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Med. Term L2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amphi-, ampho- | on both sides, around, both |
| ana- | up, back, against |
| apo- | away from |
| cata- | downward, disordered |
| dia- | through, across, apart |
| eso- | within, inner, inward |
| eu- | good, normal, healthy |
| heter-, hetero- | different, other, relationship to another |
| homo-, homeo- | same, likeness |
| meta- | change, transformation, after, behind |
| para- | alongside, around, abnormal, beyond |
| pro- | before |
| Pros-, prosth- | in place of |
| -al | pertaining to, located in |
| -ase | name of enzyme |
| -asia | state or condition |
| -ema | state or condition |
| -esis | state or condition or procedure |
| -etic | pertaining to |
| -ics | science or study of |
| -ism | state or condition or quality |
| -ismus | state or condition or muscle spasm |
| -oid | indicating shape, form or resemblance |
| -oma | tumor |
| -ose | full of, resembling |
| -ous | pertaining to, characterised, full of |
| -us | condition, person, sometimes malformed fetus |
| -ize | to make, become, cause to be |
| acr | extremities, hands and feet |
| ambly | dull, faint |
| carcin | cancer |
| cel | hernia, tumor, swelling |
| cheir, chir | hand |
| chol(e) | bile, gall |
| col(i), colon | colon |
| cyan | blue |
| cyst(i), cystis | bladder, cyst |
| diplo | double, twin |
| enter | intestine |
| erg | action, work |
| gastr | stomach |
| hem, hemat, em | blood |
| hepar, hepat | liver |
| lip | fat |
| macr | large |
| mega, megal | large |
| melan | dark, black |
| micr | small |
| nyct | night |
| odyn | pain |
| onc | tumor |
| pachy | thick |
| pseud | false |
| py | pus |
| sarc | flesh, soft tissue |
| spasm | spasm |
| splen | spleen |
| stom, stomat | mouth, opening |