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67 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, against |
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apo-
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away from |
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cat- (cat before a vowel or h)
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downward, disordered |
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dia- (di before a vowel)
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through, across apart |
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eso-
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within, inner, inward |
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eu-
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Prefix:
good, normal, healthy |
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heter- , hetero-
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different, other, relationship to another |
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homo- , homeo-
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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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a Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, located in
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-ase
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suffix: forms name 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. The combining form of nouns ending in -ema is -emat
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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, often from nouns ending in -esis: pertaining to
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-ics, -tics
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noun-forming suffix: indicating 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 (rarely) -ode, -id
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both noun and adjective-forming suffix: indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance; like, resembling
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-oma (combining form nouns ending in -oma is -omat; plural is -omata)
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noun-forming suffix: usually tumor; occasionally disease
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-ose
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a Latin derived adjective-forming suffix: used to form names of chemical substances; full of, resembling
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-ous
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a Latin derived adjective-forming suffix: pertaining to, characterized by, full of
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-us
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a Latin noun-forming suffix: condition, person (sometimes a half malformed fetus)
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-ize
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Greek derived verb-forming suffix: to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engaged in
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-ate, -ide, -ite, -one
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suffixes: used to form names of chemical substances
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ACR-
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[highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet)
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AMBLY-
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dull, faint
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CARCIN-
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[crab] carcinoma, cancer
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-CEL-*
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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, gull
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COL(I)- , COLON-
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combining form: colon
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Words beginning with or containing coli- usually refer to the colon bacillus, Escherichia coli.
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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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Words containing cyst(i)- usually refer to the urinary bladder.
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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 muscular contraction
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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
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cholecyst-
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usually refer to the gallbladder.
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Preceding Hyphens
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Combining forms proceded by a hyphen (-em-) are found only following a prefix or another combining form.
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Chemical Substance Suffixes
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-ate, -ide, -ite, -one
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-ize
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Verb-forming suffix: commonly used Greek- derived suffix that means; to make, become, cause to be, subject to,engaged in.
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coli-
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usually refer to colon bacillus
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cyst(i)-
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usually refer to the urinary bladder
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cholecyst
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refer to gallbladder
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-stomy
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indicate surgical prcedure
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