Lesson 7 Medical Vocabulary

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aden-: Combining Form

gland
aer-: Combining Form

air, gas
blenn-: Combining Form

mucus
cel(i)-: Combining Form

abdomen
ch(e)il-: Combining Form

lip
chron-: Combining Form

time, timing
cla(s)-, -clast: Combining Form

break (up), destroy
-desis: Combining Form

binding
desm-: Combining Form

ligament, connective tissue
dynam-: Combining Form

force, power, energy
ger-: Combining Form

old age
gnath-: Combining Form

(lower) jaw
isch-, -sche-: Combining Form

suppress, check
klept-: Combining Form

steal
lei-: Combining Form

smooth
lep-: Combining Form

attack, seizure
man-: Combining Form

be mad
mel-: Combining Form

limb
morph-: Combining Form

form, shape
nom-: Combining Form

law
omphal-: Combining Form

navel, umbilicus
ped-: Combining Form

child
pen-: Combining Form

decrease, deficiency
-pex-: Combining Form

fixing, (surgical) attachment
plas(t)-: Combining Form

form, develop
presby-: Combining Form

old, old age
prostat-: Combining Form

prostate gland
pty-: Combining Form

spit
-rrhaph-: Combining Form

suture
sit-: Combining Form

food
sta(t)-: Combining Form

stand, stop
tax-: Combining Form

(muscular) coordination
therm-: Combining Form

heat, (body) temperature
trop-: Combining Form

turning
-plasty: Combining form

molding, surgically forming; refer to plasic or restorative surgery
-tropism: Combining Form

refer to the turning of living organisms toward or away from an external stimulus
-clast: Combining Form

instrument or device for breaking or crushing
-stat: Combining Form

device or agent for stopping the flow of something
-meter: Combining Form

instrument for measuring
-tome: Combining Form

device for cutting or excising

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