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67 Cards in this Set
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amphi
ampho |
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) |
downward, disordered
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dia
di(before a vowel) |
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 |
different, other, relationship to another
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homo
homeo |
same, likeness
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meta
met(before a vowel or h) |
change, transformation, after, behind
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para
par(often par before a vowel) |
alongside, around, abnormal, beyond
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pro
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before
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pros
prosth |
in place of
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al
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pertaining to, located in
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ase
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forms names of enzymes
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asia
asis(rare) |
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 abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure
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etic
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forms adjectives: often from nouns ending in -esis
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ics
tics |
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
ode(rarely) id |
form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblence: like, resembling
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oma
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forms abstract nouns: usually tumor, occasionally disease. The combining forms of nouns ending in -oma is -omat; the plural often is -omata
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ose
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a Latin-derived adjectival suffix: also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling
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ous
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a Lation-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, characterized by, full of
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us
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a Latin noun-forming ending: condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)
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ize
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a verb forming suffix: to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in
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acr
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combining form: highest point extremeties (particularly the hands and the feet)
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ambly
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dull, faint
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carcin
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combining form: (crab)carcinoma, cancer
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-cel
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combining form: hernia, tumore, 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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onc
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combining form: tumor
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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
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coli
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words containing or beginning with coli usually refer to the colon bacillus, escherichia coli
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cyst(i)
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words containing this usually refer to the urinary bladder
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cholecyst
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words containing this usually refer to the gall bladder
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derma, dermatos
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the skin
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hepar
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the liver
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meninx
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one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord
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soma
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the body
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gaster, gastros
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the stomach
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ate, ide, ite, one
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these suffixes usually indicate names of chemical substances
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