Misc Adjective Roots Flashcards
1
Q
few; small; scanty
A
olig-
1
Q
hard [adj]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]
A
scirrh-
2
Q
large; long
A
macr-
2
Q
thick
[no cv]
A
pachy-
3
Q
without an opening (to an organ/structure)
A
atret-
4
Q
xer-
sicc-
A
dry
4
Q
dry
A
xer-
sicc-
5
Q
pachy-
A
thick
[no cv]
6
Q
pale-
A
old; ancient
6
Q
poikil-
A
mottled; varied; irregular
6
Q
large
A
megal-
6
Q
earliest; first
A
prot-
7
Q
prot-
A
earliest; first
7
Q
acute; swift; sharp; sour
[no cv]
[See Mod. 6, oxy-]
A
oxy-
8
Q
prosth-
prosthet-
A
artificial
8
Q
narrow; constricted
A
sten-
10
Q
olig-
A
few; small; scanty
11
Q
orth-
A
straight; normal; correct
11
Q
sten-
A
narrow; constricted
13
Q
mes-
A
middle
15
Q
all-
A
other; another; divergent; alternating
16
Q
split
A
schist-
schiz-
17
Q
lept-
A
thin