Lesson 2 Flashcards 2
Terms
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- amphi-, ampho
- Prefix: on both sides, around, both
- ana-
- Prefix: up, back, against
- apo-
- Prefix: away from
- cata (cat- before vowel or h)
- Prefix: downward, disordered
- dia (di- before a vowel)
- Prefix: through, across, apart
- eso-
- Prefix: within, inner, inward
- eu-
- Prefix: good, normal, healthy
- heter-, hetero
- Prefix: different, other, relationship to another
- homo-, homeo-
- Prefix: same, likeness
- meta- (met- before vowel or h)
- Prefix: change, transformation, after, behind
- para- (often par- before a vowel)
- Prefix: alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
- pro-
- Prefix: before
- pros-, prosth-
- Prefix: in place of
- -al
- Latin-Derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, located in
- -ase
- forms names of enzymes
- -asia, -asis (rare)
- abstract noun forming-suffix: state, condition
- -ema
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abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition
Combining form of nouns ending in -ema is -emat- - -esis
- abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition, procedure
- -etic
- adjective-forming suffix, often from nouns ending in -esis: pertaining to
- -ics, -tics
- noun-forming suffix indicating a particular science or study: science or study of
- -ism
- abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition, quality
- -ismus
- abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition, muscular spasm
- -oid, (rarely) -ode, id
- nouns and adjective-forming suffixes indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling
- oma
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abstract noun-forming suffix: usually tumor; occasionally disease.
The combining form of nouns ending in -oma is -omat-; the plurarl often is -omata - -ose
- adjective-forming suffix (Latin-derived) also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling
- -ous
- Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, characterized by, full of
- tics:
- see -ics
- -us
- (Latin noun-forming suffix): condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)
- -ize
- Verb-forming Suffix: commonly used Greek-derived suffix that means "to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in."
- Acr-
- Combining form: [highest point] extremities (particulary the hands and feet)
- Ambly-
- Combining form: dull, faint
- Carcin
- Combining form: [crab] carcinoma, cancer
- -cel-
- Combining form: hernia, tumor, swelling
- Cheir-, Chir-
- Combining form: hand
- Chol(e)-
- Combining form: bile, gall
- Col(i), Colon-
- Combining form: colon
- Cyan-
- Combining form: blue
- Cyst(i), -cystis
- Combining form: bladder, cyst
- Diplo-
- Combining form: double, twin
- Enter-
- Combining form: (small) intestine
- Erg-
- Combining form: action, work
- Gastr-
- Combining form: stomach
- Hem-, Hemat-, -em-
- Combining form: blood
- Hepar-, Hepat-
- Combining form: liver
- Lip-
- Combining form: fat
- Macr
- Combining form: (abnormally) large or long
- Mega-, Megal
- Combining form: (abnormally) large or long
- Melan-
- Combining form: dark, black
- Micr-
- Combining form: (abnormally) small
- Nyct-
- Combining form: night
- Odyn-
- Combining form: pain
- Onc-
- Combining form: tumor
- Pachy-
- Combining form: thick
- Pseud-
- Combining form: false
- Py-
- Combining form: pus
- Sarc-
- Combining form: flesh, soft tissue
- Spasm-
- Combining form: spasm, involunatry muscular contraction
- Splen-
- Combining form: spleen
- Stom-, Stomat-
- Combining form: mouth, opening