Medical Vocabulary Elements From Lesson 2

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derma

Back 1

the skin

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hepar

Back 2

the liver

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meninx

Back 3

one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord

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soma

Back 4

the body

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amphi-

Back 5

on both sides, around, both

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ampho-

Back 6

on both sides, around, both

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ana-

Back 7

up, back, against

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apo-

Back 8

away from

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cata-

Back 9

downward, disordered

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cat- (before a vowel or h)

Back 10

downward, disordered

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dia- (di-before a vowel)

Back 11

through, across, apart

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eso-

Back 12

within, inner, inward

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eu-

Back 13

good, normal, healthy

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heter-, hetero-

Back 14

different, other, relationship to another

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homo-, homeo-

Back 15

same, likeness

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meta- (met- before a vowel or h)

Back 16

change, transformation, after, behind

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para- (often par- before a vowel)

Back 17

alongside, around, abnormal, beyond

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pro

Back 18

before

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pros-, prosth

Back 19

in place of

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(a Latin-derived adjectival suffix)
-al

Back 20

pertaining to, located in

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-ase

Back 21

forms names of enzymes

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-asia, -asis, (rare)
(form abstract nouns)

Back 22

state, condition

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-ema (forms abstract nouns)

Back 23

state, condition

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the combining form of nouns ending in -ema

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-emat

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-esis (forms abstract nouns)

Back 25

state, condition, procedure

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-etic (forms adjectives, often from nouns ending in -esis)

Back 26

pertaining to

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-ics, -tics (forms nouns indicating a particular science or study:)

Back 27

science or study of

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-ism (forms abstract nouns)

Back 28

state, condition, quality

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-ismus (forms abstract nouns)

Back 29

state, condition, muscular spasm

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-oid, (rarely) -oid, -id: (form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblence)

Back 30

like, resembling

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-oma (forms abstract nouns)

Back 31

usually tumor, occasionally disease

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plural form of -oma

Back 32

-omata

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-ose (latin-derived adjectival suffix)

Back 33

used to form names of chemical substances, full of, resembling

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-ous (Latin derived adjectival suffix)

Back 34

pertaining to, characterized by, full of

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-us (Latin noun-forming ending)

Back 35

condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus)

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-ize (Greek verb-forming suffix)

Back 36

"to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in"

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acr- (combining form)

Back 37

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

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ambly- (combining form)

Back 38

dull, faint

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carcin- (combining form)

Back 39

[crab], carcinoma, cancer

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-cel (combining form)

Back 40

hernia, tumor, swelling

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cheir-, chir- (combining form)

Back 41

hand

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chol(e)- (combining form)

Back 42

bile, gall

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col(i)-, colon- (combining form)

Back 43

colon

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cyan- (combining form)

Back 44

blue

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cyst(i)-, -cystis (combining form)

Back 45

bladder, cyst

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diplo- (combining form)

Back 46

double, twin

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enter- (combining form)

Back 47

(small) intestine

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erg- (combining form)

Back 48

action, work

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gastr- (combining form)

Back 49

stomach

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hem-, hemat-, -em- (combining form)

Back 50

blood

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hepar-, hepat- (combining form)

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liver

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lip- (combining form)

Back 52

fat

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macr- (combining form)

Back 53

(abnormally) large or long

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mega-, megal- (combining form)

Back 54

(abnormally) large or long

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melan- (combining form)

Back 55

dark, black

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micr- (combining form)

Back 56

(abnormally) small

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nyct- (combining form)

Back 57

night

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odyn- (combining form)

Back 58

pain

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onc- (combining form)

Back 59

tumor

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pachy- (combining form)

Back 60

thick

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pseud- (combining form)

Back 61

false

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py- (combining form)

Back 62

pus

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sarc- (combining form)

Back 63

flesh, soft tissue

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spasm- (combining form)

Back 64

spasm, involuntary muscular contraction

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splen- (combining form)

Back 65

spleen

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stom-, stomat- (combining form)

Back 66

mouth, opening

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surgeon

Back 67

one who works with hands

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synergy, synergism

Back 68

an action of two or more agents or organs working with each other, cooperating

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anastomosis

Back 69

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

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enteroenterostomy

Back 70

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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trachoma

Back 72

chronic contagious form of conjuctivitis

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glaucoma

Back 73

destructive disease of the eye caused by increased intraocular pressure

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sarcoma

Back 74

malignant tumor originating in connective tissue

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angiosarcoma or hemangiosarcoma

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tumor arising in the muscular tissue of a blood vessel

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neurosarcoma

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sarcoma containing nerve cells

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hepatoma

Back 77

tumor of the liver

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nephroma

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tumor of a kidney

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cholangioma

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tumor of the bile ducts

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melanomatosis

Back 80

formation of numerous melanomas on or beneath the skin

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mastoncus

Back 81

tumor of the breast

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oncology

Back 82

branch of medicine dealing with tumors

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gastrocele

Back 83

hernia of the stomach

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cystocele

Back 84

hernia of the bladder

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rectocele

Back 85

hernia of the rectum into the vagina

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urocele

Back 86

accumulation of urine in the scrotal sac

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hydrocele

Back 87

accumulation of serous fluid in saclike structure such as the scrotum in a newborn male child

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galactocele

Back 88

milk-filled tumor caused by obstruction of a milk duct

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dermoid cyst

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cyst containing elements of hair, teeth or skin

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ovarian cyst

Back 90

sac that develops in the ovary

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cystalgia

Back 91

pain in the bladder

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cholecystitis

Back 92

inflammation of the gallbladder

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dacryocyst

Back 93

lacrimal sac

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phacocyst

Back 94

capsule of the crystalline lens of the eye

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colinephritis

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inflammation of the kidney caused by the presence of Escherichia coli