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Adjectival Roots
And combining forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Brachy/o | Short |
| Brady | Slow |
| Brev/i | Short |
| Cry/o | Cold |
| Crypt/o | Hidden |
| Dextr/o | Right, right side |
| Dipl/o | Double/twice |
| Dolich/o | Long |
| Glyc/o, gluc/o | Sugar or sweet |
| Heter/o | Other, different |
| Hom/eo, hom/o | Same, alike |
| Hydr/o | Water, wet, fluid |
| Is/o | Equal, alike |
| Lept/o | Slender, small, thin |
| Lev/o | left, to the left |
| Macr/o | Large |
| Mal | Ill , bad |
| Malac/o | Soft or hardening |
| Meg/a, meg/alo, megaly | Large, oversized |
| Necr/o | Death |
| Olig/o | Few, little |
| Pachy | thick |
| pale/o | old, primitive |
| platy | flat, wide |
| ple/o | more,many |
| poikil/o | irregular, varied |
| sinister/o | left, to the left |
| Sten/o | Narrow, contracted |
| Stere/o | Solid, three dimensional |
| Tachy | rapid, fast |
| Tel/e, tel/o | Distant, end |
| Therm/o | Heat |
| Xer/o | Dry |