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65 Cards in this Set
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amphi-, ampho-
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Prefix
on both sides, around |
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ana-
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Prefix
up,back,against |
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apo-
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Prefix
away from |
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cata(cat before a vowel or h)
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Prefix
downward, disordered |
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dia(di- before a vowel)
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Prefix
through,across,inward |
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eso-
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Prefix
within, inner, inward |
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eu-
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Prefix
good, normal, healthy |
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heter-, hetero-
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Prefix
different, other, relationship to another |
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homo-,homeo-
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Prefix
same, likeness |
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meta-(met- before a vowel or h)
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Prefix
change, transformation, after, behind |
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para- (often par- before a vowel)
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Prefix
alongside, around, abnormal, beyond |
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pro-
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Prefix
before |
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pros-, prosth-
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Prefix
In place of |
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-al
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Adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, located in |
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-ase
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Noun-forming suffix
forms names of enzymes |
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-asia,-asis(rare)
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Noun-forming suffix
state, conditon |
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-ema
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Noun-forming suffix
state, conditon |
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-esis
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Noun-forming suffix
state, condtion, procedure |
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-etic
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Noun-forming suffix
pertaining to |
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-ics,-tics
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Noun-forming suffix
science, study of |
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-ism
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Noun-forming suffix
state, condition, quality |
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-ismus
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Noun-forming suffix
state, condition, muscular spasm |
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-oid(rarely),-ode,-id
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Noun and adjective-forming suffix
indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling |
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-oma
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Noun-forming suffix
tumor or disease |
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-omat
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Comination form of -oma
tumor or disease |
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-omata
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Plural noun-forming suffix
tumor or disease |
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-ose
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Adjective-forming suffix
Use for names of chemical substances: full of, resembling |
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-ous
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Adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to, characterized by, full of |
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-tics
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Noun-forming suffix
Indicating a particular science or study of |
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-us
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Noun-forming suffix
condition, person (sometimes a malaformed fetus) |
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-ize
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Verb-forming suffix
to make,become,cause to be, subject to,engage in |
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acr-
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Combination form
[highest point] extremities (partitculary the hands and feet) |
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ambly-
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Combination form
dull, faint |
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carcin-
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Combination form
[crab] carcinoma, cancer |
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-cel-
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Combination form
hernia, tumor, swelling |
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cheir-,chir-
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Combination form
hand |
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chol(e)-
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Combination form
bile, gall |
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col(i)-, colon-
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Combination form
colon |
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cyan-
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Combination form
blue |
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cyat(i)-,-cysti
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Combination form
bladder,cyst |
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diplo-
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Combination form
double, twin |
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enter-
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Combination form
(small) intestine |
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erg-
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Combination form
action, work |
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gastr-
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Combination form
stomach |
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hem-,hemat-,-em-
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Comination form
blood |
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hepar-, -hepat-
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Combination form
blood |
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lip-
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Combination form
fat |
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macr-
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Combination form
(abnormally) large or long |
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mega-, megal-
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Combination form
(abnormally) large or long |
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melan-
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Combination form
dark, black |
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micr-
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Combination form
(abnormally) small |
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nyct-
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Combination form
night |
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odyn-
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Combination form
pain |
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onc-
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Combination form
tumor |
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pachy-
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Combination form
thick |
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pseud-
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Combination form
false |
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py-
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Combination form
pus |
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sarc-
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Combination form
flesh, soft tissue |
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spasm-
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Combination form
spasm, involuntary muscular contraction |
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splen-
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Combination form
spleen |
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stom-,stomat-
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Combination form
mouth, opening |
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derma
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dictionary form
the skin |
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hepar
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dictionary form
the liver |
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meninx
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dictionary form
one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord |
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soma
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the body
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