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

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dactyl-

Back 4

combining form finger, toe

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derm(at)-, -derma

Back 5

combining form skin

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(h)elc-

Back 6

combining form ulcer

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hidr(ot)-, -idr-

Back 7

combining form sweat

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hist(i)-*

Back 8

combining form (web) tissue; histi- is from the diminutive noun histion

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hydr-

Back 9

combining form water, fluid (slightly irregular)

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hypn-

Back 10

combining form sleep

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icter-

Back 11

combining form jaundice

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in-, inos-

Back 12

combining form fiber, muscle

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is-

Back 13

combining form equal, same, similar, alike

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mening-, -meninix

Back 14

combining form meningeal membrane, meninges

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my(s)-

Back 15

combining form (mouse) muscle

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myc(et)-

Back 16

combining form (mushroom) fungus

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myel-

Back 17

combining form bone marrow, spinal cord

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narc-

Back 18

combining form stupor, numbness

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necr-

Back 19

combining form corpse; dead

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olig-

Back 20

combining form few, deficient

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onych-

Back 21

combining form fingernail, toenail

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pod-

Back 22

combining form foot

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poli-

Back 23

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

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poly-

Back 24

combining form many, excessive

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por-

Back 25

combining form passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

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psych-

Back 26

combining form (soul) mind

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som(at)-, -soma

Back 27

combining form body

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sthen-

Back 28

combining form strength

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trachel-

Back 29

combining form neck, cervix

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xanth-

Back 30

combining form yellow