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81 Cards in this Set
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Abdomin- |
combining form belly, abdomen |
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Adip- |
combining form fat |
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Aur- |
combining form ear |
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Bacill- |
combining form bacillus |
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Burs- |
combining form bursa |
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Calc- |
combining form stone, calcium, lime (salts) |
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Calor- |
combining form heat, energy |
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Capit- |
combining form head |
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Cerebr- |
combining form brain |
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Cost- |
combining form rib |
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Dent- |
combining form tooth |
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Dors- |
combining form back (of the body) |
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Extern- |
combining form outer |
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Fibr- |
combining form fiber, filament |
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Fistul- |
(tube, pipe) fistula, an abnormal tubelike passage in the body |
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Frig-, Frigor- |
combining form cold |
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Insul- |
combining form island |
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Intern- |
combining form inner |
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Meat- |
combining form passage, opening, meatus (pronounced mee-ate'-us) |
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Nas- |
combining form nose |
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Pur- |
combining form pus |
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Radic-, Rad-, Radix |
combining form root |
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Ren- |
combining form kidney |
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Sangui(n)- |
combining form blood |
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Son- |
combining form sound |
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Synov- |
combining form synovial fluid, synovial membrane or sac |
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Tub- |
combining form tube |
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Tuss- |
combining form cough |
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Vacc- |
combining form cow |
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Vir-, Virus- |
combining form virus |
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Viscer- |
combining form internal organ(s) |
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Ab- (a- rarely before certain consonants; abs- before c and t) |
Prefix Away from |
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Ad- (ac- before c; af- before f; ag- before g; al- before l; an- before n; ap- before p; as- before s; a- before sp; at- before t) |
Prefix to, toward |
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ambi- |
Prefix both |
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ante- |
Prefix before, forward |
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bi- (bin-, bis-) |
Prefix two, twice, double, both |
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Circum- |
Prefix around |
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con- (co- before h; col- before l; com- before e, m, and p; cor- before r) |
Prefix together, with; thoroughly, very |
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Contra- |
Prefix against, opposite |
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de- |
Prefix down, away from, absent |
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dis- (di- before g, v, and usually l; dif- before f) |
Prefix apart, away |
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ex- (e- before certain consonants; ef- before f) |
Prefix out of, away from |
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extra- (rarely extro-) |
Prefix on the outside, beyond |
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(1) in- (il- before l; im- before b, m, and p; ir- before r) (2) in- (3) in- |
(1) in, into (2) not (3) very, thoroughly |
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infra- |
Prefix beneath, below |
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Inter- |
Prefix between |
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Intra (rarely intro-) |
Prefix within |
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Non- |
Prefix not |
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Mult- (often multi-) |
Prefix many, much, affecting many parts |
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ob- (oc- before c; op- before p) |
Prefix against, toward; very, thoroughly |
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per- (pel- before l) |
Prefix through; very, thoroughly |
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post- |
Prefix after, following, behind |
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pre- |
Prefix before, in front of |
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pro- |
Prefix forward, in front |
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re- |
Prefix back, again |
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retro- |
Prefix backward, in back, behind |
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se- |
Prefix apart, away from |
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semi- |
Prefix half |
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sub- (suf- before f; sup- before p) |
Prefix under |
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super- (often supra) |
Prefix over, above; excess |
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trans- |
Prefix across, through |
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Ultra- |
Prefix beyond, excess |
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-an |
adjective-forming suffix pertaining to, located in |
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-ar |
adjective-forming suffix pertaining to, located in |
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-arium |
noun-forming suffix denotes a place for something |
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-ary |
noun-forming suffix denotes a place for something |
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-ary |
adjective-forming suffix pertaining to |
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-ate |
adjective-forming suffix having the form of, possessing |
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- ia |
abstract noun-forming suffix state, condition, process or procedure |
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-ian |
noun-forming suffix indicated an expert in a certain field |
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-ic |
adjective-forming suffix pertaining to |
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-id |
adjective-forming suffix pertaining to |
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-ile |
adjective-forming suffix pertaining to, capable of |
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-ine |
adjective-forming suffix pertaining to, located in |
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-ive |
adjective-forming suffix pertaining to |
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-lent |
adjective-forming suffix full of |
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-ose |
adjective-forming suffix full of |
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-ous |
adjective-forming suffix full of |
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-ty |
abstract noun-forming suffix state, condition, process or procedure |
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-y |
abstract noun-forming suffixstate, condition, process or procedure |
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-ad |
adverb-forming suffix direction toward a part of the body |