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60 Cards in this Set
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acr-
|
combining form
[highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet) |
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ambly-
|
combining form
dull, faint |
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carcin-
|
combining form
[crab] 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 referring to colon bacillus, E. Coli |
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cyan-
|
combining form
blue |
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cyst(i)-, -cystis
|
combining form
bladder, cyst usually refer to the urinary bladder |
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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 |
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amphi-, ampho
|
prefix
on both sides, around, both |
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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
|
adjectival forming suffix
pertaining to, located in |
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-ase
|
suffix
forms names of enzymes |
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-asia,-asis
|
noun-forming suffix
state, condition |
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-ema
|
noun-forming suffix
state, condition. The combining form of nouns ending in -ema is -emat. |
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-esis
|
noun-forming suffix
state, condition, procedure |
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-etic
|
adjective-forming suffix
or noun-forming suffix ending in -esis pertaining to |
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-ics,-tics
|
noun-forming suffix
indicating a particular science or study; science or study of |
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-ism
|
noun-forming suffix
state, condition, quality |
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-ismus
|
noun-forming suffix
state, condition;muscular |
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-oid (rarely) -ode, -id
|
noun and adjective forming suffix
indicated a particular shape, form or resemblance; like resembling |
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-oma
|
noun forming suffix (also in -omat)
usually tumor, occasionally disease |
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-ose
|
adjective forming suffix
can be used to form names of chemical substances. full of, resembling |
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-ous
|
adjective forming 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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cholecyst-
|
possible combining form
referring to the gallbladder |
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-ate, -ide, -ite, -one
|
suffixes
forms names of chemical substances |