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73 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 a 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 (often 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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adjectival suffix: pertaining to, located in
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-ase
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forms names of enzymes
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-asia, -asis
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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 of nouns ending in -ema is emat-
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-esis
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forms absract 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 (rare)ode, id
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form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling
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-oma
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forms abstract nouns: usually tumor; occasionally disease. The combining form of nouns ending in -oma os -omat; the plural often is -omata
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-ose
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adjectival suffix; also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling
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-ous
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adjectival suffix: pertaining to, characterized by, full of
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-tics
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forms nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of
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-us
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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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acr-
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[highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet)
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ambly-
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dull, faint
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carcin-
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[crab]carcinoma, cancer
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-cel
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hernia, tumor, swelling
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cheir-,chir-
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hand
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chol(e)-
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bile, gall
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col(i)-, colon-
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colon
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cyan-
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blue
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cyst(i)-,-cystis
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bladder, cyst
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diplo-
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double, twin
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enter-
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(small) intestine
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erg-
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action, work
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gastr-
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stomach
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hem-, hemat-, -em
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blood
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hepar-, hepat-
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liver
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lip-
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fat
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macr-
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(abnormally) large or long
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mega-, megal-
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(abnormally) large or long
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melan-
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dark, black
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micr-
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(abnormally) small
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nyct-
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night
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odyn-
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pain
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onc-
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tumor
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pachy-
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thick
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pseud-
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false
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py-
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pus
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sarc-
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flesh,soft tissue
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spasm-
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spasm, involuntary muscular contraction
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splen-
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spleen
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stom-, stomat-
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mouth, opening
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surgeon
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English form came from Greek verb cheirourgoun, meaning to work with the hands, and the noun cheirourgos, one who works with his hands
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synergy, synergism
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"an action of two or more agaents or organs working with each other, cooperating. Their action is combined and coordinated."
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anastomosis
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formation of a passage between any two normally distinct spaces or organs
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arteriovenous anastomosis
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opening between an artery and a vein
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enteroenterostomy
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creation of a communication between two noncontiguous segments of the intestine
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colostomy
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formation of a more or less permanent passage between the colon and the surface of the abdomen
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stoma
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opening
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-oma
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indicates an abnormal or diseased condition
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trachoma
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chronic contagious form of conjunctivitis
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glaucoma
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destructive disease of the eye caused by increased intraocular pressure
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sarcoma
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malignant tumor originating in connective tissue such as muscle
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-oma
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indicates either the location of the growth or its nature
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cyst
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"a closed sac or pouch, with a definite wall, that contains fluid, semifluid, or solid material. It is usually an abnormal structure resulting from developmental anomalies, obstruction of ducts, or parasistic infection."
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-gaster
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refer to embryonic structures
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