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63 Cards in this Set
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amphi-, ampho-
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prefix on both sides, around, both |
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ana-
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prefix up, back, against |
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apo-
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prefix away from |
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cata- (cat- before a vowel or h)
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prefix downward, disordered |
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dia- (di- before a vowel)
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prefix through, across, apart |
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eso-
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prefix within, inner, inward |
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eu-
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prefix good, normal , healthy |
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heter-, hetero-
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prefix different, other, relationship to another |
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homo-, homeo-
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prefix same, likeness |
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meta- (met- before a vowel or h)
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prefix change, transformation, after, behind |
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para- (often par- before a vowel)
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prefix alongside, around, abnormal, beyond |
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pro-
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prefix before |
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pros-, prosth-
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prefix in place of |
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-al
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Latin adjective-forming suffix pertaining to, located in |
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-ase
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noun-forming suffix forms names of enzymes |
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-asia, -asis (rare)
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noun-forming suffix state, condition |
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-ema
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noun-forming suffix state, condition |
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-emat
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combining form state, condition |
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-esis
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noun-forming suffix state, condition, procedure |
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-etic
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adjective-forming suffix pertaining to (often from nouns ending in -esis) |
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-ics, -tics,
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noun-forming suffix form nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of |
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-ism
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noun-forming suffix state, condition, quality |
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-ismus
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noun-forming suffix state, condition, muscular spasm |
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-oid, (rarely) -ode, -id
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noun-forming suffix indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance |
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-oid, (rarely) -ode, -id
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adjective forming suffix like, resembling |
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-oma
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noun-forming suffix usually tumor; occasionally disease |
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-omat,
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combining form usually tumor, occasionally disease |
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-omata
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plural noun-forming suffix usually tumor, occasionally disease |
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-ose
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Latin adjective forming suffix full of, resembling |
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-ose
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noun-forming suffix used to form names of chemical substances |
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-ous
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Latin adjective forming suffix pertaining to, characterized by, full of |
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-us
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Latin noun-forming suffix condtition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus) |
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-ize
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Greek derived suffix "to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in" |
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-ate, -ide, -ite, -one
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noun-forming suffix used to form names of chemical substances |
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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
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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 |
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cyan-
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combining form blue |
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cyst(i)-, -cystis
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combining form bladder, cyst |
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diplo-
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combining form double, twin |
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enter-
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combining form (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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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 |