SUFFIXES + PREFIXES
1. Connect noun with prefix and using adjective suffixes derive new words, translate:
Infra
+ tempus + _____________________
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epi
+ gaster
+_____________________
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super + facies
+ _____________________
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para
+ nasus
+_____________________
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intra
+ lobus
+_____________________
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hypo
+ gaster
+_____________________
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inter
+ spina
+_____________________
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trans
+ pylorus + _____________________
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sub
+ cutis
+ _____________________
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post
+ operatio +_____________________
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2. Use different prefixes and/or suffixes to derive words with meaning:
•
mobilis, e
(1) movability _____________________ (2) immobile _____________________
•
facies, ei, f.
(1) facial_____________________
•
caput, itis, n.
(1)little head _____________________
(2) occipital _____________________
(3) four headed (muscle) _____________________
•
vertebra, ae, f.
(1)vertebral_____________________
(2) between vertebras (adj.) _______
•
sensus,us,m.
(1)sensible_____________________
(2) sensibility____________________
(3)sensitive_____________________
(4) sensory_____________________

sinsus,us, m.
(1)having form of sinus______________ (2) inflammation of sinuses__________

medicina, ae, f.
(1)medical_____________________
(2) medication____________________

extra
(1) extrascapular_________________
(2) extremity_____________________
3. Fill in what is missing, follow the example in the first line of the table:
Anatomical structure
Diminutive
Inflammation
Adjective of the III.
decl. with 2 endings
vās
vās-culum
vās-cul-ītis
vās-cul-āris
vēsīca

cellula
rādīculāris
valvula

auris

lobulītis
glans
cerebellum
4.
Write in the appropriate prefix to complete following terms:
a) ____________ nasalis > above the nose
(peri, para, supra, infra, sub)
b) ____________operativus > before surgery
(intra, post, pre, peri, circum)
c) ____________dermalis > across/through the skin (ecto, endo, intra, epi, trans)
d) ____________acutus > excessively acute
(sub, hypo, hyper, super, per)
e) ____________umbilicalis > under the navel
(hyper, infra, peri, para, pre)
f) ____________ductio > to turn away from
(retro, pro, ab, ad, trans)
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