Lesson 2

Front 1

amphi-, ampho-

Back 1

Prefix:

on both sides, around, both

Front 2

ana-

Back 2

Prefix:

up, back, against

Front 3

apo-

Back 3

Prefix:

away from

Front 4

cata-, (cat- before a vowel or h)

Back 4

Prefix:

downward, disordered

Front 5

dia-, (di- before a vowel)

Back 5

Prefix:

through, across, apart

Front 6

eso-

Back 6

Prefix:

within, inner, inward

Front 7

eu-

Back 7

Prefix:

good, normal, healthy

Front 8

heter-, hetero-

Back 8

Prefix:

different, other, relationship to another

Front 9

homo-, homeo-

Back 9

Prefix:

same, likeness

Front 10

meta-, (met- before a vowel or h)

Back 10

Prefix:

change, transformation, after, behind

Front 11

para-, (par- before a vowel ~often~)

Back 11

Prefix:

alongside, around, abnormal, beyond

Front 12

pro-

Back 12

Prefix:

before

Front 13

pros-, prosth-

Back 13

Prefix:

in place of

Front 14

-al

Back 14

Suffix (latin-derived adjectival suffix):

pertaining to, located in

Front 15

-ase

Back 15

Suffix:

forms names of enzymes

Front 16

-asia, -asis (rare)

Back 16

Suffix (forms abstract nouns):

state, condition

Front 17

-ema

Back 17

Suffix (forms abstract nouns):

state, condition

(the combining form of nouns ending in -ema is -emat-)

Front 18

-esis

Back 18

Suffix (forms abstract nouns):

state, condition, procedue

Front 19

-etic

Back 19

Suffix (forms adjectives, often from nouns ending in -esis):

pertaining to

Front 20

-ics, -tics

Back 20

Suffix (form nouns indicating a particular science or study):

science or study of

Front 21

-ism

Back 21

Suffix (forms abstract noun):

state, condition, quality

Front 22

-ismus

Back 22

Suffix (forms abstract noun):

state, condition; muscular spasm

Front 23

-oid, (rarely) -ode, -id

Back 23

Suffix (forms both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape form, or resemblance):

like, resembling

Front 24

-oma

Back 24

Suffix (forms abstract nouns):

usually tumor, occasionally disease.

(The combining form of nouns ending in -oma is -omat-; the plural often is -omata)

Front 25

-ose

Back 25

Suffix (a latin-derived adjectival suffix)(also used to form names of chemical substances):

full of, resembling

Front 26

-ous

Back 26

Suffix (latin-derived adjectival suffix):

pertaining to, characterized by, full of

Front 27

-us

Back 27

Suffix (latin noun forming ending):

condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)

Front 28

-ize

Back 28

Verb-forming Suffix:

to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in

Front 29

acr-

Back 29

Combining form:

[highest point] extremities (particularly hands and feet)

Front 30

ambly-

Back 30

Combining form:

dull, faint

Front 31

carcin-

Back 31

Combining form:

[crab] carcinoma, cancer

Front 32

-cel-

Back 32

Combining form:

bernia, tumor, swelling

(-cele indicates a swelling cause by an abnormal accumulation of fluid)

Front 33

-cheir, -chir

Back 33

Combining form:

hand

Front 34

chol(e)-

Back 34

Combining form:

bile, gall

Front 35

col(i)-, colon-

Back 35

Combining form:

colon

Front 36

cyan-

Back 36

Combining form:

blue

Front 37

cyst(i)-, -cystis

Back 37

Combining form:

bladder, cyst

Front 38

diplo-

Back 38

Combining form:

double, twin

Front 39

enter-

Back 39

Combining form:

(small) instestine

Front 40

erg-

Back 40

Combining form:

action, work

Front 41

gaster-

Back 41

Combining form:

stomach

Front 42

hem-, hemat-, -em

Back 42

Combining form:

blood

Front 43

hepar-, hepat-

Back 43

Combining form:

liver

Front 44

lip-

Back 44

Combining form:

fat

Front 45

macr-

Back 45

Combining form:

(abnormally) large or long

Front 46

mega-, megal

Back 46

Combining form:

(abnormally) large or long

Front 47

melan-

Back 47

Combining form:

dark, black

Front 48

micr-

Back 48

Combining form:

(abnormally) small

Front 49

nyct-

Back 49

Combining form:

night

Front 50

odyn-

Back 50

Combining form:

pain

Front 51

onc-

Back 51

Combining form:

tumor

Front 52

pachy-

Back 52

Combining form:

thick

Front 53

pseud-

Back 53

Combining form:

false

Front 54

py-

Back 54

Combining form:

pus

Front 55

sarc-

Back 55

Combining form:

flesh, soft tissue

Front 56

spasm-

Back 56

Combining form:

spasm, involuntary muscular contraction

Front 57

splen-

Back 57

Combining form:

spleen

Front 58

stom-, stomat-

Back 58

Combining form:

mouth, opening

Front 59

Chemical Substances

Back 59

suffices used to form names of chemical substances such as:

-ate

-ide

-ite

-one

Front 60

coli-, cysti-, cholecyst-

Back 60

words beginning with or containing coli- usually refer to the colon bacillus

words containing cyst(i)- usually refer to the urinary bladder

words containing cholecyst- refer to the gallbladder

Front 61

nominatice sigular, the dictionary form of a noun, is itself a word without a prefix or suffix

Back 61

derma: the skin

hepar: the liver

meninx: one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord

soma: the body