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