Medical Terminology from Head to Toe Chapter 11

-ator

person who (does...), thing that (does...)

-ious

pertaining to

CHEIR-, CHIR-

hand

MAN-

hand (and in other chapters, frenzy, thin, loose)

PALM-

palm of the hand

CARP-

wrist

DACTYl-

finger, toe

DIGIT-

finger, toe, digit

PHALANG-

phalanx, finger bone, toe bone

POLLIC-

thumb, pollex

ACR-

highest point, extreme, extremity

PRON-

face downward, bending forward

SUPIN-

face upward, bending backward

THIGM-, THIX-

to touch, touching

HAPH-

to touch, touching

TACT-, TAG-, TANG-

to touch, touching (and in a later chapter, order, arrangement

DOLICH-

long

LONG-

long

BRACHY-

short

BREV-

short

EURY-

wide

PLATY-

flat, broad

PACHY-

thick

PYCN-, PYKN-

thick, dense

GRAV-

heavy

GRAVID-

pregnant, pregnancy

BAR-

weight, pressure

BARY-

heavy

LEPT-

thin, slender

LEI-

smooth

MOLL-

soft

DUR-

hard

DUR-

dura mater

ORTH-

straight, correct

ANKYL-

bent, stiff, fixed

KYPH-

bent, hump-backed

LORD-

bent backward

SCOLI-

curved, bent

CYRT-, KYRT-

curved, bent

CAMP-, CAMPT-, CAMPYL-

to bend, bent, curved