Latin Combining Forms
What does the combining form vacc- mean on its own?
cow
What characteristic do diminutive suffixes have?
Diminutive suffixes have a single or double L.
ANA (Movie title)
Up
What are the four parts of speech a term might be?
adjective, noun, verb, adverb
What does the combining form sud(or)- mean?
sweat or fluid
What suffix forms verbs?
-ize forms verbs meaning "make, become, cause to be, subject to, engage in".
COR (Band name)
Heart
What is the Latin combining form that means the same as typhl-?
cec- (both mean cecum)
If the name of medicine has the combining form tuss- in it, what does it most likely treat?
A cough.
The suffix -ad means "indicates direction toward a part of the body: toward". What part of speech are the words it forms?
adverb
SIDER ANDR (Movie title)
Iron Man
What connecting vowel is most commonly used with words derived from Latin?
-i-
What does the combining form ger- mean?
carry or bear
The combining form -cel- and English suffix -e are often used together to mean two types of abnormal conditions. One use indicates a swelling caused by an abnormal accumulation of fluid. What is the other use?
-cele also means hernia, the protrusion of an organ or part of an organ through the wall of the cavity that normally contains it.
LAL[ing] CAPIT[s] (Band name)
The Talking Heads
What two Latin cases are used to form medical terms?
Nominative and genitive
The combining forms cresc- and -cret- come from the same Latin root but the -sc- in cresc- changes its meaning slightly. What do cresc- and cret- mean?
When -sc- is found in between the stem and the ending of a Latin infinitive, the verb changes to indicate the beginning of an action. So, -cret- means "grow" while cresc- means "begin to grow".
Name three noun-forming suffixes we’ve seen that mean state, condition.
-a: forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-asia, -asis (rare): form abstract nouns: state, condition
-esis: forms abstract nouns: state, condition, procedure
-ia: forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-ism: forms abstract nouns: state, condition, quality
-ismus: forms abstract nouns: state, condition; muscular spasm
-sia: forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-sis: forms abstract nouns: state, condition
-y: forms abstract nouns: state, condition
NON [inch] ONYCH[s] (Band name)
Nine Inch Nails
If zoa is the plural of the combining form meaning animal or organism, what is the singular form?
zoon