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59 Cards in this Set
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amphi-, ampho-
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on both sides, around, both
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ana-
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up, back, against
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apo-
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away from
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cata (cat before vowel or h)
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downward, disordered
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dia-(di- before a vowel)
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through, across, apart
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eso-
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within, inner, inward
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eu-
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good, normal, healthy
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heter-, hetero-
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different, other, relationship to another
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homo-, homeo-
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same, likeness
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meta- (met- before a vowel or h)
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change, transformation, after, behind
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para- (par- before a vowel)
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alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
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pro-
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before
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pros-, prosth-
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in place of
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-al
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latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, located in
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-ase
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forms nouns of enzymes
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-asia, -asis (rare)
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form abstract nouns: state, condition
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-ema
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forms abstract nouns: state, condition. The combining form or nouns ending in -ema is -emat-
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-esis
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forms abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure
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-etic
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forms adjectives, often from nouns ending in -esis: pertaining to
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-ics, -tics
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form nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of
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-ism
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forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality
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-ismus
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forms abstract nouns: state, condition, muscular spasm.
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-oid, (rarely) -ode, -id
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form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance
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oma
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forms abstact nouns: usually tumor; occasionally disease. The combining form of nouns ending in -oma is -omat, plural -omata
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-ose
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a Latin-derived adjectival suffix; also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling
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-ous
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a Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining t, characterized by, full of
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-us
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a Latin noun-forming ending: condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)
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-ize
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a commonly used Greek-derived suffix that means "to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in"
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4 common suffixes that indicate chemicals
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-ate, -ide, -ite, -one
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ACR-
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combining form: (highest point) extremities ( particularly the hands and feet)
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ambly-
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combining form: dull, faint
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carcin-
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(crab) carcinoma, cancer
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-cel-, sometime kel-
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combining form: hernia, tumor, swelling
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cheir-, chir-
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combining form: hand
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chol(e)-
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combining form: bile, gall
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col(i)-, colon-
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combining form: colon. coli usually refers to the colon bacillus e.coli
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cyan-
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combining form: blue
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cyst(i)-, cystis
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blcombining form: bladder, cyst. Cyst(i) usually refers to the usrinary bladder
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diplo-
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combining form: double, twin
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enter-
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(small) intestine
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erg-
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combining form: action, work
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gastr-
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combining form: stomach
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hem-, hemat-, -em-
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combining form: blood
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hepar-, hepat-
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combining form: liver
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lip-
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combining form: fat
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macr-
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combining form: (abnormally) large or long
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mega-, megal-
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combining form: (abnormally) large or long
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melan-
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combining form: dark, black
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micr-
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combining form: (abnormally) small
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nyct-
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combining form: night
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odyn-
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combining form: pain
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onc-
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combining form: tumor
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pachy-
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combining form: thick
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pseud-
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combining form: false
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py-
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combining form: pus
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sarc-
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combining form: flesh, soft tissue
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spasm-
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combining form: spasm, involuntary muscular contraction.
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splen-
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combining form- spleen
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stom-, stomat-
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combining form: mouth, opening
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