Unit 1, Lesson 2, Nouns of the Third Declension
Terms
undefined, object
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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 (cat- before a vowel or h)
downward, disordered - dia-, di-
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Prefix (di- before a vowel)
through, across, apart - 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 (met- before a vowel or h)
change, transformation, after, behind - para-, par-
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Prefix (often par- before a vowel)
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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Latin derived adgectival Suffix
pertaining to, located in - -ase
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Suffix
forms name of enzymes - -asia, -asis(rare)
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Forming abstract nouns
state, condition - -ema
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Forming abstract nouns
state, condition. The combining form of nouns ending in -ema is -emat- - -esis
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Forming abstract nouns
state, condition, procedure - -etic
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forms adjectives, often from nouns ending in -esis
pertaining to - -ics, -tics
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form nouns 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(rarely), -ode, -id
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form both nouns and adj indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance
like, resembling - oma
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forms abstrate nouns
usually tumor; occasionally disease. The combining form of nouns ending in -oma is -omat-; the plural often is -omata - -ose
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Latin-derived adjective suffix, also used to form names of chemical substances
full of, resembling - -ous
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Latin-derived adj suffix
pertaining to, characterized by, full of - tics
- See -ics
- -us
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Latin noun-forming ending
condition, person(sometimes a malformed fetus) - -ize
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Greek-derived suffix
to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in - -ate, -ide, -ite, -one
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Suffix
names of chemical substances - 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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Comb form
[crab] carcinoma, cancer - -cel-*
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Comb form
hernia, tumor, swelling - Cheir-, Chir-
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Comb form
hand - Chol(e)-
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Comb form
bile, gall - Col(i)-, Colon-
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Comb form
colon - Diplo-
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Comb form
double, cyst - Enter-
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Comb form
(small) intestine - Erg-
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Comb form
action, work - Gastr-
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Comb form
stomach - Hem-, Hemat-, -em-
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Comb form
blood - Hepar-, Hepat-
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Comb form
liver - Lip-
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Comb form
fat - Macr-
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Comb form
(abnormally) large or long - Mega-, Megal-
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Comb form
(abnormally) large or long - Melan-
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Comb form
dark, black - Micro-
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Comb form
(abnormally) small - Nyct-
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Comb form
night - Odyn-
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Comb form
pain - Onc-
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Comb form
tumor - Pachy-
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Comb form
thick - Pseud-
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Comb form
false - Py-
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Comb form
pus - Sarc-
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Comb form
flesh, soft tissue - Spasm-
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Comb form
spasm, involuntary muscular contraction - Splen-
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Comb form
spleen - Stom-, Stomat-
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Comb form
mouth, opening - Coli-
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Prefix
colon bacillus - Cyst(i)-
- Usually the urinary track
- Cholecyst-
- gallbladder