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Medical Vocabulary from Lesson 2

Terms

undefined, object
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amphi-,ampho
Prefix
on both sides, around, both
ana-
Preix
up, back, against
apo-
Prefix
away from
cata-, cat-
Prefix
downward, disordered
dia-, di-
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-
Prefix
change, transformation, after, behind
para-, par-
Prefix
alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
pro-
Prefix
before
pros-, prosth-
Prefix
in place of
-al
adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, located in
-ase
noun-forming suffix
forms names of enzymes
-asia, -asis
noun-forming suffix
state, condition
-ema
noun-forming suffix
state, condition
-esis
noun-forming suffix
state, condition, procedure
-etic
adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to
-ics, -tics
noun-forming suffix
science or study of
-ism
noun-forming suffix
state, condition, quality
-ismus
noun-forming suffix
state, condtion; muscular spasm
-oid,-ode,-id
noun and adjecting-forming suffix
indicating a particular shape, form, or resenbalance: like, resembling
-oma, -omat
noun-forming suffix
tumor, disease
-omata
plural of -omat
-ose
adjective-forming suffix
used to forming names of chemical substances: full of, resembling
-ous
adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, characterized by, full of
-us
noun-forming suffix
condtion, person
sometimes a malformed fetus
-ize
Greek-derived suffix
"to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in"
-ate
used to form the names of chemical substances
-ide
siffix used to form the names of chemical substances
-ite
suffix used to form the names of chemical substances
-one
suffix used to formt the names of chemical substances
acr-
Combining form
extremities (particularly the hands and feet)
ambly-
Combining form
dull, faint
carcin-
Combining form
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
psued-
Combining form
false
py-
Combining form
pus
sarc-
Combining form
flesh, soft tissue
spasm-
Combining form
spasm, involuntary muscular contraction
splen-
Combining form
spleen
stom-, stomat-
Combining form
mouth, opening
coli-
prefix
refer to the colon baillus, Escherichia coli
cyst(i)-
refer to the urinary bladder
cholecyst-
refer to the gallbladder

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