Lesson 3

Front 1

ARACHIN-

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

*The combining form HISTI- is from the diminutive noun histion.

Front 9

HYDR-*

Back 9

Combining form:
water, fluid

*This combining form is slightly irregular

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:
[mushrooms] 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