Medical Vocabulary Lesson 3

Front 1

arachn-

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-

dermat-

-derma

Back 5

Combining Form

skin

Front 6

helc-

elc-

Back 6

Combining Form

ulcer

Front 7

hidr-

hidrot-

-idr-

Back 7

Combining Form

sweat

Front 8

hist-

histi-

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-

mys-

Back 15

Combining Form

(mouse) muscle

Front 16

myc-

mycet-

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

necr-

Back 19

Combining Form

corpse, dead

Front 20

olig-

Back 20

Combining Form

few, deficient

Front 21

onych-

Back 21

Combining Form

fingernail, toenail

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

(soul) mind

Front 27

som-

somat-

-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