Lesson 1- Combining Forms Flashcards
Pain
Alg-
Thorn, spine
Acanth-
Sensitivity to pain
Alges-
Other, divergence, different from
All-
(Blood) vessel, duct
Angi-
(Air passage) artery
Arteri-
Joint
Arthr-
Life
Bi-
Slow
Brady-
Heart
Cardi-
Head
Cephal-
Skull
Crani-
Cell
Cyt-
Brain
Encephal-
Red, red blood cell
Erythr-
Thin, fine, slight
Lept-
White, white blood cell
Leuk-
Stone, calculus
Lith-
Word study
Log-
Soft
Malac-
Middle, secondary, partial, mesentery
Mes-
Measure, measuring device
-meter, metr-
Kidney
Nephr-
Nerve, nervous system
Neur-
Bone
Oste-
Face
Prosop-
First, primitive, early
Prot-
Hard
Scler-
Narrow
Sten-
Solid, having three dimensions
Stere-
Rapid
Tachy-
Poison
Tox(i)-
Study, science, the study or science of one who specializes in a certain study or science.
- logy
- logist
The softening of
-malacia
The hardening of
-sclerosis
The narrowing of a part of the body
-stenosis
Poisonous (to an organ)
-toxic
A substance poisonous to
-toxin