Ferreira- Med Vocab Lesson 7: Building Greek Vocab 4
Terms
undefined, object
copy deck
- aden-
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combining form
gland - aer-
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combining form
air, gas - blenn-
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combining form
mucus - cel(i)-
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combining form
abdomen - ch(e)il-
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combining form
lip - chron-
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combining form
time, timing - cla(s)-, -clast
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combining form
break (up), destroy - -desis
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combining form
binding - desm-
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combining form
[binding] ligament, connective tissue - dynam-
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combining form
force, power, energy - ger-
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combining form
old age - gnath-
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combining form
(lower) jaw - isch-, -sche-
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combining form
suppress, check - klept-
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combining form
steal - lei-
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combining form
smooth - lep-
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combining form
attach, seizure - man-
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combining form
be mad - mel-
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combining form
limb - morph-
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combining form
form, shape - nom-
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combining form
law - omphal-
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combining form
navel, umbilicus - ped-
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combining form
child - pen-
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combining form
decrease, deficiency - -pex-
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combining form
fixing, (surgical) attachment - plas(t)-
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combining form
form, develop - presby-
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combining form
old, old age - prostat-
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combining form
prostate gland - pty-
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combining form
spit - ptyal-
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combining form
saliva - -rrhaph-
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combining form
suture - sit-
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combining form
food - sta(t)-
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combining form
stand, stop - tax-
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combining form
(muscular) coordination - therm-
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combining form
heat, (body) temperature - trop-
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combining form
turning - -plasty
- words ending with this refer to plastic or restorative surgery
- -tropism
- words ending in this refer to the turning of living organisms toward or away from an external stimulus
- -clast
- words ending in this indicate an instrument or device for breaking or crushing
- -stat
- words ending in this indicate a devicce or agent for stopping the flow of something
- -meter
- words ending in this indicate an instrument for measuring
- -tome
- words ending in this indicate a device for cutting or excising