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CWI med term Chapter 17 combining form
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acr/o- | extremity; highest point |
| addict/o- | surrender to; be controlled by |
| affect/o- | state of mind; mood; to have an influence on |
| agor/a- | open area or space |
| amnes/o- | forgetfulness |
| anxi/o- | fear; worry |
| arachn/o- | spider; spider web |
| aut/o- | self |
| behav/o- | activity; manner of acting |
| cid/o- | killing |
| claustr/o- | enclosed space |
| cognit/o- | thinking |
| compuls/o- | drive or compel |
| copr/o- | feces; stool |
| delus/o- | false belief |
| depend/o- | to hang onto |
| depress/o- | press down |
| emot/o- | emotion |
| factiti/o- | artificial; contrived |
| hallucin/o- | imagined perception |
| hedon/o- | pleasure |
| hom/i- | man |
| hypn/o- | sleep |
| klept/o- | to steal |
| ment/o- | mind |
| neur/o- | nerve |
| obsess/o- | besieged by thoughts |
| ophidi/o- | snake |
| oppos/o- | forceful resistance |
| path/o- | disease; suffering |
| ped/o- | child |
| phil/o- | attraction to; fondness for |
| phob/o- | fear; avoidance |
| phren/o- | mind |
| psych/o- | mind |
| pyr/o- | fire |
| rap/o- | to seize and drag away |
| schiz/o- | split |
| sex/o- | sex |
| soci/o- | human beings; community |
| somat/o- | body |
| stress/o- | disturbing stimulus |
| su/i- | self |
| thanat/o- | death |
| therapeut/o- | treatment |
| thym/o- | thymus; rage |
| toler/o- | to become accustomed to |
| toxic/o- | poison; toxin |
| xen/o- | foreign |