Medical Vocabulary Lesson 2
Terms
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- amphi-, ampho-
- on both sides, around, both
- ana-
- up, back against
- apo-
- away from
- cata-, cat-
- downward, disordered
- dia-, di-
- through, across, apart
- eu-
- good, normal, healthy
- eso-
- within, inner, inward
- heter-, hetero-
- different, other, relationship to another
- homo-, homeo-
- same, likeness
- meta-, met-
- change, transformation, after, behind
- para-, par-
- alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
- pro-
- before
- pros-, prosth-
- in place of
- -al
- adj. pertaining to, located in
- -ase
- forms names of enzimes
- -asia, -asis
- noun, state, condition
- -ema
-
noun, state, condition
also -emat- - -esis
- noun, state, condition, procedure
- -etic
- adj., pertaining to
- -ics, -tics
- noun, indicates a particular science, science or study of
- -ism
- noun, state, condition, quality
- -ismus
- noun, state, condition; muscular spasm
- -oid, -ode, -id
- noun and adj., indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance like, resembling
- -oma
- noun, usually tumor, occasionally disease, -oma-, -omat-, -omata
- -ose
- latin adj., full of, resembling, also used to form names of chemical substances
- -ous
- latin adj., pertaining to, characterized by, full of
- tics
- -ics
- -us
- latin noun, condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)
- -ize
- verb, to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in
- derma, dermatos
- skin
- gaster, gastros
- stomach
- hepar
- the liver
- meninx
- one of the converings of the brain and spinal cord
- soma
- the body
- -ate, -ide, -ite, -one
- form names of chemical substances
- coli
- colon bacillus
- cyst(i)
- urinary bladder
- cholecyst
- gallbladder
- acr
- (highest point) extremities (usually the hands and feet)
- ambly
- dull, faint
- carcin
- (crab) carcinoma, cancer
- cel
- hernia, tumor, swelling
- cheir, chir
- hand
- chol(e)
- bile, gall
- col(i), colon
- colon
- cyan
- blue
- cyst(i), cystis
- bladder, cyst
- diplo
- double, twin
- enter
- (small) intestine
- erg
- action, work
- gastr
- stomach
- hem, hemat, em
- blood
- hepar, hepat
- liver
- lip
- fat
- macr
- (abnormally) large or long
- mega, megal
- (abnormally) large or long
- melan
- dark, black
- micr
- (abnormally) small
- nyct
- night
- odyn
- pain
- onc
- tumor
- pachy
- thick
- pseud
- false
- py
- pus
- sarc
- flesh, soft tissue
- spasm
- spasm, involuntary muscular contraction
- splen
- spleen
- stom, stomat
- mouth, opening