L 1 Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
acanth-
A
thorn, spine
2
Q
alg-
A
pain
3
Q
alges-
A
sensitivity to pain
4
Q
all-
A
other, divergence, difference from
5
Q
angi-
A
(blood) vessel, duct
6
Q
arteri-
A
[air passage] artery
7
Q
arthr-
A
joint
8
Q
bi-
A
life
9
Q
brady-
A
slow
10
Q
cardi-
A
heart
11
Q
cephal-
A
head
12
Q
crani-
A
skull
13
Q
cyt-
A
[hollow container] cell
14
Q
encephal-
A
brain
15
Q
erythr-
A
red, red blood cell
16
Q
lept-
A
thin, fine, slight
17
Q
leuk-
A
white, white blood cell
18
Q
lith-
A
stone, calculus
19
Q
log-
A
word, study
20
Q
malac-
A
soft
21
Q
mes-
A
middle, secondary, partial, mesentery
22
Q
-meter & metr-
A
measure, measuring device
23
Q
nephr-
A
kidney
24
Q
neur-
A
[tendon] nerve, nervous system
25
oste-
bone
26
prax-
act, action
27
prot-
first, primitive, early
27
prosop-
face
28
scler-
hard
29
sten-
narrow
30
stere-
solid, having three dimensions
31
tachy-
rapid
32
tox(i)-
poison