Krissi Cross Med Vocab Chapter 2

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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

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, hetero

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

adjectival-forming suffix


pertaining to, located in

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ase

Back 15

noun-forming suffix


forms names of enzymes

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asia, asis

Back 16

abstract noun-forming suffix


state, condition

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ema

Back 17

abstract noun-forming suffix


state, condition (combining form of of nouns ending in emais emat)

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esis

Back 18

abstract noun-forming suffix


state, condition, procedure

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etic

Back 19

adjective-forming suffix


pertaining to

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ics, tics

Back 20

noun-forming suffix


science or study of

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ism

Back 21

abstract noun-forming suffix


state, condition, quality

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ismus

Back 22

abstract noun-forming suffix


state, condition, muscular spasm

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oid (rarely) ode, id

Back 23

noun and adjective-forming sufix

indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance, like, resembling

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oma

Back 24

abstract noun-forming suffix


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 25

adjectival-forming suffix


used to form names of chemical substances, full of, resembling:

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ous

Back 26

Latin derived adjectival-forming suffix


pertaining to, characterized by, full of

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tics

Back 27

see ics:

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us

Back 28

Latin noun-forming suffix


condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)

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acr

Back 29

combining form



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

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ambly

Back 30

combining form


dull, faint

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carcin

Back 31

combining form


[crab] carcinoma, cancer

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-cel-*

Back 32

combining form


hernia, tumor, swelling

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cheir,chir

Back 33

combining form


hand

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chol (e)

Back 34

combining form


bile, gall

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col (i), colon

Back 35

combining form


colon

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cyan

Back 36

combining form


blue

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cyst (i), cystis

Back 37

combining form


bladder, cyst

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diplo

Back 38

combining form


double, twin

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enter

Back 39

combining form


small (intestine)

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erg

Back 40

combining form


action, work

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gastr

Back 41

combining form


stomach

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hem, hemat, em

Back 42

combining form


blood

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hepar, hepat

Back 43

combining form


liver

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lip

Back 44

combining form


fat

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macr

Back 45

combinbig form


(abnormally) large or long

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mega, megal

Back 46

combining form


(abnormally) large or long

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melan

Back 47

comgining form


dark, black

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micr

Back 48

combining form


(abnormally) samll

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nyct

Back 49

combining form


night

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odyn

Back 50

combining form


pain

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onc

Back 51

combining form


tumor

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pachy

Back 52

combining form


thick

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pseud

Back 53

combining form


false

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py

Back 54

combining form


pus

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sarc

Back 55

combining form


flesh, soft tissue

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spasm

Back 56

combining form


spasm, involuntary muscular contraction

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splen

Back 57

combining form


spleen

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stom, stomat

Back 58

combining form


mouth, opening