Lesson 1 - Greek Nouns and Adjectives Flashcards by cameron baker

a- (an- before a vowel or h)

prefix: not, without, lacking, deficient.

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anti- (ant- before vowel or h)

prefix: against, opposed to, preventing, relieving.

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di- (rarely dis-)

prefix: two, twice, double.

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endo-, ento- (end, ent- before a vowel)

prefix: within.

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dys-

prefix: difficult, painful, defective, abnormal.

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epi- (ep- before a vowel or h-)

prefix: upon, over, above.

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ec- (ex- before a vowel)

prefix: out of, away from.

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ecto- (ect- often before a vowel)

prefix: outside of.

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exo-

prefix: from the outside, toward the outside.

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en- (em- before b, m, and p)

prefix: in, into, within.

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hemi-

prefix: half, partial, often one side of the body.

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hyper-

prefix: over, above, excessive, beyond normal.

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hypo- (hyp- before a vowel or h)

prefix: under, deficient, below normal.

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mono- (mon- before a vowel or h)

prefix: one, single.

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peri-

prefix: around, surrounding.

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syn- (sym- before b, p, and m)

prefix: together with, joined

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-a

abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition.

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-ac

adjective-forming suffix: pertaining to, located in.

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-ia

abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition.

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-iac

noun-forming suffix: person afflicted with.

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-iasis

abstract noun-forming suffix: disease, abnormal condition, abnormal presence of; often used with the name of a parasitic organism to indicate infestation of the body by that organism.

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-ic

adjective-forming suffix: pertaining to, located in, words ending in -ic can be used as both adjectives and nouns and as nouns indicate a drug or agent (can also refer to a person suffering from a condition, ex: paraplegic)

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-in, -ine

noun-forming suffix: form names of substrates.

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-ist

noun-forming suffix: a person interested in.

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-itic

adjective-forming suffix: pertaining to inflammation, words ending in -itic can be used as both adjectives and nouns and, as nouns, often indicate a drug or agent.

-itis

noun-forming suffix: indicating an inflamed condition; inflammation.

-itides

plural form for nouns ending in -itis

-ium (rarely -eum)

noun-forming suffix: membrane, connective tissue.

-ma

noun-forming suffix: (often) abnormal or diseased condition. the combining form for nouns ending in -ma is -mat. sometimes the final -a drops off the noun (phlegm)

-osis

noun-forming suffix: abnormal or diseased condition.

-otic

adjective-forming suffix from nouns ending in -osis: pertaining to.

-sia

abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition.

-sis

abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition, quality, process, procedure.

-tic

adjective-forming suffix from nouns ending in -sis: pertaining to; words ending in -tic can be used as both adjectives and nouns and, as nouns, often indicate a drug or agent.

-y

abstract noun-forming suffix: state, condition, quality, process, procedure.

Acanth-

combining form: thorn, spine.

alg-

combining form: pain.

alges-

combining form: sensitivity to pain.

all-

combining form: other, divergence, different form.

angi-

combining form: (blood) vessel, duct.

arteri-

combining form: (air passage) artery.

arthr-

combining form: joint.

bi-

combining form: life.

brady-

combining form: slow.

cardi-

combining form: heart.

cephal-

combining form: head.

crani-

combining form: skull.

cyt-

combining form: (hollow container) cell.

encephal-

combining form: brain (a combo of en, in, and kephale, head).

erythr-

combining form: red, red blood cells.

lept-

combining form: thin, fine, slight.

leuk-

combining form: white, white blood cell.

lith-

combining form: stone, calculus.

log-

combining form: word, study.

malac-

combining form: soft.

mes-

combining form: middle, secondary, partial, mesentery.

-meter, metr-

combining form: measure, measuring device (words with ending are the instruments).

nephr-

combining form: kidney.

neur-

combining form: (tendon) nerve, nervous system.

oste-

combining form: bone.

prax-

combining form: act, action.

prot-

combining form: first, primitive, early.

scler-

combining form: hard.

sten-

combining form: narrow.

stere-

combining form: solid, having three dimensions.

tachy-

combining form: rapid.

tox(i)-

combining form: poison.

-logy

suffix form: study, science, the study or science of.

-logist

suffix form: one who specializes in a certain study or science.

-malacia

suffix form: the softening (of tissues) of.

-sclerosis

suffix form: the hardening (of tissues) of

-stenosis

suffix form: the narrowing (of a part of the body)

-toxic

suffix form: poisonous (to an organ)

-toxin

suffix form: a substance poisonous to (a part of the body)