Lesson 2 Flashcard set
Terms
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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-)
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Prefix
downward, disordered - dia- (di-)
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Prefix
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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Prefix
change, transformation, after, behind - para- (par-)
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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)
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Noun-forming suffix
state, condition - -ema, (-emat)
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition - -esis
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noun-forming suffix
state, condition, procedure - -etic
- adjective-forming suffix pertaining to
- -ics, -itcs
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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 - -oid, -ode, -id
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noun forming suffix and adjective forming suffix
indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling - -oma, (-ommat, omata)
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noun-forming suffix
usually tumor; occasionally disease - -ose
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Adjective-forming suffix
also used to form 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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noun-forming suffix
indicates a particular science or study - -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 the names of chemical substances - -ide
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Noun-forming suffix
forms the names of chemical substances - -ite
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Noun-forming suffix
forms the names of chemical substances - -one
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Noun-forming suffix
forms the names of chemical substances - coli-
- usually refers to the colon bacillus
- cyst(i)-
- usually refers to the urinary bladder
- cholecyst-
- refers to the gallbladder
- 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
carcinoma, cancer - -cel-
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combining form
hernia, tumor, swelling, accumulation of - 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