combining forms Flashcards
1
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aesthe,aesthes,aesthesi
A
sensation
2
Q
alges
A
sensitivity to pain
3
Q
alg
A
pain
4
Q
bi
A
life
5
Q
brady
A
slow
6
Q
cheir,chir
A
hand
7
Q
hypn
A
sleep
8
Q
cephal
A
head
9
Q
lip
A
fat
10
Q
lith
A
stone
11
Q
log
A
word,study
12
Q
ly,lys
A
destroy, break down
13
Q
macr
A
abnormally large/ long
14
Q
malac
A
soft
15
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micr
A
abnormally small
16
Q
odyn
A
pain
17
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pen
A
decrease / deficiency
18
Q
plec, pleg
A
paralyse
19
Q
pnoe
A
breathe
20
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poly
A
many, excessive
21
Q
rhin
A
nose
22
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rhythm
A
heartbeat
23
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scler
A
hard
24
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spasm
A
spasm
25
sten
narrow
26
sthen
strength
27
tachy
rapid
28
aeti
causation
29
angi
vessel (blood)
30
arthr
joint
31
chol, chole
bile, gall
32
dactyl
finger/ toe
33
encephal
brain
34
enter
(small) intestine
35
erg
action, work
36
gen- , -gen, gene-
produce / come into being
37
gram
record
38
graph
write, record
39
haem, haemat, -aem-
blood
40
hepat
liver
41
sta, stat
stand, stop
42
hydr
water / fluid
43
idi
one’s self
44
clas, -clast, clast-
break (up) destroy
45
cyst
bladder
46
cyt
cell
47
leuk
white, white blood cell
48
mega, megal
large or long
49
mening, meninx
meningeal membrane, meninges
50
morph
form, shape, structure
51
path
disease
52
phob
fear
53
plas, plast
form, develop
54
poie
produce, make
55
rhag
flow profusely
56
rhoe
flow, secrete
57
rhex
rupture
58
scop
examine
59
stom, stomat
mouth
formation of a passage or communication
60
tom
cutting, slice
61
aden
gland
62
acr
extremities
63
ankyl
stiffened, hooked
64
arachn
spider, web
65
arteri
artery
66
blenn
mucus
67
chrom, chroma, chromat
colour, pigment
68
derm, derma, dermat
skin
69
dips
thirst
70
erythr
red, red blood cell
71
gastr
stomach
72
gno, gnos
know
73
hidr, idr
sweat
74
hist, histi
tissue
75
iatr
healer , physician
76
kine
move
77
kines, kinesi
movement, motion
78
celi, cel
abdomen
79
col, cool, colon
colon
80
crani
skull
81
cyan
blue
82
lapar
abdomen, abdominal wall
83
lex
read
84
melan
dark, black
85
myel
bone marrow, spinal chord
86
nos
disease, illness
87
olig
few, deficient
88
paed
child
89
poli
grey matter (of brain and spinal chord)
90
py
pus
91
rhaph
suture
92
sarc
flesh, soft tissue
93
splen
spleen
94
acous, acus
hear
95
andr
man
96
aphrodisi and er
sexual desire
97
aut
self
98
cheil, chil
lip
99
chlor
green
100
dem
people, population
(the way a disease has spread among populations)
101
drom
(syn+ drom)
a running, a grouping
(running together)
102
er, erot
sexual desire
103
gyn, gynae, gynaec
woman, female
104
icter
jaundice
105
cardi
heart, cardia (upper office of the stomach linked to the oesophagus)
106
carcin
cancer
107
cel
hernia
108
cente or (2) centesis
pierce
(2) surgical puncture
109
my-(i),mys
muscle
110
narc
stupor, numbness
111
necr
corpse,dead
112
neur
nerve
113
odont
tooth
114
onych
fingernail, toenail
115
orth
straight, erect
116
Ot
ear
117
pachy
thick
118
pex
fixing
119
pharmac, pharmaceu
medicine, drug
120
Pt
fall, sag
121
stear, steat
fat, sebum, sebaceous glands
122
ten, tendon, tenont
tendon
123
ton
tension, tone
124
1) endemic
2) epidemic
3) pandemic
1) disease occurring continuously in a population
2) affecting many people at the same time in the same area
3) affecting majority of people of a large region
125
ptosis
pexy
dropping, downward displacement
surgical procedure to rectify what caused by ptosis due to weakness of abdominal muscle
126
cele (end)
indicating the presence of a hernia
127
orth + paed
orthopaedics
correction of structural deformities in general
128
desis
binding
129
desm
ligament
130
diaphragm
diaphragmat
1) diaphragm (muscle separating abdomen and thoracic cavity)
2) wall, partition
131
dynam
force, power
132
eme
vomit
133
elc, helc
ulcer
134
isch, sche
suppress, check
135
is
equal (having equal power)
aniso (unequal)
136
lal
talk
137
lei
smooth
138
lep
attack, seizure
139
man
be mad
140
mel
limb
141
meter, metr (I)
measure
instrument/ device used for measuring
142
mne
remember
143
myx
mucus
144
ne
new
145
nephr
kidney
146
onc
tumor
147
orec, orex
have an appetite
148
oste
bone
149
ox, oxy
acute - oxypathy (acute diseased condition)
pointed - oxycephaly (pointer
rapid, oxygen
150
pali, palin
back, again
151
pan, pant
all, entire, every
152
phag
swallow, eat
153
pha
speak, communicate
comprehensive communication
154
phon
sound
voice quality
155
phrac, phrag
enclose, obstruct
156
phras
speak
157
ptyal
saliva
158
pty
spit
159
tel, tele
1) end, completion
2) distance
160
than, thanat
death
161
therap, therapeu
treat medically, heal
162
mania
mental disorder that manifests in excessive excitement
nymphomania = excessive sexual desire
163
atelo
atelia
incomplete
incomplete development
164
amnesty
a state of having forgotten
165
aer
air, gas
166
chondr
cartilage
167
gnath
jaw (lower)
168
myc, mycet
fungus
169
oedema
oedemat
swelling
170
phil-, -phil
love for, tendency toward, craving for
171
phor
bearing, carrying
172
phos-, phot
daylight
173
phren
mind
diaphragm
174
phylac
protect (against disease)
175
phys, physi
nature, appearance
176
phyt
plant, growth
177
pod
foot
178
prostat
prostate gland
179
psych
mind
180
pyr
fever, burning
181
pyrex
be feverish
182
pyret
fever
183
rachi, rhachi
spine
184
schisis, schist, schiz
split
185
sit
food
186
som, *soma, somat
body
187
Spondyl
vertebra
188
ta
stretching
ending sia, sis ENLARGEMENT
189
tax
coordination (muscular)
orderly arrangement
190
therm
heat, temperature (body)
191
trich
hair
192
the
to place
193
top
place
194
tox, toxi
poison
195
trop
turning
(bending, turning or movement toward or away from)
196
troph
nourishment (circulating blood)degeneration and functional loss of tissue
