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, timing

Front 7

Cla(s)-

-Clast

Back 7

combining form

break (up) destroy

Front 8

-desis

Back 8

combining form

bindining

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

Ptyl-

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) temperature

Front 35

Trop-

Back 35

combining form

turning

Front 36

-plasty

Back 36

combining form

(molding, surgically forming ) refer to plastic or restorative surgery

ex: rhinoplasty and angioplasty

Front 37

-tropsim

Back 37

combining form

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

ex: phototrophism or aerotrophism

Front 38

words ending in "-clast"

Back 38

combining form

indicate an instrument or device for breaking or crushing

Ex: lithoclast

Front 39

words ending in "-Stat"

Back 39

combining form

indicate a device or agent for stopping the flow of something

ex: hemostat

Front 40

words ending in "-meter"

Back 40

combining form

indicate an instrument for measuring

ex: cephalometer

Front 41

words ending in "-tome"

Back 41

combining form

indicate a device for cutting or excising

ex: gastrotome