Lesson 7

Front 1

ADEN-

Back 1

Combining form:
gland

Front 2

AER-

Back 2

Combining form:
air, gas

Front 3

BLENN-

Back 3

Combining form:
mucus

Front 4

CEL(I)-

Back 4

Combining form:
abdomen

Front 5

CH(E)IL-

Back 5

Combining form:
lip

Front 6

CHRON-

Back 6

Combining form:
time, training

Front 7

CLA(S)-, -CLAST

Back 7

Combining form:
break up, destroy

Front 8

-DESIS

Back 8

Combining form:
binding

Front 9

DESM-

Back 9

Combining form:
[binding] ligament, connective tissue

Front 10

DYNAM-

Back 10

Combining form:
force, power, energy

Front 11

GER-

Back 11

Combining form:
old age

Front 12

GNATH-

Back 12

Combining form:
(lower) jaw

Front 13

ISCH-, -SCHE

Back 13

Combining form:
suppress, check

Front 14

KLEPT-

Back 14

Combining form:
steal

Front 15

LEI-

Back 15

Combining form:
smooth

Front 16

LEP-

Back 16

Combining form:
attack, seizure

Front 17

MAN-

Back 17

Combining form:
be mad

Front 18

MEL-

Back 18

Combining form:
limb

Front 19

MORPH-

Back 19

Combining form:
form, shape

Front 20

NOM-

Back 20

Combining form:
law

Front 21

OMPHAL-

Back 21

Combining form:
navel, umbilicus

Front 22

PED-

Back 22

Combining form:
child

Front 23

PEN-

Back 23

Combining form:
decrease, deficiency

Front 24

-PEX-

Back 24

Combining form:
fixing, (surgical) attachment

Front 25

PLAS(T)-

Back 25

Combining form:
form, develop

Front 26

PRESBY-

Back 26

Combining form:
old, old age

Front 27

PROSTAT-

Back 27

Combining form:
[one who stands before] prostate gland

Front 28

PTY-

Back 28

Combining form:
spit

Front 29

PTYAL-

Back 29

Combining form:
saliva

Front 30

-RRHAPH-

Back 30

Combining form:
suture

Front 31

SIT

Back 31

Combining form:
food

Front 32

STA(T)-

Back 32

Combining form:
stand, stop

Front 33

TAX-

Back 33

Combining form:
(muscular) coordination

Front 34

THERM-

Back 34

Combining form:
heat, (body) tempurature

Front 35

TROP-

Back 35

Combining form:
turning

Front 36

-plasty

Back 36

Ending:
(molding, surgically forming) refers to plastic or restorative surgery

Front 37

-tropism

Back 37

Ending:
turning of living organisms toward (positive tropism) or away from (negative tropism) an external stimulous

Front 38

-clast

Back 38

Ending:
an instrument or device for breaking or crushing

Front 39

-stat

Back 39

Ending:
device or agent for stopping flow of something

Front 40

-meter

Back 40

Ending:
indicate an instrument for measuring

Front 41

-tome

Back 41

Ending:
device or cutting or excising