Pierce Med.vocab. Chapter 6

Front 1

ANDR-

Back 1

Combining form
man, male

Front 2

ANKYL-, ANCYL-

Back 2

Combining form
fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked

Front 3

APHRODIS(I)-

Back 3

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

Front 4

BRACHY-

Back 4

Combining form
short

Front 5

CRYPT-

Back 5

Combining form
hidden, latent

Front 6

DEM-

Back 6

Combining form
people, population

Front 7

DOLICH-

Back 7

Combining form
long, narrow, slender

Front 8

DROM-

Back 8

Combining form
a running

Front 9

ER-, EROT-

Back 9

Combining form
[Eros, son of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love] sexual desire

Front 10

GYN(EC)-

Back 10

Combining form
woman, female

Front 11

HELMINT(H)-

Back 11

Combining form
(intestenal) worm

Front 12

NEMAT-

Back 12

Combining form
thread (worm)

Front 13

NOS-

Back 13

Combining form
disease, illness

Front 14

ODONT-

Back 14

Combining form
tooth

Front 15

PALI(N)-

Back 15

Combining form
back, again

Front 16

PAN(T)-

Back 16

Combining form
all, entire, every

Front 17

PHOR-

Back 17

Combining form
bearing, carrying

Front 18

PHOS-, PHOT-

Back 18

Combining form
light, daylight

Front 19

PLEC-, PLEG-

Back 19

Combining form
strike, paralyze

Front 20

R(H)ACHI-

Back 20

Combining form
spine

Front 21

SCHIZ-, SCHIST-, -SCHISIS

Back 21

Combining form
split, cleft, fissure

Front 22

SPONDYL-

Back 22

Combining form
vertebra

Front 23

-STAXIS, -STAXIA

Back 23

Combining form
dripping, oozing (of blood)

Front 24

THAN(AT)-

Back 24

Combining form
death

Front 25

THE-

Back 25

Combining form
place, put

Front 26

TRICH-

Back 26

Combining form
hair

Front 27

TROPH-

Back 27

Combining form
nourishment