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(at)-

Back 5

combining form

skin

Front 6

-derma

Back 6

combining form

skin

Front 7

(H)elc-

Back 7

combining form

ulcer

Front 8

Hidr(ot)-,

-idr-

Back 8

combining form

sweat

Front 9

Hist(i)-

Back 9

combining form

[web] tissue

Front 10

Hydr-

Back 10

combining form

water, fluid

Front 11

Hypn-

Back 11

combining form

sleep

Front 12

Icter-

Back 12

combining form

jaundice

Front 13

In-,

Inos-

Back 13

combining form

fiber, muscle

Front 14

Is-

Back 14

combining form

equal, same, similar, alike

Front 15

Mening-

Back 15

combining form

meningeal membrane, meninges

Front 16

-meninx

Back 16

combining form

meningeal membrane, meninges

Front 17

My(s)-

Back 17

combining form

[mouse] muscle

Front 18

Myc(et)-

Back 18

combining form

[mushroom] fungus

Front 19

Myel-

Back 19

combining form

bone marrow, spinal cord

Front 20

Narc-

Back 20

combining form

stupor, numbness

Front 21

Necr-

Back 21

combining form

corpse; dead

Front 22

Olig-

Back 22

combining form

few, deficient

Front 23

Onych-

Back 23

combining form

fingernail, toenail

Front 24

Pod-

Back 24

combining form

foot

Front 25

Poli-

Back 25

combining form

[gray] gray matter of the brain and spinal cord

Front 26

Poly-

Back 26

combining form

many, excessive

Front 27

Por-

Back 27

combining form

passage, opening, duct, pore, cavity

Front 28

Psych-

Back 28

combining form

[soul] mind

Front 29

Som(at)-

Back 29

combining form

body

Front 30

-soma

Back 30

combining form

body

Front 31

Sthen-

Back 31

combining form

strength

Front 32

Trachel-

Back 32

combining form

neck, cervix

Front 33

Xanth-

Back 33

combining form

yellow