Wilson College CLS 105 Lesson Two Flashcards

acr

[highest point], extreminities (particularly the hands and the feet)

ambly

dull, faint

carcin

[crab], carcinoma, 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

(small) intesting

erg

action, work

gastr

stomach

hem, hemat, em

blood

hepar, hepat

liver

lip

fat, sebrum, sebaceous glands

macr

(abnormally) large or long

mega, megal

(abnormally) large or long

melan

dark, black

micr

(abnormally) small

nyct

night

odyn

pain

onc

tumor

pachy

thick

pseud

FALSE

py

pus

sarc

flesh, soft tissue

spasm

spasm, involuntary muscular contraction

splen

spleen

stom, stomat

mouth, opening

al

pertaining to, located in

ase

forms names of enzymes

asia, asis

forms abstract nous, state, condition

ema

forms abstract nous, state, condition

esis

forms abstract nous, state, condition, procedure

etic

forms adjectives, pertaining to

ics, tics

forms nouns indicating a particular science or study, science or study of

ism

forms abstract nouns, state, condition, quality

ismus

forms abstract nouns, state, condition, muscular spasm

oid, ode, id

form both nouns and adjectives indicating a particular shape, form, or resemblance, like, resembling

oma

forms abstract nouns, usually tumor, occasional disease

ose

used to form names of chemical substances, full of, resembling

ous

pertaining to, characterized by, full of

us

noun form ending, condition, person

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

ize

forms verbs, to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in

ate

used to form the names of chemical substances

ide

used to form the names of chemical substances

ite

used to form the names of chemical substances

one

used to form the names of chemical substances