CH3CombiningForms Flashcards
(39 cards)
1
Q
acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
2
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acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
3
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus
4
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
5
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
6
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
7
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
8
Q
bronch/o
A
brochial tubes
2 tubes R and L branching from the trachea to enter the lung.
9
Q
chem/o
A
drug, chemical
10
Q
chron/o
A
time
11
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col/o
A
colon, large intestine
12
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hydr/o
A
water, fluid
13
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
14
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen, abdominal wall
15
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
16
Q
lymph/o
A
lymph, clear fluid tha bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body
17
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mamm/o
A
breast
18
Q
mast/o
A
breast
19
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morph/o
A
shape, form
20
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
21
Q
my/o
A
muscle
22
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord; bone marrow
23
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necr/o
A
death (of cells or whole body)
24
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neutr/o
A
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
25
opi/o
opium
26
ot/o
ear
27
peritone/o
peritoneum
28
phag/o
to eat, swallow
29
phleb/o
vein
30
plas/o
formation, development
31
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
32
pneumon/o
lungs
33
pulmon/o
lungs
34
rect/o
rectum
35
splen/o
spleen
36
staphyl/o
clusters
37
strept/o
twisted chains
38
tonsill/o
tonsils
39
ven/o
vein
