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Adjectival Roots
And combining forms
Term | Definition |
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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 |