Adjectival Roots And Combining Forms

Front 1

brachy-

Back 1

Short

Front 2

brady-

Back 2

Slow

Front 3

cry/o-

Back 3

Cold

Front 4

crypt/o-

Back 4

Hidden

Front 5

dextr/o-

Back 5

Right, to the right

Front 6

dipl/o-

Back 6

Double, Twice

Front 7

dolich/o-

Back 7

Long

Front 8

glyc/o- , gluc/o-

Back 8

Sugar, Sweet

Front 9

heter/o-

Back 9

Other, different

Front 10

hom/eo- , hom/o-

Back 10

Same, alike

Front 11

hydr/o-

Back 11

Wet, Water, Fluid

Front 12

is/o-

Back 12

Equal, Alike

Front 13

lept/o-

Back 13

Slender, Small, Thin

Front 14

lev/o-

Back 14

Left, to the left

Front 15

macro-

Back 15

Large

Front 16

mal-

Back 16

Ill, bad

Front 17

meg/a- , meg/alo- , meg/aly-

Back 17

Large, oversized

Front 18

necr/o-

Back 18

Death

Front 19

olig/o-

Back 19

few, little

Front 20

orth/o-

Back 20

Straight, normal, correct

Front 21

pachy-

Back 21

Thick

Front 22

pale/o-

Back 22

Old, primitive

Front 23

platy-

Back 23

Flat, Wide

Front 24

ple/o-

Back 24

More, many

Front 25

poikil/o-

Back 25

Irregular, varied

Front 26

-scler/o-

Back 26

Hardness

Front 27

sinistr/o-

Back 27

Left, to the left

Front 28

sten/o-

Back 28

Narrow, contracted

Front 29

stere/o-

Back 29

Solid, three-dimensional

Front 30

tachy-

Back 30

Rapid, fast

Front 31

tel/e- , tel/o-

Back 31

Distant, end

Front 32

therm/o-

Back 32

Heat

Front 33

Xer/o-

Back 33

Dry