Medical Vocab Lesson 3 Notecards

Front 1

Arachn-

Back 1

spider, web; arachnoid membrane
combining form

Front 2

Chlor-

Back 2

green
combining form

Front 3

Chondr-

Back 3

cartilage
combining form

Front 4

Dactyl-

Back 4

finger, toe
combining form

Front 5

Derm(at)-, -Derma

Back 5

skin
combining form

Front 6

(H)elc-

Back 6

ulcer
combining form

Front 7

Hidr(ot)-, -Idr-

Back 7

sweat
combining form

Front 8

Hist(i)-

Back 8

[web] tissue
combining form

Front 9

Hydr-

Back 9

water, fluid
combining form

Front 10

Hypn-

Back 10

sleep
combining form

Front 11

Icter-

Back 11

jaundice
combining form

Front 12

In-, Inos-

Back 12

fiber, muscle
combining form

Front 13

Is-

Back 13

equal, same, similar, alike
combining form

Front 14

Mening-, -Meninx

Back 14

meningeal membrane, meninges
combining form

Front 15

My(s)

Back 15

[mouse] muscle
combining form

Front 16

Myc(et)

Back 16

[mushroom] fungus
combining form

Front 17

Myel-

Back 17

bone marrow, spinal cord
combining form

Front 18

Narc-

Back 18

stupor, numbness,
combining form

Front 19

Necr-

Back 19

corpse; dead
combining form

Front 20

Olig-

Back 20

few, deficient
combining form

Front 21

Onych-

Back 21

fingernail, toenail
combining form

Front 22

Pod-

Back 22

foot
combining form

Front 23

Poli-

Back 23

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

Front 24

Poly-

Back 24

many, excessive
combining form

Front 25

Por-

Back 25

passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity
combining form

Front 26

Psych-

Back 26

[soul] mind
combining form

Front 27

Som(at)-, -Soma

Back 27

body
combining form

Front 28

Sthen-

Back 28

strength
combining form

Front 29

Trachel-

Back 29

neck, cervix
combining form

Front 30

Xanth-

Back 30

yellow
combining form