Lesson 3 Medical Vocab

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)-, idir-

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
memingeal 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, dificient

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