First Group of Prefixes Lesson 2
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 before a vowel or h) -
prefix
downward, disordered -
dia
(di before a vowel) -
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through, across, apart - eso
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prefix
withing, 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 before a vowel or h) -
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change, transformation, after, behind -
para
(often par before a vowel) -
prefix
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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adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, located in - -ase
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noun-forming suffix
forms names of enzymes - -asia, -asis (rare)
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition - -ema
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition
the combining form of nouns ending in -ema is -emat - -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
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 -
-old
(rarely) -ode, -id -
noun and adjective-forming suffix
like, resembling
particular shape, form or resemblance - oma
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noun-forming suffix
usually tumor, occasionally disease
combining form of nouns ending in -oma is -omat, plural is -omata - -ose
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adjective-forming suffix
or names of chemical substances
full of, resembling - -ous
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adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, characterized by, full of - -us
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a Latin noun-forming ending suffix
condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus) - -ize
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verb-forming suffix, Greek
to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in - 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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combining form
(crab) carcinoma, cancer - -cel
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combining form
hernia, tumor, swelling - cheir-, chir-
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combining form
hand - chol(e)-
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combining form
bile, gall - col(i)-, colon-
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combining form
colon - cyan-
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combining form
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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combining form
(small) intestine - erg-
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combining form
action, work - gastr-
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combining form
stomach - hem-, hemat-, -em-
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combining form
blood - hepar-, hepat-
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combining form
liver - lip-
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combining form
fat - macr-
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combining form
(abnormally)large or long - mega-, megal-
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combining form
(abnormally)large or long - melan-
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combining form
dark, black - micr-
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combining form
(abnormally)small - nyct-
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combining form
night - odyn-
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combining form
pain - onc-
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combining form
tumor - pachy-
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combining form
thick - pseud-
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combining form
false - py-
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combining form
pus - sarc-
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combining form
flesh, soft tissue - spasm-
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combining form
spasm, involuntary muscular contraction - splen-
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combining form
spleen - stom-, stomat-
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combining form
mouth, opening - -ate
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noun-forming suffix
forms chemical name - -ide
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noun-forming suffix
forms chemical name - -ite
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noun-forming suffix
forms chemical name - -one
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noun-forming suffix
forms chemical name