Key Adjective Modifiers

Vocabulary flashcards based on lecture notes about adjective modifiers.

auto-

Self

brachy-

Short

brady-

Slow

brevi-

Short

cav-

Hollow

cryo-

Cold

crypto-

Hidden; concealed

dextro-

Right

diplo-

Double; twice

dys-

Difficult; bad; faulty; disordered; painful

eu-

Normal; good; well

glyco-

Sugar; sweet

gravid

Heavy; pregnant

haplo-

Single; simple

hetero-, heter-

Other; a relationship to others

homo-, homeo-

Same

hydro-

Wet; water

iso-

Equal

latus-, lat-

Broad; side

longus-

Long

macro-

Large; abnormal size

magni-

Large; great

malaco-

Soft

mal-

Bad

medi-

Middle

mega-

Great

megalo-

Huge

meso-

Middle; mid

micro-

Small

minimus-

Smallest

multi-; -poly

Many; much

necro-

Dead

neo-

New

oligo-

Few; scanty; little

ortho-

Straight; normal; correct

oxy-

Sharp; quick; acute

poly-

Many; much

pronus-; prono-

Face down

pseudo-

False

sclero-

Hard

scolio-

Twisted; crooked

sinistro-

Left

stasis-

Stop

steno-

Narrow

stalsis

Contract

tachy-

Fast; swift

tele-; tel-; telo-

End; far away

thermo-

Heat

trachy-

Rough

xero-

Dry