Chapter 5 - Combining Forms

Question 1

ACOUS-
ACUS-

Answer 1

Hear

Question 2

ANDR-

Answer 2

Man
Male

Question 3

APHRODISI-

Answer 3

Sexual desire

Question 4

AUT-

Answer 4

Self

Question 5

CHEIL-
CHIL-

Answer 5

Lip

Question 6

CHLOR-

Answer 6

Green

Question 7

DEM-

Answer 7

People
Population

Question 8

DROM-

Answer 8

A running
A grouping

Question 9

ER-
EROT-

Answer 9

Sexual desire

Question 10

GYN-
GYNAE-
GYNAEC-

Answer 10

Woman
Female

Question 11

ICTER-

Answer 11

Jaundice

Question 12

CARDI-

Answer 12

Heart
Cardia (upper office of the stomach)

Question 13

CARCIN-

Answer 13

Cancer

Question 14

-CEL-

Answer 14

Hernia

Question 15

CENTE-

Answer 15

Pierce

Question 16

MY(I)-
MYS-

Answer 16

Muscle

Question 17

NARC-

Answer 17

Stupor (a state of near-unconsciousness or insensibility)
Numbness

Question 18

NECR-

Answer 18

Corpse
Dead

Question 19

NEUR-

Answer 19

Nerve

Question 20

ODONT-

Answer 20

Tooth

Question 21

ONYCH-

Answer 21

Fingernail
Toenail

Question 22

ORTH-

Answer 22

Erect
Straight

Question 23

OT-

Answer 23

Ear

Question 24

PACHY-

Answer 24

Thick

Question 25

-PEX-

Answer 25

Fixing

Question 26

PHARMAC-
PHARMACEU-

Answer 26

Medicine
Drug

Question 27

PT-

Answer 27

Fall
Sag

Question 28

STEAR-
STEAT-

Answer 28

Fat
Sebum (oily substance that protects skin from drying out)
Sebaceous glands

Question 29

TEN-
TENON-
TENONT-

Answer 29

Tendon

Question 30

TON-

Answer 30

Tension
Tone