Lesson 6: Building Greek Vocabulary III

andr-

combining form

man, male

ankyl-, ancyl-

combining form

fused, stiffened; hooked, crooked

aphrodis(i)-

combining form

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

brachy-

combining form

short

crypt-

combining form

hidden, latent

dem-

combining form

people, population

dolich-

combining form

long, narrow, slender

drom-

combining form

a running

er-, erot-

combining form

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

gyn(ec)-

combining form

woman, female

helmint(h)-

combining form

(intestinal) worm

nemat-

combining form

thread (worm)

nos-

combining form

disease, illness

odont-

combining form

tooth

pali(n)-

combining form

back, again

pan(t)-

combining form

all, entire, every

phor-

combining form

bearing, carrying

phos-, phot-

combining form

light, daylight

plec-, pleg-

combining form

strike, paralyze

r(h)achi-

combining form

spine

schiz-, schist, -schisis

combining form

split, cleft, fissure

spondyl-

combining form

vertebra

-staxis, -staxia

combining form

dripping, oozing (of blood)

than(at)-

combining form

death

the-

combining form

place, put

trich-

combining form

hair

troph-

combining form

nourishment