Hilliard Lesson 3 Medical Vocabulary

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, similiar, 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