Misc Adjective Roots Flashcards
few; small; scanty
olig-
hard [adj]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]
scirrh-
large; long
macr-
thick
[no cv]
pachy-
without an opening (to an organ/structure)
atret-
xer-
sicc-
dry
dry
xer-
sicc-
pachy-
thick
[no cv]
pale-
old; ancient
poikil-
mottled; varied; irregular
large
megal-
earliest; first
prot-
prot-
earliest; first
acute; swift; sharp; sour
[no cv]
[See Mod. 6, oxy-]
oxy-
prosth-
prosthet-
artificial
narrow; constricted
sten-
olig-
few; small; scanty
orth-
straight; normal; correct
sten-
narrow; constricted
mes-
middle
all-
other; another; divergent; alternating
split
schist-
schiz-
lept-
thin
brachy-
short
[no cv]
incomplete
atel-
rapid
[no cv for tachy-]
tach-
tachy-
is-
equ-
equal
[equ- has cv i]
old; ancient
pale-
equal
[equ- has cv i]
is-
equ-
micr-
small
thin
lept-
atret-
without an opening (to an organ/structure)
atel-
incomplete
false; imaginary
pseud-
other; another; divergent; alternating
all-
brady-
slow
[no cv]
short
[no cv]
brachy-
middle
mes-
idi-
individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown
schist-
schiz-
split
small
micr-
anis-
unequal
tach-
tachy-
rapid
[no cv for tachy-]
strange; foreign [adj]; foreigner [noun]
xen-
slow
[no cv]
brady-
scirrh-
hard [adj]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]
crooked; laterally curved
scoli-
straight; normal; correct
orth-
mottled; varied; irregular
poikil-
pseud-
false; imaginary
scoli-
crooked; laterally curved
unequal
anis-
megal-
large
oxy-
acute; swift; sharp; sour
[no cv]
[See Mod. 6, oxy-]
individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown
idi-
artificial
prosth-
prosthet-
xen-
strange; foreign [adj]; foreigner [noun]
macr-
large; long