Form
vessel - ab- (a- rarely before certain consonants; abs- before c and t)
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away from - ad- (ac- before c; af- before f; ag- before g; al- beforel; an- before n; ap- before p; as- before s; a- before sp; at- before t)
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to, toward - ambi-
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both - ante-
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before, forward - bi- (bin-, bis-)
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two, twice, double, both - circum-
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around - con- (co- before h; col- before l; com- before e, m, and p; cor- before r)
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together, with, thoroughly, very - contra-
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against, opposite - de-
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down, away from, absent - dis- (di- before g, v and usually before l; dif- before f)
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apart, away - ex- (e- before certain consonants; ef- before f)
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out of, away from - extra- (rarely extro-)
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on the outside, beyond - in- (il- before l; im-before b, m, and p; ir- before r)
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in, into - in-
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not - in- (il- before l; im- before b, m, and p; ir- before r)
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very, thoroughly - infra-
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beneath, below - inter-
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between - intra- (rarely intro-)
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within - non-
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Combining Form/Prefix
nine, ninth - mult- (often multi-)
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many, much, affecting many parts - ob- (oc- before c; op- before p)
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against, toward; very, thoroughly - per- (pel- before l)
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through; very, thoroughly - post-
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after, following, behind - pre-
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before, in front of - pro-
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forward, in front - re-
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back, again - retro-
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backward, in back, behind - se-
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apart, away from - semi-
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half - sub- (suf- before f; sup- before p)
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under - super- (often supra-)
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over, above; excess - trans-
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across, through - ultra-
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beyond, excess - abdomin-
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Combining Form
belly, abdomen - adip-
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Combining Form
fat - bacill-
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Combining Form
[rod, staff] bacillus - burs-
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Combining Form
[leather sack] bursa - calc-
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Combining Form
stone, calcium, lime (salts) - calor-
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Combining Form
heat, energy - capit-
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Combining Form
head - cerebr-
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Combining Form
brain - cost-
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Combining Form
rib - dent-
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tooth - dors-
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Combining Form
back (of the body) - extern-
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Combining Form
outer - fibr-
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Combining Form
fiber, filament - fistul-
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(tube, pipe) fistula, an abnormal tubelike passage in the body - frig-, frigor-
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Combining Form
cold - insul-
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island - intern-
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inner - meat-
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passage, opening, meatus (pronounced mee-ate'-us) - nas-
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nose - pur-
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Combining Form
pus - radic-, rad-, radix
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Combining Form
root - ren-
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Combining Form
kidney - sangui(n)-
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Combining Form
blood - son-
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sound - synov-
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synovial fluid, synovial membrane or sac - tub-
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Combining Form
[trumper] tube - tuss-
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Combining Form
cough - vacc-
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Combining Form
cow
(words with vaccin- have to do with vaccine) - vir-, virus-
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Combining Form
[poison, venom] virus - viscer-
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Combining Form
internal organ(s) - uni-
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Combining Form/Prefix
one - bi-, bin-, bis-
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two, twice, double, both - tri-
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three - quadr-
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four - quint-
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five, fifth - sex-, sext-
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six, sixth - sept-
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seven - oct-, octa-
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eight - dec-, deca-
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Combining Form/Prefix
ten, one-tenth - -al
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
pertaining to - -an
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
pertaining to, located in - -ar
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
pertaining to, located in - -arium
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Noun-Forming Suffix
denotes a place for something - -ary
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
pertaining to - -ate
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
having the form of, possessing - -ia
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Noun-Forming Suffix
forms abstract nouns - -ian
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Noun-forming Suffix
indicates an expert in a certain field - -ic
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
pertaining to - -id
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
pertaining to
(-oid, having the form of) - -ile
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
pertaining to, capable of - -ine
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
pertaining to, located in - -ive
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
pertaining to - -lent
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
full of - -ose
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
full of - -ous
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Adjective-Forming Suffix
full fo - -ty
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Noun-Forming Suffix
forms abstract nouns - -y
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Noun-Forming Suffix
forms abstract nouns - -ad
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Adverb-forming Suffix
to; toward - -cle
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Diminutive Suffix
Small - -ella
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Diminutive Suffix
small - -il
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Diminutive Suffix
small - -ol
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Diminutive Suffix
small - -ule
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Diminutive Suffix
small - -culus
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Diminutive Suffix
small - -ellum
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Diminutive Suffix
small - -illa
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Diminutive Suffix
small - -olus
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Diminutive Suffix
small - -ulus
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Diminutive Suffix
small