Med. Vocab Lesson 7

Front 1

aden-

Back 1

Combining Form


gland

Front 2

aer-

Back 2

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air, gas

Front 3

blenn-

Back 3

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mucus

Front 4

cel(i)-

Back 4

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abdomen

Front 5

ch(e)il-

Back 5

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lip

Front 6

chron-

Back 6

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time, timing

Front 7

cla(s)-, -clast

Back 7

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break (up), destroy
an instrument or device for breaking or crushing

Front 8

-desis

Back 8

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binding

Front 9

desm-

Back 9

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(binding) ligament, connective tissue

Front 10

dynam-

Back 10

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force, power, energy

Front 11

ger-

Back 11

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old age

Front 12

gnath-

Back 12

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(lower) jaw

Front 13

isch-, -sche-

Back 13

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suppress, check

Front 14

klept-

Back 14

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steal

Front 15

lei-

Back 15

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smooth

Front 16

lep-

Back 16

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attack, seizure

Front 17

man-

Back 17

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be mad

Front 18

mel-

Back 18

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limb

Front 19

morph-

Back 19

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form, shape

Front 20

nom-

Back 20

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law

Front 21

ompahl-

Back 21

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navel, umbilicus

Front 22

ped-

Back 22

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child

Front 23

pen-

Back 23

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decrease, deficiency

Front 24

-plex-

Back 24

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fixing, (surgical) attachment

Front 25

plas(t)-

Back 25

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form, develop

Front 26

presby-

Back 26

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old, old age

Front 27

prostat-

Back 27

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prostate gland

Front 28

pty-

Back 28

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spit

Front 29

ptyal-

Back 29

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saliva

Front 30

-rrhaph-

Back 30

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suture

Front 31

sit-

Back 31

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food

Front 32

sta(t)-

Back 32

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stand, stop
a device or agent for stopping the flow of something

Front 33

tax-

Back 33

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(muscular) coordination

Front 34

therm-

Back 34

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heat, (body) temperature

Front 35

trop-

Back 35

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turning

Front 36

-plasty

Back 36

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plastic or restorative surgery

Front 37

-tropism

Back 37

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the turning of living organisms toward or away from an external stimulus

Front 38

-meter

Back 38

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an instrument for measuring

Front 39

-tome

Back 39

Combining Form


a device for cutting or excising