Misc Adjective Roots Flashcards

1
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few; small; scanty

A

olig-

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hard [adj]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]

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scirrh-

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2
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large; long

A

macr-

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2
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thick

[no cv]

A

pachy-

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3
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without an opening (to an organ/structure)

A

atret-

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4
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xer-

sicc-

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dry

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4
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dry

A

xer-

sicc-

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5
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pachy-

A

thick

[no cv]

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6
Q

pale-

A

old; ancient

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6
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poikil-

A

mottled; varied; irregular

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6
Q

large

A

megal-

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6
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earliest; first

A

prot-

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7
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prot-

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earliest; first

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7
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acute; swift; sharp; sour

[no cv]

[See Mod. 6, oxy-]

A

oxy-

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8
Q

prosth-

prosthet-

A

artificial

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8
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narrow; constricted

A

sten-

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10
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olig-

A

few; small; scanty

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11
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orth-

A

straight; normal; correct

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11
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sten-

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narrow; constricted

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13
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mes-

A

middle

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15
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all-

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other; another; divergent; alternating

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16
Q

split

A

schist-

schiz-

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17
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lept-

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thin

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18
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brachy-

A

short

[no cv]

19
Q

incomplete

A

atel-

20
Q

rapid

[no cv for tachy-]

A

tach-

tachy-

21
Q

is-

equ-

A

equal

[equ- has cv i]

22
Q

old; ancient

A

pale-

23
Q

equal

[equ- has cv i]

A

is-

equ-

25
Q

micr-

A

small

26
Q

thin

A

lept-

27
Q

atret-

A

without an opening (to an organ/structure)

28
Q

atel-

A

incomplete

29
Q

false; imaginary

A

pseud-

30
Q

other; another; divergent; alternating

A

all-

31
Q

brady-

A

slow

[no cv]

33
Q

short

[no cv]

A

brachy-

34
Q

middle

A

mes-

35
Q

idi-

A

individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown

37
Q

schist-

schiz-

A

split

38
Q

small

A

micr-

40
Q

anis-

A

unequal

41
Q

tach-

tachy-

A

rapid

[no cv for tachy-]

42
Q

strange; foreign [adj]; foreigner [noun]

A

xen-

44
Q

slow

[no cv]

A

brady-

45
Q

scirrh-

A

hard [adj]; hard, cancerous tumour [noun]

46
Q

crooked; laterally curved

A

scoli-

47
Q

straight; normal; correct

A

orth-

48
Q

mottled; varied; irregular

A

poikil-

49
Q

pseud-

A

false; imaginary

50
Q

scoli-

A

crooked; laterally curved

51
Q

unequal

A

anis-

53
Q

megal-

A

large

54
Q

oxy-

A

acute; swift; sharp; sour

[no cv]

[See Mod. 6, oxy-]

55
Q

individual; distinct; distinctive; unknown

A

idi-

56
Q

artificial

A

prosth-

prosthet-

57
Q

xen-

A

strange; foreign [adj]; foreigner [noun]

58
Q

macr-

A

large; long