Chapter 3

Front 1

arachn-

Back 1

combining form spider, web; arachnoid membrane

Front 2

chlor-

Back 2

combining form green

Front 3

chondr-

Back 3

combining form cartilage

Front 4

dactyl-

Back 4

combining form finger, toe

Front 5

derm(at)-, -derma

Back 5

combining form skin

Front 6

(h)elc-

Back 6

combining form ulcer

Front 7

hidr(ot), -idr-

Back 7

combining form sweat

Front 8

hist(i)-

Back 8

combining form [web] tissue

Front 9

hydr-

Back 9

combining form water, fluid

Front 10

hypn-

Back 10

combining form sleep

Front 11

icter-

Back 11

combining form jaundice

Front 12

in-, inos-

Back 12

combining form fiber, muscle

Front 13

is-

Back 13

combining form equal, same, similar, alike

Front 14

mening-, -meninx

Back 14

combining form meningeal membrane, meninges

Front 15

my(s)-

Back 15

combining form [mouse] muscle

Front 16

myc(et)-

Back 16

combining form [mushroom] fungus

Front 17

myel-

Back 17

combining form bone marrow, spinal cord

Front 18

narc-

Back 18

combining form stupor, numbness

Front 19

necr-

Back 19

combining form corpse; dead

Front 20

olig-

Back 20

combining form few, deficient

Front 21

onych-

Back 21

combining form fingernail, toenail

Front 22

pod-

Back 22

combining form foot

Front 23

poli-

Back 23

combining form [gray] gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

Front 24

poly-

Back 24

combining form many, excessive

Front 25

por-

Back 25

combining form passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

Front 26

psych-

Back 26

combining form [soul] mind

Front 27

som(at)-, -soma

Back 27

combining form body

Front 28

sthen-

Back 28

combining form strength

Front 29

trachel-

Back 29

combining form neck, cervix

Front 30

xanth-

Back 30

combining form yellow

Front 31

arachnoidea

Back 31

thin, delicate membrane, the intermediate of the three that enclose the brain and spinal chord

Front 32

pachymeninx

Back 32

the dura mater, or simply dura

Front 33

Subdural hematoma

Back 33

venous blood oozing into the subdural space

Front 34

meningitis

Back 34

inflammation of the meninges

Front 35

myeloma

Back 35

tumor originating in the bone marrow

Front 36

multiple myeloma

Back 36

neoplastic disease characterized by the infiltration of bone and bone marrow by myeloma cells forming multiple tumor masses that lead to pathological fractures

Front 37

poliomyelitis

Back 37

inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal chord, also known as infantile paralysis, or simply polio

Front 38

Jaundice, icterus

Back 38

a condition that manifests itself externally by a yellow staining of the skin caused by the deposition of bile pigments

Front 39

hypochondrium

Back 39

soft part of the abdomen beneath the cartilage of the lower ribs, the upper central region of the abdomen over the pit of the and located on either side of the epigastrium

Front 40

epigastrium

Back 40

area in which are situated the gallbladder, liver, and spleen

Front 41

hypochondria

Back 41

properly the plural of hypochondrium, entered the English language in the 17th century as an abstract noun meaning a melancholy state for which there is no apparent cause