Ferreira-Med Vocab Chapter 2
Terms
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- amphi- (ampho-)
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prefix
on both sides, around, both - ana-
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up, back, against - apo-
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away from - cata- (cat-)
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downward, disordered - dia- (di-)
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through, across, apart - eso-
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within, inner, inward - eu-
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good, normal, healthy - heter- (hetero-)
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different, other, relationship to another - homo- (homeo-)
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same, likeness - meta- (met-)
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change, transformation, after, behind - para- (par-)
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alongside, around, abnormal, beyond - pro-
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before - pros- (prosth-)
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prefix
in place of - -al
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adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, located in - -ase
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noun-forming suffix
forms names of enzymes - -asia (-asis)
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Noun-forming suffix
state, condition - -ema
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition - -esis
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition, procedure - -etic
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adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to - -ics (-tics)
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noun-forming suffix
indicates a particular science or study; science or study of - -ism
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition, quality - -ismus
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition, muscular spasm - -oid (-ode, -id)
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noun and adjective-forming suffixes
indicating a particular shape, form or resemblance; like, resembling - -oma
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noun-forming suffix
usually tumor; occasionally disease - -ose
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adjective-forming suffix
forms names of chemical substances; full of, resembling - -ous
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adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, characterized by, full of - -tics
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(like -ics) noun-forming suffix
science or study 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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noun-forming suffix
forms names of chemical substances - -ide
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noun-forming suffix
forms names of chemical substances - -ite
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noun-forming suffix
forms names of chemical substances - -one
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noun-forming suffix
forms names of chemical substances - coli-
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prefix
refer to the colon bacillus, Escherichia coli - cyst(i)-
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prefix
refer to the urinary bladder - cholecyst-
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prefix
refers to gallbladder - acr-
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combining form
[highest point] extremities, particularly the hands and feet - ambly-
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dull, faint - carcin-
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[crab] carcinoma, cancer - -cel-
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hernia, tumor, swelling - cheir-, chir-
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combining form
hand - chol(e)-
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bile, gall - col(i), colon-
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colon - cyan-
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blue - cyst(i), -cystis
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combining form
bladder, cyst - diplo-
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combining form
double, twin - enter-
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(small) intestine - erg-
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action, work - gastr-
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stomach - hem-, hemat-, -em-
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blood - hepar-, hepat-
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liver - lip-
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fat - macr-
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(abnormally) large or long - mega-, megal-
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(abnormally) large or long - melan-
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dark, black - micr-
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(abnormally) small - nyct-
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night - odyn-
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pain - onc-
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tumor - pachy-
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thick - pseud-
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false - py-
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pus - sarc-
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flesh, soft tissue - spasm-
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combining form
spasm, involuntary muscle contraction - splen-
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combining form
spleen - stom, stomat-
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combining form
mouth, opening