Carlye Harris Med Vocab Chapter 1

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amphi-, ampho-

Back 1

Prefix

on both, sides, around, both

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ana

Back 2

Prefix

up, back, against

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apo

Back 3

Prefix

away from

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cata- (cat- before a vowel or h)

Back 4

Prefix

downward, disordered

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dia (di- before a vowel)

Back 5

Prefix

through, across, apart

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eso

Back 6

Prefix

within, inner, inward

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eu

Back 7

Prefix

good, normal, healthy

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heter, -hertero

Back 8

Prefix

different, other, relationship to another

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homo, homeo-

Back 9

Prefix

same, likeness

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meta (met- before a vowel or h)

Back 10

Prefix change, transformation, after, behind

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para-(often par- before a vowel)

Back 11

Prefix

alongside, around, abnormal, beyond

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pro

Back 12

Prefix

before

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pros-, prosth

Back 13

Prefix

in place of

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al

Back 14

Suffix

a Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, located in

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ase

Back 15

Suffix

forms names of enzymes

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asia, asis (rare)

Back 16

Suffix

form abstract nouns: state, condition

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ema

Back 17

Suffix
Suffix

forms abstract nouns: state, condition. The combing form of nouns ending in ema is emat

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esis

Back 18

Suffix

forms abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure

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etic

Back 19

Suffix

forms adjectives, often from nouns ending in esis- pertaining to

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ics, -tics

Back 20

Suffix

form nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of

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ism

Back 22

Suffix

forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality

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ismus

Back 23

Suffix

forms abstract nouns: state, condition, muscular spasm

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oid (rarely), ode, id

Back 24

Suffix

form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance like, resembling

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oma

Back 25

Suffix

forms abstract nouns
usually tumor; occasionally disease. The combining form of nouns ending in oma is omat- the plural often is omata

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ose

Back 26

Suffix
Latin derived adjectival suffix;
also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling

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ous

Back 27

Suffix
A latin-derived adjectival suffix
also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling

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tics

Back 28

Suffix

see ics

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us

Back 29

Suffix
a latin noun forming ending

condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)

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ize

Back 30

Verb forming Suffix

a commonly used Greek-derived suffix that means "to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in."

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ate, ide, ite, one

Back 31

many suffixes used to form names of chemical substances.

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ACR-

Back 32

Combining form

(highest point) extremities (particularly the hands and feet)

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AMBLY-

Back 33

Combining form

dull, faint

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CARCIN-

Back 34

Combining form

(crab) carcinoma, cancer

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-CEL-

Back 35

Combining form

hernia, tumor, swelling

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CHEIR-, CHIR

Back 36

Combining form

hand

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CHOL(E)-

Back 37

Combining form

bile, gall

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COL(I)-, COLON-

Back 38

Combining form

colon

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CYAN

Back 39

Combining form

blue

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CYST(I), CYSTIS

Back 40

Combining form

bladder, cyst

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DIPLO-

Back 41

Combining form

double, twin

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ENTER-

Back 42

Comining form

small (intestine)

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ERG-

Back 43

Combining form

action, work

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GASTER-

Back 44

Combining form

stomach

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HEM-, HEMAT-, -EM-

Back 45

Combining form

blood

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HEPAR-, HEPAT-

Back 46

Combining form

liver

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LIP-

Back 47

Combining form

fat

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MACR-

Back 48

Combining form

(abnormally) large or long

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MEGA-, MEGAL-

Back 49

Combining form

(abnormally) large or long

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MELAN-

Back 50

Combining form

dark, black

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MICR-

Back 51

Combining form

(abnormally) small

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NYCT-

Back 52

Combining form

night

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ODYN-

Back 53

Combining form

pain

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ONC-

Back 54

Combining form

tumor

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PACHY-

Back 55

Combining form

thick

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PSEUD-

Back 56

Combining form

false

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PY-

Back 57

Combining form

pus

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SARC-

Back 58

Combining form

flesh, soft tissue

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SPASM-

Back 59

Combining form

spasm, involuntary muscular contraction

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SPLEN-

Back 60

Combining form

spleen

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STOM-, STOMAT-

Back 61

Combining form

mouth, opening

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coli

Back 62

usually refer to the colon bacillus

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cyst(i)

Back 63

usually refer to the urinary bladder

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cholecyst

Back 64

refer to the gallbladder

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derma

Back 65

the skin

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hepar

Back 66

the liver

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meninx

Back 67

one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord

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soma

Back 68

the body