Medical Terminology Lesson 3

Front 1

Archn-

Back 1

[combining form] spider, web; arachnoid membrane

Front 2

Chlor-

Back 2

[combining form] green

Front 3

Chondr-

Back 3

[combining form] cartilage

Front 4

Dactyl-

Back 4

[combining form] finger, toe

Front 5

Derm (at)-
-derma

Back 5

[combining form] skin

Front 6

(H) elc-

Back 6

[combining form] ulcer

Front 7

Hidr (ot)-
-idr-

Back 7

[combining form] sweat

Front 8

Hist (i)-

Back 8

[combining form] (web) tissue

Front 9

Hydr-

Back 9

[combining form] water, fluid

Front 10

Hypn-

Back 10

[combining form] sleep

Front 11

Icter-

Back 11

[combining form] jaundice

Front 12

In-Inos-

Back 12

[combining form] fiber, muscle

Front 13

Is-

Back 13

[combining form] equal, same, similar, alike

Front 14

Mening--meninx

Back 14

[combining form] meningeal membrane, meninges

Front 15

My (s)-

Back 15

[combining form] (mouse) muscle

Front 16

Myc (et)-

Back 16

[combining form] (mushroom) fungus

Front 17

Myel-

Back 17

[combining form] bone marrow, spinal cord

Front 18

Narc-

Back 18

[combining form] stupor, numbness

Front 19

Nerc-

Back 19

[combining form] corpse; dead

Front 20

Olig-

Back 20

[combining form] few, deficient

Front 21

Onych-

Back 21

[combining form] fingernails, toenails

Front 22

Pod-

Back 22

[combining form] foot

Front 23

Poli-

Back 23

[combining form] (gray) gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

Front 24

Poly-

Back 24

[combining form] many, excessive

Front 25

Por-

Back 25

[combining form] passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

Front 26

Psych-

Back 26

[combining form] (soul) mind

Front 27

Som (at)--soma

Back 27

[combining form] body

Front 28

Sthen-

Back 28

[combining form] strength

Front 29

Trachel-

Back 29

[combining form] neck, cervix

Front 30

Xanth-

Back 30

[combining form] yellow