L3 BUILDING GREEK VOCABULARY I: NOUNS AND ADJECTIVES

Question 1

arachne􏰧

Answer 1

Combining form: ARACHN-

Meaning: spider, web, archnoid membrane

Ex: arachn-ophobia

Question 2

chl o􏰧ro

Answer 2

CHLOR-

green

chlor-ine

Question 3

chondros

Answer 3

CHONDR-

cartilage

costo-chondr-al

Question 4

daktylos

Answer 4

DACTYL-

finger, toe

dactyl-ospasm

Question 5

derma, dermatos

Answer 5

DERM(AT)-, DERMA

skin

dermat-oplasty

Question 6

helkos

Answer 6

(H)ELC

ulcer

helc-osis

Question 7

hidro􏰧s, hidro􏰧tos

Answer 7

HIDR(OT)-, -IDR-

sweat

hidr-opoiesis

Question 8

histos

Answer 8

HIST(I)- * The cWATERombining form HISTI- is from the diminutive noun histion.

{web} tissue

histi-oblast

Question 9

hydo􏰧r, hydatos

Answer 9

HYDR- († This combining form is slightly irregular)

water, fluid

hydr-olysis

Question 10

hypnos

Answer 10

HYPN-

sleep

hypn-osis

Question 11

ikteros

Answer 11

ICTER-

jaundice

icter-ohepatitis

Question 12

is, inos

Answer 12

IN-, INOS-

fiber, muscle

in-otropic

Question 13

isos

Answer 13

IS-

same, equal, similar, alike

is-ocytosis

Question 14

me􏰧ninx, me􏰧ningos (plural, me􏰧ninges)

Answer 14

MENING-, -MENINX

meningeal membrane, meninges

mening-itis

Question 15

mys, myos

Answer 15

MY(S)-

[mouse] muscle

my-okinesis

Question 16

myke􏰧s, myke􏰧tos

Answer 16

MYC(ET)-

[mushroom] fungus

mycet-hemia

Question 17

myelos

Answer 17

MYEL-

bone marrow, spinal cord

myel-ocyte

Question 18

narke􏰧

Answer 18

NARC-

stupor, numbness

narc-olepsy

Question 19

nekros

Answer 19

NECR-

corpse; dead

necr-olysis

Question 20

oligos

Answer 20

OLIG-

few, deficient

olig-ospermia

Question 21

onyx, onychos

Answer 21

ONYCH-

fingernail, toenail

onych-omycosis

Question 22

pous, podos

Answer 22

POD-

foot

pod-iatrist

Question 23

polios

Answer 23

POLI-

[gray] gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

poli-ovirus

Question 24

polys

Answer 24

POLY-

many, excessive

poly-morphic

Question 25

poros

Answer 25

POR-

passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

osteo-por-osis

Question 26

psyche􏰧

Answer 26

PYSCH-

[soul] mind

pysch-iatric

Question 27

so􏰧ma, so􏰧matos

Answer 27

SOM(AT)-, -SOMA

body

somat-ization (somatasized)

Question 28

sthenos

Answer 28

STHEN-

strength

sthen-ia (abnormal strength, vitality)

Question 29

trache􏰧los

Answer 29

TRACHEL-

neck, cervix

trachel-omyitis: inflammation of the muscles of the neck.

Question 30

xanthos

Answer 30

XANTH-

yellow

xanth-ochromia: yellow discoloration indicating the presence of bilirubin in the cerebrospinal fluid (CSF) and is used by some to differentiate in vivo hemorrhage from a traumatic LP.