Lesson 2 Flashcards

Front 1

derma

Back 1

the skin

Front 2

hepar

Back 2

the liver

Front 3

meninx

Back 3

one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord

Front 4

soma

Back 4

the body

Front 5

amphi-, ampho-

Back 5

Prefix

on both sides, around, both

Front 6

ana-

Back 6

Prefix

up, back, against

Front 7

apo-

Back 7

Prefix

away from

Front 8

cata-(cat-)

Back 8

Prefix

downward, disordered

Front 9

dia-(di-)

Back 9

Prefix

through, across, apart

Front 10

eso-

Back 10

Prefix

within, inner, inward

Front 11

eu-

Back 11

Prefix

good, normal, healthy

Front 12

heter-, hetero-

Back 12

Prefix

different, other, relationship to another

Front 13

homo-, homeo-

Back 13

Prefix

same, likeness

Front 14

meta-(met-)

Back 14

Prefix

change, transformation, after, behind

Front 15

para-(par-)

Back 15

Prefix

alongside, around, abnormal, beyond

Front 16

pro-

Back 16

Prefix

before

Front 17

pros-, prosth-

Back 17

Prefix

in place of

Front 18

-al

Back 18

Suffix
(Latin-derived adjectival)

pertaining to, located in

Front 19

-ase

Back 19

Suffix

forms names of enzymes

Front 20

-asia, -asis

Back 20

Suffix
(abstract noun-forming)

state, condition

Front 21

-ema

Back 21

Suffix
(abstract noun forming)

state, condition

Front 22

-esis

Back 22

Suffix
(abstract noun forming)

state, condition, procedure

Front 23

-etic

Back 23

Suffix
(adjective forming)

pertaining to

Front 24

-ics, -tics

Back 24

Suffix
(forms nouns)

science or study of

Front 25

-ism

Back 25

Suffix
(forms abstract nouns)

state, condition, quality

Front 26

-ismus

Back 26

Suffix
(forms abstract nouns)

state, condition, muscular spasm

Front 27

-oid, -ode, -id

Back 27

Suffix
(forms both nouns and adjectives)

like, resembling

Front 28

-oma

Back 28

Suffix
(forms abstract nouns)

usually tumor, occasionally disease

Front 29

-ose

Back 29

Suffix
(Latin-derived adjectival)

full of, resembling

Front 30

-ous

Back 30

Suffix
(Latin-derived adjectival)

pertaining to, characterized by, full of

Front 31

-us

Back 31

Suffix
(Latin noun-forming ending)

condition, person

Front 32

-ize

Back 32

Suffix
(verb forming)

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

Front 33

acr-

Back 33

Combining form

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

Front 34

ambly-

Back 34

Combining form

dull, faint

Front 35

carcin-

Back 35

Combining form

[crab] carcinoma, cancer

Front 36

-cel-

Back 36

Combining form

hernia, tumor, swelling

Front 37

cheir-, chir-

Back 37

Combining form

hand

Front 38

chol(e)-

Back 38

Combining form

bile, gall

Front 39

col(i)-, colon-

Back 39

Combining form

colon

Front 40

cyan-

Back 40

Combining form

blue

Front 41

cyst(i)-, -cystis

Back 41

Combining form

bladder, cyst

Front 42

diplo-

Back 42

Combining form

double, twin

Front 43

enter-

Back 43

Combining form

(small) intestine

Front 44

erg-

Back 44

Combining form

action, work

Front 45

gastr-

Back 45

Combining form

stomach

Front 46

hem-, hemat-, -em-

Back 46

Combining form

blood

Front 47

hepar-, hepat-

Back 47

Combining form

liver

Front 48

lip-

Back 48

Combining form

fat

Front 49

macr-

Back 49

Combining form

(abnormally) large or long

Front 50

mega-, megal-

Back 50

Combining form

(abnormally) large or long

Front 51

melan-

Back 51

Combining form

dark, black

Front 52

micr-

Back 52

Combining form

(abnormally) small

Front 53

nyct-

Back 53

Combining form

night

Front 54

odyn-

Back 54

Combining form

pain

Front 55

onc-

Back 55

Combining form

tumor

Front 56

pachy-

Back 56

Combining form

thick

Front 57

psued-

Back 57

Combining form

false

Front 58

py-

Back 58

Combining form

pus

Front 59

sarc-

Back 59

Combining form

flesh, soft tissue

Front 60

spasm-

Back 60

Combining form

spasm, involuntary muscular contraction

Front 61

splen-

Back 61

Combining form

spleen

Front 62

stom-, stomat-

Back 62

Combining form

mouth, opening