Medical Vocab: Lesson 6

Front 1

ANDR-

Back 1

Combining form

man, male

andr-o-gyn-ous

Front 2

ANKYL-, ANCYL-

Back 2

Combining form

fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked

ankyl-o-dactyl-ia

Front 3

APHRODIS(I)-

Back 3

Combining form

[of or pertaining to Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love] sexual desire

aphrodis-iac

Front 4

BRACHY-

Back 4

Combining form

short

brachy-dactyl-ia

Front 5

CRYPT-

Back 5

Combining form

hidden, latent

crypt-ic

Front 6

DEM-

Back 6

Combining form

people, population

epi-dem-ic

Front 7

DOLICH-

Back 7

Combining form

long, narrow, slender

dolich-o-morph-ic

Front 8

DROM-

Back 8

Combining form

a running

drom-o-mania

Front 9

ER-, EROT-

Back 9

Combining form

[Eros, son of Aphrodite, Greek gooddess of love] sexual desire

erot-ic

Front 10

GYN(EC)

Back 10

Combining form

woman, female

gynec-o-log-ic

Front 11

HELMINT(H)

Back 11

Combining form

(intestinal) work

helminth-i-cide

Front 12

NEMAT-

Back 12

Combining form

thread (worm)

nemat-ode

Front 13

NOS-

Back 13

Combining form

disease, illness

nos-o-phob-ia

Front 14

ODONT-

Back 14

Combining form

tooth

ortho-odont-ist

Front 15

PALI(N)-

Back 15

Combining form

back, again

pali-lal-ia

Front 16

PAN(T)-

Back 16

Combining form

all, entire, every

pan-card-itis

Front 17

PHOR-

Back 17

Combining form

bearing, carrying

phos-phor-us

Front 18

PHOS-, PHOT-

Back 18

Combining form

light, daylight

phot-o-syn-the-sis (?)

Front 19

PLEC-, PLEG-

Back 19

Combining form

strike, paralyze

para-pleg-ia

Front 20

R(H)ACHI-

Back 20

Combining form

spine

rachi-tome

Front 21

SCHIZ-, SCHIST-. SCHISIS

Back 21

Combining form

split, cleft, fissure

schiz-o-phren-ia

Front 22

SPONDYL-

Back 22

Combining form

vertebra

spondyl-arthr-itis

Front 23

-STAXIS, STAXIA

Back 23

Combining form

dripping, oozing (blood)

epi-staxis

Front 24

THAN(AT)-

Back 24

Combining form

death

thanat-o-bio-log-ic-al

Front 25

THE-

Back 25

Combining form

place, put

syn-the-sis

Front 26

TRICH-

Back 26

Combining form

hair

trich-ogen

Front 27

TROPH-

Back 27

Combining form

nourishment

a-troph-y

Front 28

trichinosis

Back 28

a disease caused by ingesting the larvae of the parasitic worm Trichinella spiralis as a result of eating raw or insufficiently cooked pork or, rarely, infested bear meat

Front 29

trophic

Back 29

concerned with nourishment

Front 30

hypotrophy

Back 30

the gradual degeneration and loss of function of tissue, resulting from a decrease in the flow of blood to that part.

Front 31

atrophy

Back 31

a decrease in size of a part resulting from lack of cell nourishment

Front 32

hypertrophy

Back 32

an increase in the size of an organ or part as a consequence of increased absorption of nutrients

Front 33

hypermyatrophy

Back 33

an unusual wasting of muscle tissue

Front 34

amyotrophy

Back 34

muscular atrophy

Front 35

dystrophy

Back 35

the name given to any disorder of the body caused by defective nutrition

Front 36

euphoria and dysphoria

Back 36

formed from the Greek compound nouns

euphoria - sense of well-being
dysphoria - sense of discomfort

Front 37

ankylosis

Back 37

abnormal immobility of a joint caused by some pathological changes in the joint or it s surrounding tissue

Front 38

hermaphrodite

Back 38

person with the genital organs of both sexes