Tabitha Le - Med Vocab Chapter 7

Front 1

Aden-

Back 1

Combining Form
Gland

Front 2

Aer-

Back 2

Combining Form
Air, Gas

Front 3

Blenn-

Back 3

Combining Form
Mucus

Front 4

Cel(i)-

Back 4

Combining Form
Abdomen

Front 5

Ch(e)il-

Back 5

Combining Form
Lip

Front 6

Chron-

Back 6

Combining Form
Time, Timing

Front 7

Cla(s)-, -Clast

Back 7

Combining Form
Break (up), Destroy

Front 8

-Desis

Back 8

Combining Form
Binding

Front 9

Desm-

Back 9

Combining Form
(binding) ligament, connective tissue

Front 10

Dynam-

Back 10

Combining Form
force, power, energy

Front 11

Ger-

Back 11

Combining Form
old, age

Front 12

Gnath-

Back 12

Combining Form
(lower) jaw

Front 13

Isch-, -Sche-

Back 13

Combining Form
suppress, check

Front 14

Klept-

Back 14

Combining Form
steal

Front 15

Lei-

Back 15

Combining Form
smooth

Front 16

Lep-

Back 16

Combining Form
attach, seizure

Front 17

Man-

Back 17

Combining Form
be mad

Front 18

Mel-

Back 18

Combining Form
Limb

Front 19

Morph-

Back 19

Combining Form
Form, Shape

Front 20

Nom-

Back 20

Combining Form
Law

Front 21

Omphal-

Back 21

Combining Form
navel, umbilicus

Front 22

Ped-

Back 22

Combining Form
Child

Front 23

Pen-

Back 23

Combining Form
decrease, deficiency

Front 24

-Pex-

Back 24

Combining Form
fixing, surgical attachment

Front 25

Plast-

Back 25

Combining Form
form, develop

Front 26

Presby-

Back 26

Combining Form
old, old age

Front 27

Prostat-

Back 27

Combining Form
(one who stands before) prostate gland

Front 28

Pty-

Back 28

Combining Form
spit

Front 29

Ptyal-

Back 29

Combining Form
Saliva

Front 30

-Rrhaph-

Back 30

Combining Form
suture

Front 31

Sit-

Back 31

Combining Form
food

Front 32

Sta(t)-

Back 32

Combining Form
stand, stop

Front 33

Tax-

Back 33

Combining Form
(muscular) coordination

Front 34

Therm-

Back 34

Combining Form
heat, (body) temperature

Front 35

Trop-

Back 35

Combining Form
turning

Front 36

-Plasty

Back 36

molding, surgically forming
refer to plastic or restorative surgery

Front 37

-Tropism

Back 37

refer to the turning of living organisms toward (positive tropism) or away from (negative tropism) an external stimulus

Front 38

-Clast

Back 38

Combining Form
Indicate an instrument or device for breaking or crushing

Front 39

-Stat

Back 39

Combining Form
indicate a device or agent for stopping the flow of something

Front 40

-Meter

Back 40

Combining Form
indicate an instrument for measuring

Front 41

-Tome

Back 41

indicate a device for cutting or excising