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