Lesson 6 Flash Cards

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
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
sexual desire

Front 10

gyn(ec)-

Back 10

combining form
woman, female

Front 11

helmint(h)-

Back 11

combining form
(intestinal) worm

Front 12

nemat-

Back 12

combining form
thread (worm)

Front 13

nos-

Back 13

combining form
disease, illness

Front 14

odont-

Back 14

combining form
tooth

Front 15

pali(n)-

Back 15

combining form
back, again

Front 16

pan(t)-

Back 16

combining form
all, entire, everything

Front 17

phor-

Back 17

combining form
bearing, carrying

Front 18

phos-, phot-

Back 18

combining form
light, daylight

Front 19

plec-, pleg-

Back 19

combining form
strike, paralyze

Front 20

r(h)achi-

Back 20

combining form
spine

Front 21

schiz-, schist-, schisis-

Back 21

combining form
split, cleft, fissure

Front 22

spondyl-

Back 22

combining form
vertebra

Front 23

-staxis, -staxia

Back 23

combining form
dripping, oozing (of blood)

Front 24

than(at)-

Back 24

combining form
death

Front 25

the-

Back 25

combining form
place, put

Front 26

trich-

Back 26

combining form
hair

Front 27

troph-

Back 27

combining form
nourishment

Front 28

trichinosis

Back 28

disease caused by ingesting the larvae of the intestinal worm Trichinella spiralis

Front 29

trophic

Back 29

concerned with nourishment

Front 30

hypotrophy

Back 30

gradual degeneration and loss of function of tissue

Front 31

hypertrophy

Back 31

increase in the size of an organ or part as a cosequence of increased absorption of nutrients

Front 32

cardiac hypertrophy

Back 32

increase in the size of the heart resulting from overgrowth of the tissues of the heart muscle

Front 33

hypermyatrophy

Back 33

unusual wasting of muscle tissue

Front 34

amyotrophy

Back 34

muscular atrophy

Front 35

dystrophy

Back 35

name given to any disorder of the body caused by defective nutrition

Front 36

euphoria

Back 36

well being or comfort

Front 37

dysphoria

Back 37

sense of discomfort

Front 38

ankylosis

Back 38

abnormal immobility of a joint cased by some pathological changes in the joint or its surrounding tissue

Front 39

hermaphrodite

Back 39

a person with the genital organs of both sexes