Medical Terminology - Lesson 2
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on both sides, around, both - ana-
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up, back, against - apo-
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away from - cata-
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downward, disordered - dia-
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through, across, apart - eso-
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within, inner, inward - eu-
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good, normal, healthy - heter-, hetero-
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different, other, relationship to another - homo-, homeo-
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same, likeness - meta-, met-
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change, transformation, after, behind - para-, par-
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alongside, around, abnormal, beyond - pro-
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before - pros-, prosth-
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in place of - -al
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pertaining to, located in - -ase
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forms names of enzymes - -asia, asis (rare)
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stare, condition - -ema, -emat-
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state, condition - -esis
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state, condition, procedure - -etic
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pertaining to - -ics, -tics
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science or study of - -ism
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state, condition, quality - -ismus
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state, condition; muscular spasm - -oid, (rarely) -ode, -id
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like, resembling - -oma, -omat; p. -omata
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tumor, disease - -ose
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full of, resembling - -ous
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pertaining to, characterized by, full of - -us
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condition, person (sometimes a malformed fetus) - -ize
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to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in - ACR-
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[highest point] extremities (particularly the hands and feet) - AMBLY-
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dull, faint - CARCIN-
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[crab] carcinoma, cancer - -CEL-
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hernia, tumor, swelling - CHEIR-, CHIR-
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hand - CHOL(E)-
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bile, gall - COL(I), COLON
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colon - CYAN-
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blue - CYST(I), -CYSTIS
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bladder, cyst - DIPLO-
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double, twin - ENTER-
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(small) intestine - ERG-
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action, work - GASTR-
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stomach - HEM-, HEMAT-, -EM-
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blood - HEPAR-, HEPAT-
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liver - LIP-
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fat - MACR-
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(abnormally) large or long - MEGA-, MEGAL-
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(abnormally) large or long - MELAN-
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dark, black - MICR-
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(abnormally) small - NYCT-
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night - ODYN-
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pain - ONC-
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tumor - PACHY-
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thick - PSEUD-
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false - PY-
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pus - SARC-
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flesh, soft tissue - SPASM-
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spasm, involuntary muscular contraction - SPLEN-
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spleen - STOM-, STOMAT-
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mouth, opening