Lesson 7 Building Greek Vocab IV

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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

[binding] 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

[one who stands before] prostate gland
pty-: combining form

spit
ptyal-: combining form

saliva
-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

plastic or restorative surgery
-tropism: combining form

turning of living organisms toward (positive tropism) or away from (negative tropism) an external stimulus
-clast: combining form

an instrument or device for breaking or crushing
-stat: combining form

a device or agent for stopping the flow of something
-meter: combining form

indicate an instrument for measuring
-tome: combining form

indicate a device for cutting or excising

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