Medical Terminology Lesson/Parts Terms 2
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| derma | the skin
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| hepar | the liver
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| meninx | one of the coverings of the brain and spinal cord
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| soma | the body
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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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| 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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| cata-, (cat- before a vowel or "h") | downward, disordered
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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 | pertaining to, located in
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| -ase | forms names of enzymes
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| -asia, -asis (rare) | condition
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| -ema. The combining form of nouns ending in -ema is -emat- | Condition
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| -esis | state, condition, procedure
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| -etic often forms nouns ending in -esis | pertaining to
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| -ics, -tics | science or study of
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| -ism | condition, quality
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| -ismus | state, condition, muscular spasm
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| -oid, (rarely) -ode, -id | indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance
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| -oma. The combining forms of nouns ending in -oma is -omat-; the plural often is -omata | usually tumor; occasionally disease
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| -ose | full of, resembling, also used to form names of chemical substances
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| -ous | pertaining to, characterized by, full of
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| -us | condition, person (sometimes as malformed fetus)
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| -ize | Greek derived suffix meaning "to make, become, cause to be, subject to engage in."
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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- | 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)-, colon- | colon
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| cyan- | blue
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| cyst(i)-, -cystis | bladder, cyst
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| diplo- | double, twin
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| enter- | (small) intestine
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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-, 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- | thick
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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
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