Chapter 3 combining forms Flashcards
1
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
2
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acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
3
Q
amni/o
A
amnion
4
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
5
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
6
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blephar/o
A
eyelid
7
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
8
Q
chem/o
A
drug, chemical
9
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chron/o
A
time
10
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col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
11
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hydr/o
A
water, fluid
12
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inguin/o
A
groin
13
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isch/o
A
to hold back
14
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen, abdominal wall
15
Q
mamm/o
A
breast
16
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mast/o
A
breast
17
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morph/o
A
shape
18
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
19
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my/o
A
muscle
20
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord, bone marrow
21
Q
necr/o
A
death (of cells or whole body)
22
Q
neutr/o
A
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
23
Q
nucle/o
A
nucleus
24
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ot/o
A
ear
25
peritone/o
peritoneum
26
phag/o
to eat, swallow
27
phleb/o
vein
28
plas/o
formation, development
29
pleur/o
pleura(membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
30
pneumon/o
lungs
31
ren/o
kidney
32
staphyl/o
clusters
33
strept/o
twisted chains
34
thorac/o
chest
35
ven/o
vein
36
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
37
aden/o
gland
38
adip/o
fat
39
arteri/o
artery
40
arthr/o
joint
41
carcin/o
cancer
42
chondr/o
cartilage
43
cyst/o
urinary bladder
44
encephal/o
brain
45
erythr/o
red
46
hem/o
blood
47
hepat/o
liver
48
lymph/o
lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)
49
nephr/o
kidney
50
ophthalm/o
eye
51
opi/o
opium
52
oste/o
bone
53
path/o
disease
54
peritone/o
peritoneum
55
pulmon/o
lungs
56
radi/o
x-ray
57
rect/o
rectum
58
ren/o
kidney
59
rhin/o
nose
60
splen/o
spleen
61
staphyl/o
clusters
62
strept/o
twisted chains
63
thorac/o
chest
