Chapter 3: The Head Flashcards by Peyton Smith

a-, an-

Without/not/non

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anti-, ant-

Against/opposite

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circum-

Around

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de-

Down/downward/away from/from/without/ out of

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dys-

Bad/painful/difficult/abnormal

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en-

In/inward

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epi-/ep-

Upon/on the surface

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eu-

Good/well/normal

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hyper-

Over/above/more than normal

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hypo-, hyp-

Below/deficient/less than normal

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peri-

Around/near

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-al, -eal, -ial

Pertaining to

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-alis, -aris

Pertaining to

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-ar

Pertaining to/having character

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-ate

Pertaining to/having/having the shape of

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-etic

Pertaining to

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-ety

Condition/state/quality

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-ia

Condition of/quality of/state of/act of

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-ile

Pertaining to/able to

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-ity

Condition/state/quality/‘

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-ive

Pertaining to/tending to

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-oid

Resembling/shaped/like/shaped like

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-orium

Place for

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-osis

Process of/condition of/act of

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-sia, -sis

Process of/condition of/act of Suffix

-ure

Result of/act of Suffix

-y

Condition of/quality of/state of /act of Suffix

CRANI

Cranium (skull not including the jaw bone) Base

TEMPOR

Temple or time Decide from context which definition is more suitable Base

OCCIPIT

Occiput (back of the head Base

SPHEN

Wedge Base

PTER, PTERYG

Wing Base

ETHM

Sieve Base

ZYGOMAT

Yoke Base

SQUAM

Scale/scalelike bone/scalelike cell/ squama Base

LAMBD

Greek letter lambda λ Base

SGM

Greek letter sigma ς Base

CAV

Hollow space Base

CEREBR

Cerebrum (largest part of the brain) Base

CEREBELL

Cerebellum (posterior part of the brain) Base

ENCEPHAL

Brain Base

LOB

Lobe Base

FISS

Split/splitting Base

THALAM

Chamber/thalamus Base

MENING

Membrane/meninges Base

ARACHN

Spider/spiderweb Base

LIMB

Border/edge Base

GYR

Circle/coil Base

SULC

Groove/furrow Base

CINGEL

Girdle/belt/structure that surrounds Base

AMYGDAL

Almond Base

PITUIT

Mucus/phlegm/discharge Base

MENT

Mind/reason or chin Base

PSYCH

Mind Base

THYM

Emotion/mind Base

PHREN

Mind or diaphragm Base

SCHIS, SCHIST, SCHIZ

Split/division Base

SAN, SANIT

Healthy/sound Base

MAN

Frenzy or hand or thin/loose Base

PRESS

To press/pressing Base

PHOR

To bear/ to carry/ bearing Base

PHOB

Fear Base

PHIL

Loving/affinity to/ craving for Base

ANXI

Worry Base

MNE

To remember “mn” combination has something to do with memory Base

ANDR

Man/male Base

GYN, GYNAEC, GYNEC

Woman/female Base

NECR

Death/dead Base

XEN

Foreign Base

PSEUD

False Base

CRYPT

Hidden Base

-mania

Condition of madness/compulsion/obsession Compound suffix

-mnesia

Condition of memory Compound suffix

-philia

Condition of attraction/ abnormal craving for Compound suffix

-phobia

Condition of fear/abnormal fear of Compound suffix

-verse

To turn/ to travel/ turned