Additional Combining Words Flashcards
Audi/o
Hearing
Bio
Life
Caus, caut
Burn
Clas, clast
Break
Duct
Lead
Ectas
Dilate
Edem
Swelling ( due to fluid accumulation in the tissue)
Esthes
Sensation
Gen/o
Producing
Iatr/o
Treatment (caused by the treatment)
Kin/e, kin/o
Movement, motion
Lysis, lys/o, lytic
Breaking down
Morph/o
Form, structure, shape
Op/ia, ops/ia, opsy
Vision
Path
Disease
Phage
Eating
Phas
Speech
Phil
Affinity
Plegia
Paralysis
Poiesis
Formation
Schisto
Split
Spasm/o
Spasm
Stasis
Standing still, stoppage
Troph/o
Nourishment, food
Brachy
Short
Brady
Slow
Brev/I
Short
Cry/o
Cry
Crypt/o
Hidden
Dextr/o
Right, right side
Dipl/o
Double, twice
Dolich/o
Long
Glyc/o, gluc/o
Sugar, sweet
Heter/o
Other, different
Hom/eo, hom/o
Same/ alike
Hydro
Wet, water, fluid
Iso
Equal, alike
Lept/o
Slender, small, thin
Levo
Left, to the left
Macr/o
Large
Mal
ill, bad
Malaco
Soft, softening
Mega
Large, oversized
Necr/o
Death
Olig/o
Few, little
Orth/o
Straight, normal, right
Pachy
Thick
Pale/o
Old, primitive
Platy/o
Flat, wide
Ple/o
Many, more
Poikil/o
Irregular, varying
Scler/o
Hardness
Sinistr/o
Left, to the left
Sten/o
Narrow, contracted
Stere/o
Solid, three dimensional
Tachy
Fast, rapid
Tel/e, tel/o
Distant end
Therm/o
Heat
Xer/o
Dry