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58 Cards in this Set
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amphi-, ampho- |
Prefix On both sides, around, both |
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ana- |
Prefix up, back, against
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apo- |
Prefix away from |
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cata- (cat-) |
Prefix downward, disordered |
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dia- (di) |
Prefix through, across, apart |
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eso- |
Prefix within, inner, inward |
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eu- |
Prefix good, normal, healthy |
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heter- , hetero |
Prefix different, other, relationship to another |
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homo-, homeo- |
Prefix same, likeness |
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meta- (met-) |
Prefix change, transformation, after, behind
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para- (par-) |
Prefix alongside, around, abnormal, beyond |
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pro- |
Prefix before |
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pros-, prosth- |
Prefix in place of |
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-al |
Adjective Forming Suffix pertaining to, located in |
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-ase |
Suffix form names of enzymes |
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-asia, -asis |
Noun Forming Suffix state, condition |
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-ema |
Noun Forming Suffix state, condition |
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-esis |
Noun Forming Suffix state, condition, procedure |
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-ectic |
Adjective Forming Suffix forms adjectives |
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-ics, -tics |
Noun Forming Suffix particular science or study: science or study of
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-ism |
Noun Forming Suffix state, condition, quality |
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-ismus: |
Noun Forming Suffix state, condition; muscular spasm |
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-oid, -ode, -id |
Noun and Adjective Forming Suffix indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling
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oma |
Noun Forming Suffix usually tumor; occasionally disease. The combining form of nouns endin in -oma is -omat-; -omata |
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-ose |
Adjective Forming Suffix used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling |
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-ous |
Adjective Forming Suffix
pertaining to, characterized by, full of |
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-us |
Noun Forming Suffix condition, person |
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-ize |
Verb Forming Suffix "to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in." |
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acr- |
Combining Form [highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet) |
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ambly- |
Combing Form dull, faint |
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carcin- |
Combining Form [crab] carcinoma, cancer, hernia, tumor, swelling |
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-cel-* |
Combining Form hernia, tumor, swelling |
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cheir-, chir- |
Combining Form hand |
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chol(e)- |
Combining Form bile, gall |
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col(i)-, colon |
Combining Form colon |
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cyan- |
Combining Form blue |
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cyst(i)-, cystis- |
Combining Form bladder, cyst
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diplo- |
Combining Form double, twin
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enter- |
Combining Form (small) intestine |
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erg |
Combining Form action, work |
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gastr |
Combining Form stomach |
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hem-, hemat-, -em- |
Combining Form blood |
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hepar-, hepat- |
Combining Form liver |
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lip |
Combining Form fat |
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macr- |
Combining Form (abnormally) large or long |
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mega-, magal- |
Combining Form (abnormally) large or long |
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melan- |
Combining Form dark, black |
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micr- |
Combining Form (abnormally) small |
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nyct- |
Combining Form Night |
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odyn- |
Combining Form pain |
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onc- |
Combining Form tumor |
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pachy- |
Combining Form thick |
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pseud- |
Combining Form false |
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py- |
Combining Form pus
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sarc- |
Combining Form flesh, soft tissue
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spasm- |
Combining Form spasm, involuntary muscular contraction |
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splen- |
Combining Form spleen |
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stom-, stomat- |
Combining Form mouth, opening
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