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62 Cards in this Set
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amphi (ampho) |
Prefix
on both sides, around, boty |
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ana |
prefix
up, back against |
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apo |
prefix
away from |
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cata (cat before a vowel or h) |
prefix
downward, disordered |
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dia (di-before a vowel) |
prefix
through, across, apart |
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eso |
prefix
within, inner, inward |
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eu |
prefix
good, normal, healthy |
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heter (hetero) |
prefix
different, other, relationship to another |
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homo (homeo) |
prefix
same, likeness |
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meta (met-before a vowel or h) |
prefix
change, transformation, after, behind |
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para (often par before a vowel) |
prefix
alongside, around, abnormal, beyond |
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pro |
prefix
before |
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pros (prosth) |
prefix
in place of |
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-al |
latin-derived adjectival suffix
pertaining to, located in |
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-ase |
suffix
forms names of enzymes |
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-asia (-asis, rare) |
abstract noun-forming suffix
state, condition |
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-ema |
noun-forming suffix
state, condition |
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-esis |
noun-forming suffix
state, condition, procedure |
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-etic |
adjective-forming suffix
pertaining to |
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-ics (-tics) |
noun-forming suffix
science of study of |
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-ism |
noun-forming suffix
state, condition, quality |
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-ismus |
noun-forming suffix
state, condition; muscular spasm |
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-oid (rarely -ode, -id) |
noun and adjective forming suffix
indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling |
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-oma |
noun-forming suffix
usually tumor; occasionally disease |
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-ose |
latin-derived adjectival suffix
also used to form names of chemical substances: full of, resembling |
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-ous |
latin-derived adjectival suffix
pertaining to, characterized by, full of |
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-us |
latin noun-forming suffix
condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus) |
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-ize |
verb-forming suffix
"to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in" |
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-ate |
suffix used to form chemical substance |
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-ide |
suffix used to form chemical substance |
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-ite |
suffix used to form chemical substance |
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-one |
suffix used to form names of chemical substances |
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acr |
combining form
extremities (particularly the hands and feet) |
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ambly |
combining form
dull, faint |
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carcin- |
combining form
carcinoma, cancer |
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-cel |
combining form
hernia, tumor, swelling |
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cheir, chir |
combining form
hand |
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chol(e) |
combining form
bile, gall |
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col(i), colon |
combining form
colon |
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cyan |
combining form
blue |
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cyst(i), cystis |
combining form
bladder, cyst |
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diplo |
combining form
double, twin |
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enter |
combining form
(small) intestine |
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erg |
combining form
action, work |
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gastr |
combining form
stomach |
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hem, hemat, em |
combining form
blood |
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hepar, hepat |
combining form
liver |
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lip |
combining form
fat |
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macr |
combining form
(abnormally) large or long |
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mega, megal |
combining form
(abnormally) large or long |
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melan |
combining form
dark, black |
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micr |
combining form
(abnormally) small |
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nyct |
combining form
night |
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odyn |
combining form
pain |
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onc |
combining form
tumor |
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pachy |
combining form
thick |
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pseud |
combining form
false |
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py |
combining form
pus |
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sarc |
combining form
flesh, soft tissue |
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spasm |
combining form
spasm, involuntary muscular contraction |
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splen |
combining form
spleen |
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stom, stomat |
combining form
mouth, opening |