Lesson 7

Front 1

aden-

Back 1

combining form meaning gland

Front 2

aer-

Back 2

combining form meaning air or gas

Front 3

blenn-

Back 3

combining form meaning mucus

Front 4

cel(i)-

Back 4

combining form meaning abdomen

Front 5

ch(e)il-

Back 5

combining form meaning lip

Front 6

chron-

Back 6

combining form meaning time or timing

Front 7

cla(s)-/-clast

Back 7

combining form meaning break (up) or destroy

Front 8

-desis

Back 8

combining form meaning binding

Front 9

desm-

Back 9

combining form meaning [binding] ligament or connective tissue

Front 10

dynam-

Back 10

combining form meaning force, power, or energy

Front 11

ger-

Back 11

combining form meaning old age

Front 12

gnath-

Back 12

combining form meaning (lower) jaw

Front 13

isch-/-sche

Back 13

combining form meaning suppress or check

Front 14

klept-

Back 14

combining form meaning steal

Front 15

lei-

Back 15

combining form meaning smooth

Front 16

lep-

Back 16

combining form meaning attack or seizure

Front 17

man-

Back 17

combining form meaning be mad

Front 18

mel-

Back 18

combining form meaning limb

Front 19

morph-

Back 19

combining form meaning form or shape

Front 20

nom-

Back 20

combining form meaning law

Front 21

omphal-

Back 21

combining form meaning navel or umbilicus

Front 22

ped-

Back 22

combining form meaning child

Front 23

pen-

Back 23

combining form meaning decrease or deficiency

Front 24

-pex-

Back 24

combining form meaning fixing or (surgical) attachment

Front 25

plas(t)-

Back 25

combining form meaning form or develop

Front 26

presby-

Back 26

combining form meaning old or old age

Front 27

prostat-

Back 27

combining form meaning [one who stands before] prostate gland

Front 28

pty-

Back 28

combining form meaning spit

Front 29

ptyal-

Back 29

combining form meaning saliva

Front 30

-rrhaph-

Back 30

combining form meaning suture

Front 31

sit-

Back 31

combining form meaning food

Front 32

sta(t)-

Back 32

combining form meaning stand or stop

Front 33

tax-

Back 33

combining form meaning (muscular) coordination

Front 34

therm-

Back 34

combining form meaning heat or (body) temperature

Front 35

trop-

Back 35

combining form meaning turning

Front 36

-plasty

Back 36

suffix meaning molding or surgically forming

Front 37

-tropism

Back 37

suffix referring to the turning of living organisms toward (positive tropism) or away from (negative tropism) an external stimulus

Front 38

-stat

Back 38

suffix indicating a device or agent for stopping the flow of something

Front 39

-meter

Back 39

suffix indicating an instrument for measuring

Front 40

-tome

Back 40

suffix indicating a device for cutting or excising