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VT123 roots IV
Veterinary Terminology - adjectival roots and combining forms
Question | Answer |
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brachy- | 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, sweet |
heter/o- | other, different |
hom/eo-, hom/o- | same, alike |
hydr/o- | wet, water, fluid |
is/o- | equal, alike |
lept/o- | slender, small, thing |
lev/o- | left, to the left |
macr/o- | large |
mal- | ill, bad |
malac/o- | soft, softening |
meg/a-, meg/alo-, meg/aly- | large, oversized |
necr/o- | death |
olig/o- | few, little |
orth/o- | straight, normal, correct |
pachy- | thick |
pale/o- | old, primitive |
platy- | flat, wide |
ple/o- | more, many |
poikil/o- | irregular, varied |
-scler/o- | hardness |
sinistr/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 |