Greek Vocab 3

Front 1

andr-

Back 1

combining form

man, male

Front 2

ankyl-, ancyl-

Back 2

combining form

fused, stiffened, hooked, crooked

Front 3

aprhodis(i)-

Back 3

combining form

of or pertaining to aphrodite
sexual desire

Front 4

brachy-

Back 4

combining form

short

Front 5

crypt-

Back 5

combining form

hidden, latent

Front 6

dem-

Back 6

combining form

people, population

Front 7

dolich-

Back 7

combining form

long, narrow, slender

Front 8

drom-

Back 8

combining form

a running

Front 9

er-, erot-

Back 9

combining form

of or pertaining to eros
sexual desire

Front 10

gyn(ec)-

Back 10

women, female

Front 11

helmint(h)-

Back 11

combining form

intestinal (worm)

Front 12

nemat-

Back 12

combining form

thread (worm)

Front 13

nos-

Back 13

combining form

disease, illness

Front 14

odont-

Back 14

combining form

tooth

Front 15

pali(n)-

Back 15

combining form

back, again

Front 16

pan(t)-

Back 16

combining form

all, entire, every

Front 17

phor-

Back 17

combining from

bearing, carrying

Front 18

phos-, phot-

Back 18

combining form

light, daylight s

Front 19

plec-, pleg-

Back 19

combining form

strike, paralyze

Front 20

r(h)achi-

Back 20

combining form

spine

Front 21

schiz-, schist-, -schisis

Back 21

combiniing form

split, cleft, fissure

Front 22

spondyl-

Back 22

combining form

vertebra

Front 23

-staxis, -staxia

Back 23

combining form

dripping, oozing (of blood)

Front 24

than(at)-

Back 24

combining form

death

Front 25

the-

Back 25

combining form

place, put

Front 26

trich-

Back 26

combining form

hair

Front 27

troph-

Back 27

combining form

nourishment

Front 28

trichinosis

Back 28

disease caused by ingesting the larvae of the parasitic worm Trichinella Spiralis as a result of eating raw or insuffieciently cooked pork, or rarely, infested bear meat

Front 29

trophic

Back 29

concerned with nourishment

Front 30

hypotrophy

Back 30

gradual degeneration ad loss of function of the tissue - usually muscle tissue - resulting in a decrease in the flow of blood to that part

Front 31

trichinosis

Back 31

disease caused by ingesting the larvae of the parasitic worm Trichinella Spiralis as a result of eating raw or insuffieciently cooked pork, or rarely, infested bear meat

Front 32

atrophy

Back 32

decrease in a size of a part resulting from lack of cell nourishment

Front 33

trophic

Back 33

concerned with nourishment

Front 34

hypertrophy

Back 34

increase in size of an organ or part as a consequence of increased absorption of nutrients

Front 35

hypotrophy

Back 35

gradual degeneration ad loss of function of the tissue - usually muscle tissue - resulting in a decrease in the flow of blood to that part

Front 36

atrophy

Back 36

decrease in a size of a part resulting from lack of cell nourishment

Front 37

hypertrophy

Back 37

increase in size of an organ or part as a consequence of increased absorption of nutrients

Front 38

hypermyatrophy

Back 38

unusual wasting of muscle tissue

Front 39

dystrophy

Back 39

name given to any disorder of the body caused by defective nutrition

Front 40

muscular dystrophy

Back 40

a familial disease charachterized by progressive atrophy of the msucles

Front 41

amytrophy

Back 41

muscular atrophy

Front 42

hemidystrophy

Back 42

dystrophy of one side of the body

Front 43

euphoria

Back 43

sense of comfort

Front 44

dysphoria

Back 44

sense of discomfort

Front 45

ankylosis

Back 45

abnormal immobility of a joint caused by some pathological changes in the joint or surrounding tissue

Front 46

ankyl-

Back 46

fusion of parts normally seperate

Front 47

ankylosing spondylitis

Back 47

progressive condition in which inflammitory changes and new bone formation occur at the site of attachements of tendons and ligaments to bone

Front 48

hermaphrodite

Back 48

person with the genital organs of both sexes