Building Greek Vocabulary 4 Lesson 7

Front 1

aden

Back 1

combining form:
gland

Front 2

aer

Back 2

combining form:
air, gas

Front 3

blenn

Back 3

combining form:
mucus

Front 4

cel(i)

Back 4

combining form:
abdomen

Front 5

ch(e)il

Back 5

combining form:
lip

Front 6

chron

Back 6

combining form:
time, timing

Front 7

cla(s), clast

Back 7

combining form:
break (up), destroy

Front 8

desis

Back 8

combining form:
binding

Front 9

desm

Back 9

combining form:
(binding) ligament, connective tissue

Front 10

dynam

Back 10

combining form:
force, power, energy

Front 11

ger

Back 11

combining form:
old age

Front 12

gnath

Back 12

combining form:
(lower) jaw

Front 13

isch, sche

Back 13

combining form:
suppress, check

Front 14

klept

Back 14

combining form:
steal

Front 15

lei

Back 15

combining form:
smooth

Front 16

lep

Back 16

combining form:
attack, seizure

Front 17

man

Back 17

combining form:
be mad

Front 18

mel

Back 18

combining form:
limb

Front 19

morph

Back 19

combining form:
form, shape

Front 20

nom

Back 20

combining form:
law

Front 21

omphal

Back 21

combining form:
navel, umbilicus

Front 22

ped

Back 22

combining form:
child

Front 23

pen

Back 23

combining form:
decrease, deficiency

Front 24

pex

Back 24

combining form:
fixing,(surgical) attachment

Front 25

plas(t)

Back 25

combining form:
form, develop

Front 26

presby

Back 26

combining form:
old, old age

Front 27

prostat

Back 27

combining form:
(one who stands before) prostate gland

Front 28

pty

Back 28

combining form:
spit

Front 29

ptyal

Back 29

combining form:
saliva

Front 30

rrhaph

Back 30

combining form:
suture

Front 31

sit

Back 31

combining form:
food

Front 32

sta(t)

Back 32

combining form:
stand, stop

Front 33

tax

Back 33

combining form:
(muscular) coordination

Front 34

therm

Back 34

combining form:
heat, (body) temperature

Front 35

trop

Back 35

combining form:
turning

Front 36

adenoids

Back 36

1. Lymphatic tissue forming a prominence on the wall of the pharyngeal recess of the nasopharynx.
2. A colloquial term for enlarged pharyngeal tonsils in children.

Front 37

aerobe

Back 37

A microbe that is able to live and reproduce in the presence of oxygen.

Front 38

aerotropism

Back 38

The tendency of organisms, esp. bacteria and protozoa, to move toward air (positive aerotropism) or away from it (negative aerotropism).

Front 39

alloplasia

Back 39

The development of tissue at a location where that type of tissue would not normally occur.

Front 40

ankylochilia

Back 40

Adhesion of the upper and lower lips.

Front 41

aplasia

Back 41

Failure of an organ or tissue to develop normally.

Front 42

arthroclasia

Back 42

The intentional breaking of adhesions of an ankylosed joint to provide movement.

Front 43

ataxophobia

Back 43

Fear of disorder or untidiness.

Front 44

blennadenitis

Back 44

Inflammation of the mucous glands.

Front 45

celiocentesis

Back 45

Puncture of the abdomen.

Front 46

cheilochisis

Back 46

A vertical cleft or clefts in the upper lip.

Front 47

cholestasia

Back 47

Arrest of the flow of bile.

Front 48

chronognosis

Back 48

The subjective realization of the passage of time.

Front 49

cystopexy

Back 49

Surgical fixation of the bladder to the wall of the abdomen.

Front 50

desmoneoplasm

Back 50

A newly developed connective tissue tumor.

Front 51

dolichomorphic

Back 51

Pert. to a body type that is long and slender.

Front 52

dysstasia

Back 52

Difficulty in standing.

Front 53

enteropexy

Back 53

Fixation of the intestine to the abdominal wall or to another portion of the intestine.

Front 54

erythromelalgia

Back 54

Episodic burning, throbbing, and redness of the extremities caused by local dilation of blood vessels.

Front 55

erythropenia

Back 55

A deficiency in the number of red blood cells in the body.

Front 56

exomphalos

Back 56

1. An umbilical protrusion.
2. An umbilical hernia.

Front 57

geriatrics

Back 57

The branch of health care concerned with the care of the aged, including physiological, pathological, psychological, economic, and sociological problems.

Front 58

gnathalgia

Back 58

not in dictionary

Front 59

hematomphalocele

Back 59

The effusion of blood into an umbilical hernia.

Front 60

hemiataxia

Back 60

Impaired muscular coordination causing awkward movements of the affected side of the body.

Front 61

hemodynamics

Back 61

A study of the forces involved in circulating blood through the body.

Front 62

hyperthermalgesia

Back 62

An unusual sensitivity to heat.

Front 63

hypoplasia

Back 63

Underdevelopment of a tissue organ or body.

Front 64

idiotropic

Back 64

Pert. to a withdrawal from the external world with concentration on the self.

Front 65

ischesis

Back 65

Suppression of a discharge, esp. a normal one.

Front 66

kleptomania

Back 66

A compulsion to steal, often expressed by the repeated theft of meaningless or economically worthless objects.

Front 67

leiomyoma

Back 67

A benign tumor consisting principally of smooth muscle.

Front 68

macrocheilia

Back 68

Abnormal size of a lip characterized by swelling of the glands of the lip.
It is a congenital condition.

Front 69

myotenontoplasty

Back 69

Reparative operation upon a tendon and muscle.

Front 70

narcolepsy

Back 70

A disorder marked by recurrent, uncontrollable attacks of daytime sleepiness, often associated with temporary muscular paralysis (cataplexy), which may occur after powerful emotional experiences.

Front 71

nomogram

Back 71

Representation by graphs, diagrams, or charts of the relationship between numerical variables.

Front 72

omphaloncus

Back 72

An umbilical tumor or swelling.

Front 73

osteoclast

Back 73

1. A device for fracturing bones for therapeutic purposes.
2. A giant, multinucleated cell derived from blood cell (monocyte) precursors formed in the bone marrow of growing bones.

Front 74

pancytopenia

Back 74

A reduction in all cellular elements of the blood.

Front 75

parasite

Back 75

1. An organism that lives within, upon, and at the expense of another organism (its “host”), causing harm.
2. The smaller or incomplete element of conjoined twins that is attached to and dependent on the more nearly normal twin (autosite).

Front 76

pedatrophy

Back 76

Any wasting disease in children.

Front 77

pericardiorrhaphy

Back 77

Suture of a wound in the pericardium.

Front 78

polyadenomatosis

Back 78

Adenomas in many glands.

Front 79

presbyiatrics

Back 79

The branch of health care concerned with the care of the aged, including physiological, pathological, psychological, economic, and sociological problems.

Front 80

prognathous

Back 80

Having jaws projecting forward beyond the rest of the face.

Front 81

sitophobia

Back 81

Psychoneurotic abhorrence of food, or morbid dread of or repugnance to food, whether generally or only to specific dishes.

Front 82

stasis

Back 82

Stoppage of the normal flow of fluids, as of the blood or urine, or feces.

Front 83

syndesmopexy

Back 83

Joining of two ligaments or fixation of a ligament in a new place, used in correction of a dislocation.

Front 84

tenodesis

Back 84

1. Surgical fixation of a tendon.
Usually a tendon is transferred from its initial point of origin to a new origin in order to restore muscle balance to a joint, to restore lost function, or to increase active power of joint motion.
2. Closing of the fingers through tendon action of the extrinsic finger flexor muscles when they are stretched across the wrist joint during wrist extension.
This mechanism is used for functional grip in the quadriplegic individual when paralysis is due to loss below the sixth cervical vertebra.

Front 85

thermanesthesia

Back 85

1. Inability to distinguish between heat and cold.
2. Insensibility to heat or temperature changes.