Medical Vocabulary From Chapter 7

Front 1

aden-

Back 1

combining form
gland
example: adenoids

Front 2

aer-

Back 2

combining form
air, gas
example: aerobe

Front 3

blenn-

Back 3

combining form
mucus
example: blennorrhea

Front 4

cel(i)-

Back 4

combining form
abdomen
example: celiocentesis

Front 5

ch(e)il-

Back 5

combining form
lip
example: cheiloschisis

Front 6

chron-

Back 6

combining form
time, timing
example: chronic

Front 7

cla(s)-, -clast

Back 7

combining form
break up, destroy
example: polioclastic

Front 8

-desis

Back 8

combining form
binding
example: syndesis

Front 9

desm-

Back 9

combining form
binding ligament, connective tissue
example: desmocyte

Front 10

dynam-

Back 10

combining form
force, power, energy
example: dynamic

Front 11

ger-

Back 11

combining form
old age
example: geriatrics

Front 12

gnath-

Back 12

combining form
lower jaw
example: prognathous

Front 13

isch-, -sche-

Back 13

combining form
suppress, check
example: ischemia

Front 14

klept-

Back 14

combining form
steal
example: kleptomania

Front 15

lei-

Back 15

combining form
smooth
example: leiotrichous

Front 16

lep-

Back 16

combining form
attack, seizure
example: epileptic

Front 17

man-

Back 17

combining form
be mad
example: maniac

Front 18

mel-

Back 18

combining form
limb
example: melalgia

Front 19

morph-

Back 19

combining form
form, shape
example: metamorphosis

Front 20

nom-

Back 20

combining form
law
example: nomogram

Front 21

omphal-

Back 21

combining form
navel, umbilicus
example: omphaloncus

Front 22

ped-

Back 22

combining form
child
example: pediatrics

Front 23

pen-

Back 23

combining form
decrease, deficiency
example: leukopenia

Front 24

-pex-

Back 24

combining form
fixing, surgical attachment
gastropexy

Front 25

plas(t)-

Back 25

combining form
form, develop
example: aplasia

Front 26

presby-

Back 26

combining form
old, old age
example: presbyopia

Front 27

prostat-

Back 27

combining form
one who stands before, prostate gland
example: prostatitis

Front 28

pty-

Back 28

combining form
spit
example: ptysis

Front 29

ptyal-

Back 29

combining form
saliva
example: ptyalin

Front 30

-rrhaph-

Back 30

combining form
suture
example: cardiorrhaphy

Front 31

sit-

Back 31

combining form
food
example: sitotoxin

Front 32

sta(t)-

Back 32

combining form
stand, stop
example: stasis

Front 33

tax-

Back 33

combining form
muscular coordination
example: ataxia

Front 34

therm-

Back 34

combining form
heat, body temperature
example: thermometer

Front 35

trop-

Back 35

combining form
turning
example: tropism

Front 36

-plasty

Back 36

combining form
molding, surgically forming, refer to plastic or restorative surgery
example: rhinoplasty

Front 37

-tropism

Back 37

combining form
refer to the turning of living organisms toward positive or away negative
example: phototropism

Front 38

-clast

Back 38

noun-forming suffix
instrument or device used for breaking
example: lithoclast

Front 39

-stat

Back 39

noun-forming suffix
a device or agent for stopping the flow of something
example: hemostat

Front 40

-meter

Back 40

noun-forming suffix
an instrument for measuring
example: cephalometer

Front 41

-tome

Back 41

noun-forming suffix
a device for cutting or excising
example: gastrotome