Medical Vocabulary Chapter 2

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amphi-,ampho-

Back 1

Prefix

on both sides, around, both

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ana-

Back 2

Prefix

up, back against

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apo-

Back 3

Prefix

away from

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cata-(cat- before a vowel or h)

Back 4

Prefix

downward, disordered

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dia- (di-before a vowel)

Back 5

Prefix

through, across, apart

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eso-

Back 6

Prefix

within, inner, inward

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eu-

Back 7

Prefix

good, normal, healthy

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heter-, hetero-

Back 8

Prefix

different, other, relationship to another

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homo-,homeo-

Back 9

Prefix

same, likeness

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meta- (met- before a vowel or h)

Back 10

Prefix

change, transformation, after, behind

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para-(often par- before a vowel)

Back 11

Prefix

alongside, around, abnormal, beyond

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pro-

Back 12

Prefix

before

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pros-, prosth-

Back 13

Prefix

in place of

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-al

Back 14

Latin adjective forming suffix

pertaining to, located in

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-ase

Back 15

Noun forming suffix

forms names of enzymes

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-asia, -asis (rare)

Back 16

Noun forming suffix

state, condition

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-ema

Back 17

noun forming suffix

state, condition (combining form is -emat-)

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-esis

Back 18

noun forming suffix

state, condition, procedure

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-etic

Back 19

adjective forming suffix

(often from nouns ending in -esis) pertaining to

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-ics, -tics

Back 20

noun forming suffix

science or study of

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-ism

Back 21

noun forming suffix

state, condition, quality

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-ismus

Back 22

noun forming suffix

state, condition, muscular spasm

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-oid, (rarely) -ode, -id

Back 23

noun and adjective forming suffix

indicating a particular shape, form or resemblance: like, resembling

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-oma

Back 24

noun forming suffix

usually rumor; occasionally disease. The combining form of nouns ending in -oma is -omat-; the plural often is - omata

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-ose

Back 25

Latin-derived adjectival suffix; also used to form names of chemical substances

full of, resembling

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-ous

Back 26

Latin derived adjectival suffix

pertaining to, characterized by, full of

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-us

Back 27

Latin noun forming ending

condition, person, (somtimes a malformed fetus)

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-ize

Back 28

Verb forming suffix

a commonly used Greek derived suffix that means "to make, become, cause to be subject to, engage in"

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acr-

Back 29

combining form

[highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet)

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ambly-

Back 30

combining form

dull faint

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carcin-

Back 31

combining form

[crab] carcinoma, cancer

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-cel-

Back 32

combining form

hernia, tumor, swelling

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cheir-, chir-

Back 33

combining form

hand

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chol(e)-

Back 34

combining form

bile, gall

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col(i)-, colon

Back 35

combining form

colon

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cyan-

Back 36

combining form

blue

Front 37

cyst(i), cystis

Back 37

combining form

bladder, cyst

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diplo-

Back 38

combining form

double, twin

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enter-

Back 39

combining form

(small) intestine

Front 40

erg-

Back 40

combining form

action, work

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gastr-

Back 41

combining form

stomach

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hem-, hemat-, -em-

Back 42

combining form

blood

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hepar-, hepat-

Back 43

combining form

liver

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lip-

Back 44

combining form

fat

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macr-

Back 45

combining form

(abnormally) large or long

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mega-, megal-

Back 46

combining form

(abnormally) large or long

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melan-

Back 47

combining form

dark, black

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micr-

Back 48

combining form

(abnormally) small

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nyct-

Back 49

combining form

night

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odyn-

Back 50

combining form

pain

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onc-

Back 51

combining form

tumor

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pachy-

Back 52

combining form

thick

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pseud-

Back 53

combining form

false

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py-

Back 54

combining form

pus

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sarc-

Back 55

combining form

flesh, soft tissue

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spasm-

Back 56

combining form

spasm, involuntary muscular contraction

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splen-

Back 57

combining form

spleen

Front 58

stom-, stomat-

Back 58

combining form

mouth, opening