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Noun Forming Suffixes
General Function |
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-ic -ite -oid -ot |
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Noun Forming Suffixes
Abstract Function (concept) |
-ics
-is -ism -y |
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Noun Forming Suffixes
Agent Function (someone/something that does something) |
-ist
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Adjective Forming Suffixes
(almost always conveys the meaning "resembling") |
-ac
-ic -oid |
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Verb Forming Suffix
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-ize
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GREEK VERB FORMS
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The Greek verb forms have the meaning of the English infinitive "to" followed by the meaning of their base
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agog
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lead
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acou
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hear
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ball, bol
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throw
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cri
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judge
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do
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give
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gen
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become, be born
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gno
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know
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graph, gram
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write
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id
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see
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log, lect
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say
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ora
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see
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opt
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see
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path
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suffer
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phen, phan, pha
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show
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pher, phor
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carry
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prag, prac
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do
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rheu, rh
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flow
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skept
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look at
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skop
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look at
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sta
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set, cause to stand, stand
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tom
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cut
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the
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to place
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trop
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turn
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troph
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nourish
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GREEK PREFIXES
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endings of prefixes that change forms to sound better (assimilation)
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a, an
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not, without, un-
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amphi
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both, on both sides, around
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ana
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up, back, again
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anti, ant
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instead of, against, in opposition to, opposite
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apo
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from, out of, away, away from, off, utterly, completely
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cata, cat
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down, against, completely, wrongly
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dia, di
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through, across, over, apart
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dys
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bad
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ec, ex
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out, from, off
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en, em
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in
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epi, ep
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on, upon, above, over, at near, in addition
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exo, ecto
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outside
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hyper
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over, above, beyond, excessive
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hypo, hyp
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under, below, insufficient
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meta, met
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behind, beyond, (often indicates change)
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para, par
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besides, beyond, near, incorrectly
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peri
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around, about
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pro
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earlier, in front of, instead of
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syn, sym, syl, sy
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together, with
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MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY:
SUFFIXES & COMBINING FORMS |
(derived from Greek)
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ectomy
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surgical removal of
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emia
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condition of the blood,
congestion of blood in |
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in, ine
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chemical substance
(epinephrine) |
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itis
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inflammation of
(tonsillitis) |
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meter
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device for measuring
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logist
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one who studies
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logy
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study of, science of, collection of
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oma
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tumor arising in or composed of,
swelling containing, disease condition, result of |
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osis
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diseased condition of
act of, process of, |
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path
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one who suffers from a disease of,
one who treats a diseased |
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pathy
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disease of,
treatment of disease of or by |
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rrhea
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abnormal discharge of,
flow |
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therapy
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treatment of or by
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tomy
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surgical operation on
surgical cutting off |
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MEDICAL TERMS
GREEK BASES |
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arthr
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joint, articulation
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cardi
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heart
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cephal
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head, skull, brain
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chlor
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light green, yellowish green
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cirrh
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yellow, tawny
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dendr
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tree, tree like structure
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enter
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intestine
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hydr
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water
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hyster
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uterus
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leuc, leuk
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white
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mast
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breast
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melan
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black, dark
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my, mus, myos
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muscle
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myc, mycet
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fungus, mould
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nephr
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kidney
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neur
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nerve
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ophthalm
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eye
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oste
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bone
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ot
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ear
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phleb
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vein
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psych
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mind
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sthen
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strength
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tachy
tach |
swift
speed |
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tox
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poison
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xanth
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yellow
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Hippocrates
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430BC
founded a medical school traveled teaching and practicing his art beginnings of Greek rational medicine Hippocratic Oath |
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Galen
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most renowned doctor in the Roman world
129CE appointed surgeon to a school of gladiators wrote medical treatises able to prove that the brain controls speech |
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Soranus
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Roman doctor who dealt with gynecological issues (womanly issues)
98-138CE |
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Four Humors:
blood |
Sanguine
cheerful and lively |
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phlegm
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Phlegmatic
calm and tough |
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black bile
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Meloncholic
gloomy and anxious |
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yellow bile
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choleric
lively and irascible (easily angered) |
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pediatrician
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child's physician
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obstetrician
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branch of medicine that deals with childbirth and midwivery
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pharmacist
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branch of medicine that deals with the uses, effects, and modes of action of drugs
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gynecologist
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women physiology doctor
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optometrist
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measures the refraction of the eyes and prescribes correctional lenses
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neurologist
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nervous system physician
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