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63 Cards in this Set
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amphi-, ampho- |
on both sides, around, both |
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ana- |
up, back, against |
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apo- |
away from |
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cata- (cat- before a vowel or h) |
downward, disordered |
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dia- (di- before a vowel) |
through, across, apart |
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eso- |
within, inner, inward |
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eu- |
good, normal, healthy |
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heter-, hetero- |
different, other, relationship to another |
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homo-, homeo- |
same, likeness |
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meta- (met- before a vowel or h) |
change, transformation, after, behind |
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para- (often par- before a vowel) |
alongside, around, abnormal, beyond |
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pro- |
before |
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pros-, prosth- |
in place of |
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-al |
a Latin-derived adjectival suffix: pertaining to, located in |
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-ase |
forms names of enzymes |
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-asia, -asis |
form abstract nouns: state, condition |
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-ema |
forms abstract nouns: state, condition. Combining form of nouns ending in -ema is -emat |
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-esis |
forms abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure |
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-etic |
forms adjectives, often from nouns ending in -esis. Pertaining to. |
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-ics, -tics |
form nouns indicating a particular science or study: science or study of |
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-ism |
forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality |
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-ismus |
forms abstract nouns: state, condition, muscular spasm |
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-oid, (rarely) -ode, -id |
form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance: like, resembling |
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-oma |
forms abstract nouns: usually tumor, occasionally disease. |
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-omat |
Combining form of nouns ending in -oma; the plural often is -omata |
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-ose |
Latin-derived adjectival suffix; 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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-tics |
see -ics |
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-us |
Latin noun-forming ending: condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus) |
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-ize |
commonly used Greek-derived suffix that means "to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in" |
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Chemical Substances |
-ate -ide -ite -one |
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Preceding Hyphens |
Combining forms preceded by a hyphen (-em-) are found only following a prefix or another combining form: anemia, leukemia... |
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Coli- |
usually refer to the colon bacillus |
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Cyst(i)- |
usually refer to the urinary bladder |
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Cholecyst- |
refer to the gallbladder |
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Acr- |
[highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet) |
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Ambly- |
dull, faint |
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Carcin- |
[crab] carcinoma, cancer |
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-cel- |
hernia, tumor, swelling |
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cheir-, chir- |
hand |
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chol(e)- |
bile, gall |
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col(i)-, -cystis |
bladder, cyst |
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diplo- |
double, twin |
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enter- |
(small) intestin |
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erg- |
action, work |
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gastr- |
stomach |
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hem-, hemat-, -em- |
blood |
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hepar-, hepat- |
liver |
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lip- |
fat |
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macr- |
(abnormally) large or long |
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mega-, megal- |
(abnormally) large or long |
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melan- |
dark, black |
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micr- |
(abnormally) small |
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nyct- |
night |
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odyn- |
pain |
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onc- |
tumor |
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pachy- |
think |
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pseud- |
false |
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py- |
pus |
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sarc- |
flesh, soft tissue |
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spasm- |
spasm, involuntary muscular contraction |
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splen- |
spleen |
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stom-, stomat- |
mouth, opening |