Combining Forms - Factor or Quality Flashcards
acanth(o)
spiny; thorny
andr(o)
masculine
chlor(o)
chlorine, green
chrom(o), chromat(o)
color
crypt(o)
hidden; obscure
cyan(o)
blue
eosin(o)
red
erythr(o)
red, redness
granul(o)
granular
gyn(o), gyne, gynec(o)
women
home(o), hom(o)
same; constant
ichthy(o)
dry; scaly; fishy
idi(o)
distinct; unkown
immun(o)
safe; immune
leuk(o)
white
macr(o)
large; long
meg(a), megal(o)
large; million
melan(o)
black; dark
micr(o)
small, tiny
mio
smaller; less
morph(o)
structure; shape
norm(o)
normal
physi(o)
physical; natural
pseud(o)
false
scler(o)
hardness; hardening
scolio
crooked; bent
spher(o)
round; spherical
staphyl(o)
grapelike clusters
sten(o)
narrowness
strept(o)
twisted chains; streptococci
terat(o)
monster (as a malformed fetus)
xanth(o)
yellow