Potpourri
What does it mean if your "gastr-" is "erg-"ing?
Your stomach is working.
What characteristic do diminutive suffixes have?
Diminutive suffixes have a single or double L.
What does the combining form spondyl- mean?
vertebra
What does the combining form ger- mean?
carry or bear
What does the suffix -oma indicate when used in ophthalmological terms?
Instead of indicating a tumor, -oma indicates various abnormalities in ophthalmology.
What combining form does the b in microbe come from?
Bi- meaning life.
What suffix forms verbs?
-ize forms verbs meaning "make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in".
What do words ending in -meter indicate?
Words ending in -meter indicate instruments used for measuring.
What does the combining form vacc- mean on its own?
cow
What two Latin cases are used to form medical terms?
Nominative and genitive
If you are "hooked on phonics" what exactly are you hooked on?
You are hooked on the science or study of sound (to learn how to read).
Several prefixes have "both" as part of their meanings. What prefix also means "on both sides" and "around"?
amphi- or ampho-: on both sides, around, both
The other prefixes with "both" as part of their meanings are ambi- (both) and bi-, bin-, bis- (two, twice, double, both).
What do words ending in -plasty refer to?
They refer to restorative surgery.
If the name of medicine has the combining form tuss- in it, what does it most likely treat?
What combining form comes from the suffix -oma?
-omat- (or -omata in the plural)
What is the combining form of the color you get if you mix cyan- and xanth-?
cyan- (blue) + xanth- (yellow) = chlor- (green)
What two prefixes mean "through, across"?
trans- (across, through) and
dia- (through, across, apart)
What do words containing cholecyst- refer to?
The gallbladder.
What does the combining form sud(or)- mean?
sweat or fluid
Name three noun-forming suffixes we’ve seen that mean state, condition.
-a: forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-asia, -asis (rare): form abstract nouns: state, condition
-esis: forms abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure
-ia: forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-ism: forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality
-ismus: forms abstract nouns: state, condition; muscular spasm
-sia: forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-sis: forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-y: forms abstract nouns: state, condition
The combining form pedicul- means "louse" but based on its parts, what does it literally mean? (The full Latin word is pediculus.)
Little foot. (ped-: foot / -culus: diminutive suffix ending)
The suffix -ad means "indicates direction toward a part of the body: toward". What part of speech are the words it forms?
adverb
The combining form -cel- and English suffix -e are often used together to mean two types of abnormal conditions. One use indicates a swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid. What is the other use?
-cele also means hernia, the protrusion of an organ or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally contains it.
The combining forms cresc- and -cret- come from the same Latin root but the -sc- in cresc- changes its meaning slightly. What do cresc- and cret- mean?
When -sc- is found in between the stem and the ending of a Latin infinitive, the verb changes to indicate the beginning of an action. So, -cret- means "grow" while cresc- means "begin to grow".
Which medical term means the absence of oxygen? Which term means an insufficient amount of oxygen in the body?
Anoxia means the absence of oxygen. Hypoxia means an insufficient amount of oxygen in the body.