Lesson 3 Nouns And Adjectives

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

ucler

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, 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

[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

Front 31

myeloma

Back 31

a tumor originating in the bone marrow

Front 32

poliomyelitis

Back 32

inflammation of the gray matter of the spinal cord

polio

Front 33

icterus

Back 33

jaundice (yellowish-green in color)

Front 34

hypochondrium

Back 34

the soft part of the abdomen beneath the cartilage of the lower ribs

Front 35

hypochondria

Back 35

pl. of hypochondrium (n)

melancholy state for which there is no apparent cause