Adjectival Roots and Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
brachy-
A
short
2
Q
brady-
A
slow
3
Q
brev/i-
A
short
4
Q
cry/o-
A
cold
5
Q
crypt/o-
A
hidden
6
Q
dextr/o-
A
right, right side
7
Q
dipl/o-
A
double, long
8
Q
dolich/o-
A
long
9
Q
glyc/o-, gluc/o-
A
sugar, sweet
10
Q
heter/o-
A
other, different
11
Q
hom/eo-, hom/o-
A
same, alike
12
Q
hydr/o-
A
wet, water, fluid
13
Q
is/o-
A
equal, alike
14
Q
lept/o-
A
slender, small, thin
15
Q
lev/o-
A
left, to the left
16
Q
macr/o-
A
large
17
Q
mal-
A
ill, bad
18
Q
malac/o-
A
soft, softening
19
Q
meg/a-, meg/alo-, meg/aly-
A
large, oversized
20
Q
necr/o-
A
death
21
Q
olig/o-
A
few, little
22
Q
orth/o-
A
straight, normal, correct
23
Q
pachy-
A
thick
24
Q
pale/o-
A
old, primitive
25
Q
platy-
A
flat, wide
26
Q
ple/o-
A
more, many
27
Q
poikil/o-
A
irregular, varied
28
Q
-scler/o-
A
hardness
29
Q
sinistr/o-
A
left, to the left
30
Q
sten/o-
A
narrow, contracted
31
Q
stere/o-
A
solid, three-dimensional
32
Q
tachy-
A
rapid, fast
33
Q
tel/e-, tel/o-
A
distant, end
34
Q
therm/o-
A
heat
35
Q
xer/o-
A
dry
