Chapter 1: Common Combining Forms Flashcards
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Acanth(o)
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Spiny, thorny
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Actin(o)
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Light
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Aer(o)
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Air; gas
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Alge, algesi, algio, algo
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Pain
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Amyl(o)
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Starch
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Andro
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Masculine
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Athero
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Plaque; fatty substance
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Bacill(i)
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Bacilli, bacteria
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Bacteri(o)
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Bacteria
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Bar(o)
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Weight, pressure
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Bas(o), basi(o)
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Base
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Bio-
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Life
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Blasto
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Immature cells
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Cac(o)
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Bad, ill
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Calc(o), calci(o)
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Calcium
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Carcin(o)
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Cancer
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Chem(o)
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Chemical
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Chlor(o)
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Chlorine, green
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Chondrio, chondro
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Cartilage, grainy, gritty
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Chore(o)
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Dance
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Chrom, chromat, chromo
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Color
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Chrono
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Time
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Chyl(o)
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Chyle, a digestive juice
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Chym(o)
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Chyme, semifluid production of chyme in the stomach
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Cine(o)
Movement
26
Coni(o)
Dust
27
Crin(o)
Secrete
28
Cry(o)
Cold
29
Crypt(o)
Hidden, obscure
30
Cyan(o)
Blue
31
Cycl(o)
Circle, cycle, ciliary body
32
Cyst(o), cysti
Bladder, cyst, cystic duct
33
Cyt(o)
Cell
34
Dextr(o)
Right, toward the right
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Dips(o)
Thirst
36
Dors(o), dorsi
Back
37
Dynamo
Force, energy
38
Echo
Reflected sound
39
Electr(o)
Electricity, electric
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Eosin(o)
Red, rosy
41
Ergo
Work
42
Erythr(o)
Red, redness
43
Esthesio
Sensation, perception
44
Ethmo
Ethmoid bone
45
Etio
Cause
46
Fibr(o)
Fiber
47
Fluor(o)
Light, luminous, fluorine
48
Fungi
Fungus
49
Galact(o)
Milk
50
Gen(o)
Producing, being born
51
Gero, geront(o)
Old age
52
Gluco
Glucose
53
Glyco
Sugars
54
Gonia
Angle
55
Granulo
Granular
56
Gyn(o), gyne, gyneco
Women
57
home(o), homo
Same, constant
58
Hydr(o)
Hydrogen, water
59
Hypn(o)
Sleep
60
iatr(o)
Physician, treatment
61
ichthy(o)
Dry, scaly, fish
62
idio
Distinct, unknown
63
immun(o)
Safe, immune
64
kal(i)
potassium
65
karyo
nucleus
66
ket(o), keton(o)
ketone, acetone
67
kin(o), kine
movement
68
kinesi(o), kineso
motion
69
kyph(o)
humpback
70
lact(o), lacti
Milk
71
latero
lateral, to one side
72
lepto
light, frail, thin
73
leuk(o)
white
74
lip(o)
fat
75
lith(o)
stone
76
log(o)
speech, words, thought
77
lys(o)
dissolution
78
macr(o)
large, long
79
medi(o)
middle, medial plane
80
meg(a), megal(o)
large; million
81
melan(o)
black, dark
82
mes(o)
middle, median
83
micr(o)
small, one-millionth, tiny
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mio
smaller, less
85
morph(o)
structure, shape
86
narco
sleep, numbness
87
necr(o)
death, dying
88
noct(i)
night
89
normo
normal
90
nucle(o)
nucleus
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nyct(o)
night
92
oncho, onco
tumor
93
orth(o)
straight, normal
94
oxy
sharp, acute, oxygen
95
pachy
Thick
96
path(o)
disease
97
phago
eating, devouring, swallowing
98
pharmaco
drugs, medicine
99
phon(o)
sound, voice, speech
100
phot(o)
light
101
physi, physio
physical, natural
102
physo
air, gas, growing
103
phyt(o)
plant
104
plasma, plasmo
formative, plasma
105
poikilo
varied, irregular
106
pseud(o)
false
107
pyo
pus
108
pyreto
fever
109
pyro
fever, fire, heat
110
radio
radiation, X-ray, radius
111
salping(o)
tube
112
schisto
split
113
schiz(o)
split, division
114
scler(o)
hardness, hardening
115
scolio
crooked, bent
116
scoto
darkness
117
sidero
iron
118
sito
food, grain
119
somat(o)
body
120
somn(o), somni
sleep
121
sono
sound
122
spasmo
spasm
123
spher(o)
Round, spherical
124
spir(o)
breath, breathe
125
squamo
scale, squamous
126
staphyl(o)
grapelike clusters
127
steno
narrowness
128
stere(o)
three dimensional
129
strepto
twisted chains, streptococci
130
styl(o)
peg- shaped
131
syring(o)
tube
132
tel(o), tele(o)
distant, end, complete
133
terato
monster (as a malformed fetus)
134
therm(o)
heat
135
tono
tension, pressure
136
top(o)
place, topical
137
tox(i), toxico, toxo
poison, toxin
138
tropho
food, nutrition
139
vivi
life
140
xanth(o)
yellow
141
xeno
stranger
142
xer(o)
dry
143
xiph(o)
sword, xiphoid
144
zo(o)
life
145
zym(o)
fermentation, enzyme
