Walker-Esbaugh Medical 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:

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:

sexual desire

Front 10

gyn(ec)-

Back 10

combining form:

woman, female

Front 11

helmint(h)-

Back 11

combining form:

(intestinal) 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