Lesson 1 Greek Nouns And Adjective

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a/an-

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not, without, lacking, deficient

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anti/ant

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against, opposed to, preventing, relieving

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di/dis

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two, twice, double

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dys-

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difficult, painful, defective, abnormal

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ec/ex

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out of, away from

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ecto-

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outside of

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en/em-

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in, into, within

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endo/ento-

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within

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epi-

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upon, over, above

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exo-

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outside, from the outside, toward the outside

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hemi-

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half, partial, one side of the body

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hyper-

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over, above, excessive, beyond normal

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hypo-

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under, deficient, below normal

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mono-

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one, single

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peri-

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around, surrounding

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syn-

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together, with, joined

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-a

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state, condition

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-ac

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pertaining to, located in

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-ia

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state, condition

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-iac

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person afflicted with

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-iasis

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disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of

often used with the name of a parasitic organism to indicate infestation of the body by that organism

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-iasis when used with lith-

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formation and/or presence of calculi in the body

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-ic

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pertaining to, located in

can also mean a drug or agent

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-in/ine

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form names and substances

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-ist

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a person interested in

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-itic

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pertaining to, pertaining to inflammation

can also refer to a drug or agent

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-itis

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an inflamed condition; inflammation

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-itides

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plural form for words ending in -itis

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-ium/eum

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membrane, connective tissue

sometimes names a region of the body

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-ma(t)

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abnormal or diseased condition

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-osis

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abnormal or diseased condition

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-otic

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pertaining to

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-sia

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state, condition

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-sis

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state, condition

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-tic

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pertaining to

can also refer to a drug or agent

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-y

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state or condition

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acanth-

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thorn, spine

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alg-

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pain

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alges-

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sensitivity to pain

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all-

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other, divergence, difference from

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angi-

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(blood) vessel, duct

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arteri-

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[air passage] artery

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arthr-

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joint

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bi-

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life

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brady-

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slow

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cardi-

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heart

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cephal-

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head

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crani-

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skull

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cyt-

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cell

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encephal-

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brain

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erythr-

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red, red blood cell

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lept-

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thin, fine, slight

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leuk-

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white, white blood cell

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lith-

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stone, calculus

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log-

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word, study

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malac-

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soft

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mes-

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middle, secondary, partial, mesentery

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-meter, metr-

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measure, measuring device

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nephr-

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kidney

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neur-

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nerve, nervous system

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oste-

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bone

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prosop-

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face

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prot-

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first, primitive, early

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scler-

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hard

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sten-

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narrow

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stere-

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solid, having three dimensions

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tachy-

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rapid

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tox(i)-

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poison

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-logy

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study, science, the study or science of

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-logist

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one who specializes in a certain study or science

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-malacia

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the softening (of tissues) of

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-sclerosis

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the hardening (of tissues) of

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-stenosis

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the narrowing (of a part of the body)

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-toxic

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poisonous (to an organ)

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-toxin

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a substance poisonous to (a part of the body)