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

Icter-

Back 13

-Combining form
-Jaundice

Front 14

In-, Inos-

Back 14

-Combining form
-Fiber, muscle

Front 15

Is-

Back 15

-Combining form
-equal, same, similar, alike

Front 16

Mening-, -Meninx

Back 16

-Combining form
-Meningeal membrane, meninges

Front 17

My(s)-

Back 17

-Combining form
-[mouse] muscle

Front 18

Myc(et)-

Back 18

-Combining form
-Mushroom fungus

Front 19

Myel-

Back 19

-Combining form
-bone marrow, spinal cord

Front 20

Narc-

Back 20

-Combining form
-Stupor, numbness

Front 21

Necr-

Back 21

-Combining form
-Corpse; dead

Front 22

Olig-

Back 22

-Combining form
-Few, deficient

Front 23

Onych-

Back 23

-Combining form
-Fingernail, toenail

Front 24

Pod-

Back 24

-Combining form
-Foot

Front 25

Poli-

Back 25

-Combining form
-[gray] gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

Front 26

Poly-

Back 26

-Combining form
-Many, excessive

Front 27

Por-

Back 27

-Combining form
-Passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

Front 28

Psych-

Back 28

-Combining form
-[soul] mind

Front 29

Som(at)-, -Soma

Back 29

-Combining form
-Body

Front 30

Sthen-

Back 30

-Combining form
-Strength

Front 31

Trachel-

Back 31

-Combining form
-Neck, cervix

Front 32

Xanth-

Back 32

-Combining form
-Yellow