Sanders Med Vocab Chapter 1
Terms
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- a- (an-)
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prefix
not, without, lacking, deficient - anti- (ant-)
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against, opposed to, preventing, relieving - di- (dis-)
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prefix
two, twice, double - dys-
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prefix
difficult, painful, defective, abnormal - ec- (ex-)
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out of, away from - ecto- (ect-)
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prefix
outside of - en- (em-)
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in, into, within - endo-, ento- (end-, ent-)
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prefix
within - epi- (ep-)
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upon, over, above - exo-
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outside, from the outside, toward the outside - hemi-
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half, partial, one side of the body - hyper-
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over, above, excessive, beyond normal - hypo- (hyp-)
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under, deficient, below normal - mono- (mon-)
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one, single - peri-
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around, surrounding - syn- (sym-)
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prefix
together, with, joined - -a
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition - -ac
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adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, located in - -ia
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition - -iac
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noun-forming suffix
person afflicted with - -iasis
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noun-forming suffix
disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of; when used with lith-, formation or presence of calculi in the body - -ic
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noun-forming suffix
drug or agent
person suffering from a certain disability or condition - -in, -ine
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noun-forming suffix
form names of substances - -ist
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noun-forming suffix
a person interested in - -itic
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noun-forming suffix
drug or agent - -itis
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noun-forming suffix
inflamed condition, inflammation - -itides
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plural noun-forming suffix
plural of -itis - -ium (-eum)
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noun-forming suffix
membrane, connective tissue, region of the body - -ma, -mat
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noun-forming suffix
abnormal or diseased condition - -osis
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noun-forming suffix
abnormal or diseased condition - -otic
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adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to - -sia
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition, process, procedure - -sis
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition, process, procedure - -tic
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noun-forming suffix
drug or agent, person suffering from a certain disability or condition - -y
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition, process, procedure - acanth-
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combining form
thorn, spine - alg-
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combining form
pain - alges-
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combining form
sensitivity to pain - all-
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combining form
other, divergence, difference from - angi-
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combining form
(blood) vessel, duct - arteri-
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combining form
artery - arthr-
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combining form
joint - bi-
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combining form
life - brady-
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combining form
slow - cardi-
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combining form
heart - cephal-
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combining form
head - crani-
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combining form
skull - cyt-
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combining form
cell - encephal-
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combining form
brain - erythr-
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combining form
red, red blood cell - lept-
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combining form
thin, fine, slight - leuk-
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combining form
white, white blood cell - lith-
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combining form
stone, calculus - log-
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combining form
word, study - malac-
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combining form
soft - mes-
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combining form
middle, secondary, partial, mesentery - -meter, metr-
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combining form
measure, measuring device (words ending in -meter indicate instruments for measuring) - nephr-
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combining form
kidney - neur-
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combining form
nerve, nervous system - oste-
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combining form
bone - prosop-
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combining form
face - prot-
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combining form
first, primitive, early - scler-
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combining form
hard - sten-
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combining form
narrow - stere-
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combining form
solid, having three dimensions - tachy-
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combining form
rapid - tox(i)-
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combining form
poison - -logy
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suffix form
study, science, the study or science of - -logist
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suffix form
one who specializes in a certain study or science - -malacia
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suffix form
the softening (of tissues) of - -sclerosis
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suffix form
the hardening (of tissues) of - -stenosis
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suffix form
the narrowing (of a part of the body) - -toxic
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suffix form
poisonous (to an organ) - -toxin
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suffix form
a substance poisonous to (a part of the body)