Lesson 2 prefixes, suffixes, and combining forms

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amphi-, ampho-: prefix

on both sides, around, both:
ana-: prefix

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

alonside, aorund, abnormal, beyond
pro-: prefix

before
pros- prosth-: prefix

in place of
-al: adjective-forming suffix

pertaining to, located in
-ase: suffix

forms names of enzymes
-asia, - asis: noun-forming suffix

state, condition
-ema: noun-forming suffix

state, condition
-esis: noun-forming suffix

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

condition, muscular spasm
-old , -ode, -id: noun and adjective forming suffix

like, resembling
oma: noun-forming suffix

usually tumor, occasionally disease
-ose: adjective-forming suffix

full of, resembling
-ous: adjective-forming suffix

pertaining to, charaterized by, full of
-tics: noun-forming suffix

science or study of
-us: noun-forming suffix

condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)
-ize: verb-forming suffix

to make,become,cuase to be,subject to,engage in
acr-: combining form

[highest point] extremities (particular the hands and feet)
ambly-: combining form

dull, faint
carcin-: combining form

[crab] carinoma, 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 muscle contraction
splen-: combining form

spleen
stom-,stomat-: combining form

mouth, openining

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