Chp 6 Medical Terms Flash Cards

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- Andr-
- Combining form
  man, male
- Ankyl-, Ancyl-
- Combining form
  fused, stiffened; hookes, crooked
- Aphrodis(i)-
- Combining form
  [of or pertaining to Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love] sexual desire
- Brachy-
- Combining form
  short
- Crypt-
- Combining form
  hidden, latent
- Dem-
- Combining form
  people, population
- Dolich-
- Combining form
  long, narrow, slender
- Drom-
- Combining form
  a running
- Er-, Erot-
- Combining form
  [Eros, son of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love] sexual desire
- Gyn(ec)-
- Combining form
  woman, female
- Helmint(h)-
- Combining form
  (intestinal) worm
- Nemat-
- Combining form
  thread (worm)
- Nos-
- Combining form
  disease, illness
- Odont-
- Combining form
  tooth
- Pali(n)-
- Combining form
  back, again
- Pan(t)-
- Combining form
  all, entire, every
- Phor-
- Combining form
  bearing, carrying
- Phos-, Phot-
- Combining form
  light, daylight
- Plec-, Pleg-
- Combining form
  strike, paralyze
- R(h)achi-
- Combining form
  spine
- Schiz-, Schist-, -Schisis
- Combining form
  split, cleft, fissure
- Spondyl-
- Combining form
  vertebra
- -Staxis, -Staxia
- Combining form
  dripping, oozing (of blood)
- Than(at)-
- Combining form
  death
- The-
- Combining form
  place, put
- Trich-
- Combining form
  hair
- Troph-
- Combining form
  nourishment