Med Vocab Ch 2

Front 1

derma

Back 1

the skin

Front 2

hepar

Back 2

the liver

Front 3

meninx

Back 3

one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord

Front 4

gaster; gastros

Back 4

stommach

Front 5

amphi-, ampho-

Back 5

on both sides, around, both
prefix

Front 6

ana-

Back 6

prefix
up, back, against

Front 7

apo

Back 7

prefix
away from

Front 8

cata-
cat- before vowel

Back 8

prefix
downward, disordered

Front 9

dia-

Back 9

prefix
through, across, apart

Front 10

eso-

Back 10

prefix
withing, inner, inward

Front 11

eu-

Back 11

prefix
good, normal, healthy

Front 12

heter- hetero-

Back 12

prefix
different, other, relationship to another

Front 13

homo- homeo-

Back 13

same, likeness

Front 14

meta- met- before vowel

Back 14

change, transformation, after, behind

Front 15

para- par- before vowel

Back 15

prefix
alonside, around, abnormal, beyond

Front 16

pro-

Back 16

before

Front 17

pros- proth-

Back 17

in place of

Front 18

-al

Back 18

suffix
adj forming
pertaining to, located in

Front 19

-ase

Back 19

suffix
noun forming
state, condition

Front 20

-ema

Back 20

suffix
noun forming
state, condition

Front 21

-ema -emat

Back 21

combining form of -ema
state, condition

Front 22

-esis

Back 22

suffix
noun forming
state, condition, procedure

Front 23

-etic

Back 23

suffix
adj forming
often from nouns ending in -esis
pertaining to

Front 24

-ics -tics

Back 24

suffix
N forming
indicating a particular science or study, science or study of

Front 25

-ism

Back 25

N forming
state, condition, quality

Front 26

-ismus

Back 26

suffix
N forming
state, condition, muscular spasm

Front 27

-oid (rarely)
-ode
-id

Back 27

suffix
N and Adj forming
particular shape, form, or resemblence, like, resembling

Front 28

-oma
Plural forms: -omat

Back 28

Suffix
N forming
tumor, occasionally disease.

Front 29

-omata

Back 29

combining form
tumor, occasionally disease

Front 30

-ose

Back 30

suffix
Adj forming
also used to form names of chem substances;full of, resembling

Front 31

-ous

Back 31

suffix
Adj forming
pertaining to, characterized by, full of

Front 32

tics

Back 32

suffix
N forming
science or study of

Front 33

-us

Back 33

suffix
N forming
condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus

Front 34

-ize

Back 34

Suffix
V forming
to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in

Front 35

-ate
-ide
-ite
-one

Back 35

suffixed used to form names of chem substances

Front 36

when are combing forms preceded by a hyphen

Back 36

when they follow a prefix or another combining form

Front 37

coli

Back 37

words referring to colon bacillus

Front 38

cyst(i)

Back 38

refers to urinary bladder

Front 39

cholecyst

Back 39

refers to gallbladder

Front 40

acr-

Back 40

comb form
highest point, extremeties-particularly hands and feet

Front 41

ambly-

Back 41

comb form
dull, faint

Front 42

carcin-

Back 42

comb form
crab, carcinoma, cancer

Front 43

-cel-

Back 43

comb form
hernia, tumor, swelling

Front 44

cheir-, chir-

Back 44

comb form
hand

Front 45

chol(e)-

Back 45

comb form
bile, gall

Front 46

col(i)-, colon-

Back 46

comb form
colon

Front 47

cyan-

Back 47

comb form
blue

Front 48

cyst)i)-, -cystis

Back 48

comb form
bladder, cyst

Front 49

diplo-

Back 49

double, twin

Front 50

enter-

Back 50

comb form
(small) intestine

Front 51

erg-

Back 51

combing form
action, work

Front 52

gastr-

Back 52

comb form
stomach

Front 53

hem-, hemat-, -em-

Back 53

comb form
blood

Front 54

hepar-, hepat-

Back 54

comb form
liver

Front 55

lip-

Back 55

comb form
fat

Front 56

macr-

Back 56

combining form
abnormally large or long

Front 57

mega-, megal-

Back 57

comb form
abnormally large or long

Front 58

melan-

Back 58

comb form
dark, black

Front 59

micr-

Back 59

comb form
abnormally small

Front 60

nyct-

Back 60

comb form
night

Front 61

odyn-

Back 61

comb form
pain

Front 62

onc-

Back 62

comb form
tumor

Front 63

pachy-

Back 63

comb form
thick

Front 64

pseud-

Back 64

combining form
false

Front 65

py-

Back 65

combining form
pus

Front 66

sarc-

Back 66

combining form
flesh, soft tissue

Front 67

spasm-

Back 67

comb form
spasm, involuntary musclular contraction

Front 68

splen-

Back 68

comb form
spleen

Front 69

stom- stomat-

Back 69

comb form
mouth, opening

Front 70

synergy

Back 70

action of two or more agents/organs working with each other

Front 71

anastomosis

Back 71

formation of a passage between any two normally distinct spaces or organs

Front 72

-stomy

Back 72

surgical procedures

Front 73

stoma
stomata
stomas

Back 73

opening between colon and surface of abdomen

Front 74

-oma

Back 74

abnormal/diseased condition
the word its fixeed to indicates location or growth

Front 75

sarcoma

Back 75

malignant tuomr

Front 76

oncology

Back 76

branch dealing with tumors

Front 77

mastoncus

Back 77

tumor of the breast

Front 78

melanin

Back 78

gives pigmentation to skin/hair

Front 79

-cele

Back 79

hernia

Front 80

keloid

Back 80

scarlike growth of tissue on the skin

Front 81

cyst-

Back 81

growth (cystoid)

Front 82

-gaster

Back 82

embryonic structures