Unit 1 (chapters 1-7) | CLAS-C 209

andr-

man, male

ankyl-

ancyl-

fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked

aphrodis(i)-

[of or pertaining to Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love] sexual desire

brachy-

short

crypt-

hidden, latent

dem-

people, population

dolich-

long, narrow, slender

drom-

a running

er-

erot-

[Eros, son of Aphrodite, Greek goddess of love] sexual desire

gyn(ec)-

woman, female

helmint(h)-

(intestinal) worm

nemat-

thread (worm)

nos-

disease, illness

odont-

tooth

pali(n)-

back, again

pan(t)-

all, entire, every

phor-

bearing, carrying

phos-

phot-

light, daylight

plec-

pleg-

strike, paralyze

r(h)achi-

spine

schiz-

schist-

-schisis

split, cleft, fissure

spondyl-

vertebra

-staxis

-staxia

dripping, oozing (of blood)

than(at)-

death

the-

place, put

trich-

hair

troph-

nourishment

aden-

gland

aer-

air, gas

blenn-

mucus

cel(i)-

abdomen

ch(e)il-

lip

chron-

time, timing

cla(s)-

break (up), destroy

-desis

binding

desm-

[binding] ligament, connective tissue

dynam-

force, power, energy

ger-

old age

gnath-

(lower) jaw

isch-

-sche-

suppress, check

klept-

steal

lei-

smooth

lep-

attack, seizure

man-

be mad

mel-

limb

morph-

shape, form

nom-

law

omphal-

navel, umbilicus

ped-

child

pen-

decrease, deficiency

-pex-

fixing, (surgical) attachment

plas(t)-

form, develop

presby-

old, old age

prostat-

[one who stands before] prostate gland

pty-

spit

ptyal-

saliva

-rrhaph

suture

sit-

food

sta(t)-

stand, stop

tax-

(muscular) coordination

therm-

heat, (body) temperature

trop-

turning

-plasty

refers to plastic or restorative surgery

-tropism

refers to turning of organisms toward or away from an external stimulus

-clast

indicates an instrument or device for breaking or crushing

-stat

indicates a device or agent for stopping the flow of something

-tome

indicates a device for cutting or excising

amphi-

ampho-

on both sides, around, both

ana-

up, back, against

apo-

away from

cata-

cat-

downward, disordered

dia-

di-

through, across, apart

eso-

within, inner, inward

eu-

good, normal, healthy

heter-

hetero-

different, other, relationship to

homo-

homeo-

same, likeness

meta-

met-

change, transformation, after, behind

para-

alongside, around, abnormal, beyond

pro-

before

pros-

prosth-

in place of

-ase

-etic

forms names of enzymes

-asia

-asis

-ema

-emat

-esis

-ism

state, condition

-ics

-tics

indicates a particular science or study, science or study of

-ismus

state, condition, muscular spasm

-oid

-ode

-id

like, resembling

-oma

-omat

-omata

tumor

-ose

forms names of chemical substances

-ous

pertaining to, characterized by, full of

-us

condition, person, malformed fetus

-ize

to make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in

acr-

[highest point] extremities

ambly-

dull, faint

carcin-

[crab] carcinoma, cancer

-cel-

hernia, tumor, swelling

cheir-

chir-

hand

cyst(i)-

-cystis

bladder, cyst

diplo-

double, twin

enter-

(small) intestine

erg-

action, work

gastr-

stomach