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Factor or Quality
Combining form and meaning
Term | Definition |
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acanth(o) | spiny,thorny |
andr(o) | masculine |
chlor(o) | chlorine,green |
chrom(o),chromat(o) | color |
crypt(o) | hidden,obscure |
cyan(o) | blue |
cosin(o) | red |
erythr(o) | red,redness |
granul(o) | granular |
gyn(o),gyne,gynec(o) | women |
home(o),hom(o) | same;constant |
ichthy(o) | dry;scaly;fishy |
idi(o) | distinct;unknown |
immuo(o) | safe;immune |
leuk(o) | white |
macr(o) | large;long |
meg(a),megal(o) | large;million |
melan(o) | black;dark |
micr(o) | small;tiny |
mio | smaller;less |
morph(o) | structure;shape |
norm(o) | normal |
physi(o) | physical;natural |
pseud(o) | false |
scler(o) | hardness;hardening |
scolio | crooked;bent |
spher(o) | round;spherical |
staphy(o) | grapelike clusters |
sten(o) | narrowness |
strept(o) | twisted chains;streptococci |
terat(o) | monster(as a malformed fetus) |
xanth(o) | yellow |