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andr-
combining form
man, male
ankyl-, ancyl-
combining form
fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked
aphrodis(i)-
combining form
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
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, everything
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
trichinosis
disease caused by ingesting the larvae of the intestinal worm Trichinella spiralis
trophic
concerned with nourishment
hypotrophy
gradual degeneration and loss of function of tissue
hypertrophy
increase in the size of an organ or part as a cosequence of increased absorption of nutrients
cardiac hypertrophy
increase in the size of the heart resulting from overgrowth of the tissues of the heart muscle
hypermyatrophy
unusual wasting of muscle tissue
amyotrophy
muscular atrophy
dystrophy
name given to any disorder of the body caused by defective nutrition
euphoria
well being or comfort
dysphoria
sense of discomfort
ankylosis
abnormal immobility of a joint cased by some pathological changes in the joint or its surrounding tissue
hermaphrodite
a person with the genital organs of both sexes