Lesson 6 Building Greek Vocabulary 3

Front 1

Andr-

Back 1

combining form
man, male

Front 2

Ankyl-, Ancyl-

Back 2

combining form
fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked

Front 3

Aphrodis(i)-

Back 3

combining form
(of or pertaining to Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love) sexual desire

Front 4

Brachy-

Back 4

combining form
short

Front 5

Crypt-

Back 5

combining form
hidden, latent

Front 6

Dem-

Back 6

combining form
people, population

Front 7

Dolich-

Back 7

combining form
long, narrow, slender

Front 8

Drom-

Back 8

combining form
a running

Front 9

Er-, Erot-

Back 9

combining form
(Eros, son of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love) sexual desire

Front 10

Gyn(ec)-

Back 10

combining form
woman, female

Front 11

Helmint(h)-

Back 11

combining form
(intestinal) worm

Front 12

Odont-

Back 12

combining form
tooth

Front 13

Nos-

Back 13

combining form
disease, illness

Front 14

Pali(n)-

Back 14

combining form
back, again

Front 15

Pan(t)-

Back 15

combining form
all, entire, every

Front 16

Phor-

Back 16

combining form
bearing, carrying

Front 17

Phos-, Phot-

Back 17

combining form
light, daylight

Front 18

Plec-, Pleg-

Back 18

combining form
strike, paralyze

Front 19

R(h)achi-

Back 19

combining form
spine

Front 20

Schiz-, Schist-, -schisis

Back 20

combining form
split, cleft, fissure

Front 21

Spondyl-

Back 21

combining form
vertebra

Front 22

-staxis, -staxia

Back 22

combining form
dripping, oozing (of blood)

Front 23

Than(at)-

Back 23

combining form
death

Front 24

The-

Back 24

combining form
place, put

Front 25

Trich-

Back 25

combining form
hair

Front 26

Troph-

Back 26

combining form
nourishment