Medical Vocab chapter 2
Terms
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Cheir
Combining Form - Hand
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Derma, Derm
Combining Form - Skin
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Gastr
Combining Form - Stomach
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Hepar, Hep
combining Form - Liver
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Meninx
Combining Form - one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord
- Soma
- the body
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Amphi, Ampho
Prefix - on both sides, around, both
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Ana
Prefix - Up, Back, Against
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Apo
Prefix - Away from
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Cata
Cat before a vowel or h
Prefix - Downward, disordered
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Dia
Di before a vowel
Prefix - Through, Across, Apart
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Eso
Prefix - Within, Inner, Inward
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Eu
Prefix - Good, Normal, Healthy
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Heter, Hetero
Prefix - Different, Other, Relationship to another
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Homo, Homeo
Prefix - Same, Likeness
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Meta
Met before a vowel or h
Prefix - Change, Transformation, After, Behind
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Para
Often Par before a vowel
Prefix - Alongside, Around, Abnormal, Beyond
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Pro
Prefix - Before
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Pros, Prosth
Prefix - In place of
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adjective suffix - Pertaining to, Located in
- ase
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noun formming suffix
forms names on enzymes -
asia, asis
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forms abstract nouns
state, Condition - ema
- combining form of nouns ending in ema is emat
- esis
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forms abstract nouns
state, condition or procedure - etic
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forms adjectives often from nouns ending in esis
Pertaining to - ics, tics
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forms nound indicating a particular science or study
Science or study of - ism
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forms abstract nouns
state, condition, quality - ismus
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forms abstract nouns
state, condition muscular spasm. - oid, (rare) ode, id
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forms both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance
Like, resembling - oma
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plural is omata;
disease, tumor - ose
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adjective suffix also used to form names f chemical substances;
full of, resembling - ous
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adjective suffix
pertaining to, characterized by, full of - us
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noun forming suffix
condition, person
(sometimes a malformed fetus - ize
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verb forming suffix
to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in - ate
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forms names of chemical substances
(chlorate) - ide
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forms names of chemical substances
(bromide) - ite
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forms names of chemical substances
nitrite - one
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forms names of chemical substances
Testosterone) - coli
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prefix
Colon - cyst(i)
- words containing cyst usually pertain to the urinary bladder
- cholecyst
- words containing cholecyst refer to the gallbladder
- acr
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combining form
[Highest point] extremeties (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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adjective forming noun
scarlike growth of tissue - chir
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combining form
Hand - chol
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combining form
gall, bile - colon
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combining form
colon - cyan
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combining form
blue - cystis
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combining form
bladder, cyst - diplo
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combining form
double, twin - enter
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combining form
(small)intestine - erg
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combining form
action, work - gastr
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combining fore
stomach -
hem
hemat
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combining form
blood -
hepar
hepat -
combining form
liver - macr
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combining form
(abnormally) large or long -
mega
megal -
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 -
combining form
mouth, opening