Lesson 1

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epi (ep)

Back 1

prefix; means upon, over, above

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a (an)

Back 2

prefix; means not, without, lacking, deficient

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anti (ant)

Back 3

prefix; means against, opposed to, preventing, relieving

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di (rarely dis)

Back 4

prefix; means two, twice, double

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dys

Back 5

prefix; means difficult, painful, defective, abnormal

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ec (ex)

Back 6

prefix; means out of, away from

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ecto (ect)

Back 7

prefix; means outside of

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en (em)

Back 8

prefix; means in, into, within

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endo (ento, end, ent)

Back 9

prefix; means within

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exo

Back 10

prefix; means outside, from the outside, toward the outside

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hemi

Back 11

prefix; means half, partial; (often) one side of the body

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hyper

Back 12

prefix: means over, above, excessive, beyond normal

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hypo (hyp)

Back 13

prefix; means under, deficient, below normal

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mono (mon)

Back 14

prefix; means one, single

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peri

Back 15

prefix; means around, surrounding

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syn (sym)

Back 16

prefix; means together, with, joined

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LOG

Back 17

suffix form: logy, logist

means: study, science, the study or science of one whoe specializes in a certain study or field

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STEN

Back 18

suffix form: stenosis

means: the narrowing (of a body part)

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SCLER

Back 19

suffix form: sclerosis

means: the hardening of (tissues)

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MALAC

Back 20

suffix form: malacia

means: the softening of (tissues)

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TOX

Back 21

suffix form: toxic, toxin

means: poisonous (to an organ); a substance poisonous to (a body part)

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ACANTH

Back 22

Combination form

means: thorn, spine

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ALG

Back 23

Combination form

means: pain

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ALGES

Back 24

Combination form

means: sensitivity to pain

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ALL

Back 25

Combination form

means: other, divergence, difference from

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ANGI

Back 26

Combination form

means: (blood) vessel, duct

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ARTERI

Back 27

Combination form

means: [air passage] artery

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ARTHR

Back 28

Combination form

means: joint

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BI

Back 29

Combination form

means: life

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BRADY

Back 30

Combination form

means: slow

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CARDI

Back 31

Combination form

means: heart

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CEPHAL

Back 32

Combination form

means: head

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CRANI

Back 33

Combination form

means: skull

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CYT

Back 34

Combination form

means: [hollow container] cell

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ENCEPHAL

Back 35

Combination form

means: brain (a combo. of en, in, and kephale, head)

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ERYTHR

Back 36

Combination form

means: red, red blood cell

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LEPT

Back 37

Combination form

means: thin, fine, slight

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MALAC

Back 38

Combination form

means: soft

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MES

Back 39

Combination form

means: middle, secondary, partial, mesentery

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METER, METR

Back 40

Combination form

means: measure, measure device

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NEPHR

Back 41

Combination form

means: kidney

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NEUR

Back 42

Combination form

means: [tendon], nerve, nervous system

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OSTE

Back 43

Combination form

means: bone

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PROSOP

Back 44

Combination form

means: face

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PROT

Back 45

Combination form

means: first, primitive, early

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SCLER

Back 46

Combination form

means: hard

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STEN

Back 47

Combination form

means: narrow

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STERE

Back 48

Combination form

means: solid, having three dimensions

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TACHY

Back 49

Combination form

means: rapid

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TOX(I)

Back 50

Combination form

means: poison

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LEUK

Back 51

Combination form

means: white, white blood cells

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LITH

Back 52

Combination form

means: stone, calculus

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LOG

Back 53

Combination form

means: study, word

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tic

Back 54

Adjective forming suffix

1.) pertaining to
2.) when used as a noun it indicates a drug or agent

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itic

Back 55

Adjective forming suffix

1.) pertaining to
2.) pertaining to inflammation
3.) when used as a noun it indicates a drug or agent

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ic

Back 56

Adjective forming suffix

1.) pertaining to, located in
2.) when used as a noun it often indicates a drug or agent
3.) when used as a noun it refers to a person suffering a disability or condition

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ac

Back 57

Adjective forming suffix

1.) pertaining to, located in

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otic

Back 58

Adjective forming suffix

1.) forms adjective from nouns ending in -osis

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iasis

Back 59

Noun forming suffix

1.) disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of
2.) used with parasitic organism to indicate infestation
3.) formation of calculi in the body

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osis

Back 60

Noun forming suffix

1.) abnormal or diseased condition

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ma

Back 61

Noun forming suffix

1.) abnormal or diseased condition

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itis

Back 62

Noun forming suffix

1.) indicates an inflamed condition; inflammation

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itides

Back 63

Noun forming suffix

1.) inflammed condition; plural form for -itis

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ium

Back 64

Noun forming suffix

1.) membrane, connective tissue
2.) names regions of the body

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in, ine

Back 65

Noun forming suffix

1.) names of substances

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a

Back 66

Noun forming suffix

1.) state, condition (abstract)

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sis

Back 67

Noun forming suffix

1.) state or condition (abstract)

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sia

Back 68

Noun forming suffix

1.) state, condition (abstract)

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ia

Back 69

Noun forming suffix

1.) state, condition (abstract)

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y

Back 70

Noun forming suffix

1.) condition (-ia) (abstract)

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iac

Back 71

Noun forming suffix

1.) person afflicted with

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ist

Back 72

Noun forming suffix

1.) a person interested in

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anastomosis

Back 73

a surgical or pathological connection between two passages

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exostosis

Back 74

a bony growth arising from the surface bone

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aponeurosis

Back 75

a sheet of tissue connection muscles to bones

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symbiosis

Back 76

the living together in close association of two organisms of different species

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antibiosis

Back 77

the association between two organisms in which one is harmful to the other