Lesson 2 Nouns of the Third Declension 2
Terms
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amphi
ampho - on both sides, around, both
- ana
- up, back, against
- apo
- away from
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cata
cat(before a vowel or h) - downward, disordered
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dia
di(before a vowel) - through, across, apart
- eso
- within, inner, inward
- eu
- good, normal, healthy
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heter
hetero - different, other, relationship to another
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homo
homeo - same, likeness
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meta
met(before a vowel or h) - change, transformation, after, behind
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para
par(often par before a vowel) - alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
- pro
- before
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pros
prosth - in place of
- al
- pertaining to, located in
- ase
- forms names of enzymes
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asia
asis(rare) - form abstract nouns: state, condition
- ema
- forms abstract nouns: state, condition. The combining form of nouns ending in -ema is -emat.
- esis
- forms abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure
- etic
- forms adjectives: often from nouns ending in -esis
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ics
tics - form nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of
- ism
- forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality
- ismus
- forms abstract nouns: state, condition; muscular spasm
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oid
ode(rarely)
id - form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblence: like, resembling
- oma
- forms abstract nouns: usually tumor, occasionally disease. The combining forms of nouns ending in -oma is -omat; the plural often is -omata
- ose
- a Latin-derived adjectival suffix: also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling
- ous
- a Lation-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, characterized by, full of
- us
- a Latin noun-forming ending: condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)
- ize
- a verb forming suffix: to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in
- acr
- combining form: highest point extremeties (particularly the hands and the feet)
- ambly
- dull, faint
- carcin
- combining form: (crab)carcinoma, cancer
- -cel
- combining form: hernia, tumore, 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
- pseud
- 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
- words containing or beginning with coli usually refer to the colon bacillus, escherichia coli
- cyst(i)
- words containing this usually refer to the urinary bladder
- cholecyst
- words containing this usually refer to the gall bladder
- derma, dermatos
- the skin
- hepar
- the liver
- meninx
- one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord
- soma
- the body
- gaster, gastros
- the stomach
- ate, ide, ite, one
- these suffixes usually indicate names of chemical substances