COMBINING FORM Flashcards
(334 cards)
1
Q
ABDOMIN/O
A
ABDOMEN, ABDOMINAL CAVITY
2
Q
ACOU/O
A
HEARING
3
Q
ACOUST/O
A
HEARING
4
Q
ACR/O
A
EXTREMITY, EXTREME
5
Q
ADEN/O
A
GLAND
6
Q
ADREN/O
A
ADRENAL GLAND
7
Q
AER/O
A
AIR OR GAS
8
Q
ALBUMIN/O
A
ALBUMIN
9
Q
ALVEOL/O
A
ALVEOLUS (AIR SAC)
10
Q
AMNI/O
A
AMNION, AMNIOTIC FLUID
11
Q
AMNION/O
A
AMNION, AMNIOTIC FLUID
12
Q
ANDR/O
A
MALE
13
Q
ANGI/O
A
BLOOD VESSEL
14
Q
ANKYL/O
A
CROOKED
15
Q
ANTER/O
A
FRONT
16
Q
AORT/O
A
ARTERY
17
Q
ARTERI/O
A
ARTERY
18
Q
ARTHR/O
A
JOINT
19
Q
ASTHENI/O
A
WEAKNESS
20
Q
ATEL/O
A
IMPERFECT, INCOMPLETE
21
Q
ATHER/O
A
FAT
22
Q
ATRI/O
A
ATRIUM
23
Q
AUD/O
A
HEARING
24
Q
AUDI/O
A
HEARING
25
AUR/I
EAR
26
AUT/O
SELF
27
AZOT/O
UREA, NITROGEN
28
BACTER/O
BACTERIA
29
BALAN/O
GLANS PENIS
30
BI/O
LIFE
31
BIL/I
BILE
32
BLAST/O
GERM, BUD
33
BLEPHAR/O
EYELID
34
BRONCH/I
BRONCHUS (AIRWAY)
35
BRONCH/O
BRONCHUS (AIRWAY)
36
BURS/O
PURSE OR SAC; BURSA
37
CALC/I
CALCIUM
38
CANCER/O
CANCER
39
CARCIN/O
CANCER
40
CARD/O
HEART
41
CARDI/O
HEART
42
CARP/O
WRIST
43
CARTIL/O
GRISTLE, CARTILAGE
44
CAUD/O
TAIL
45
CEC/O
BLIND INTESTINE, CECUM
46
CEL/O
HERNIA, PROTRUSION
47
CELI/O
ABDOMEN, ABNORMAL CAVITY
48
CEPHAL/O
HEAD
49
CEREBELL/O
CEREBELLUM (LITTLE BRAIN)
50
CEREBR/O
CEREBRUM (BRAIN)
51
CERUMIN/O
WAX
52
CERVIC/O
CERVIX, NECK
53
CHEIL/O
LIP
54
CHIR/O
HAND
55
CHOL/E
BILE, GALL
56
CHRONDR/O
CARTILAGE
57
CHORI/O
MEMBRANE, CHORION
58
CHROMAT/O
COLOR
59
CLON/O
SPASM
60
COL/O
COLON
61
COLP/O
VAGINA
62
CONJUNCTIV/O
TO BIND TOGETHER, CONJUNCTIVA
63
COR/O
PUPIL
64
CORE/O
PUPIL
65
CORNE/O
HORNY, CORNEA
66
CORON/O
CROWN, CIRCLE
67
CORTIC/O
OUTER COVERING, CORTEX
68
COST/O
RIB
69
CRAN/O
SKULL, CRANIUM
70
CRANI/O
SKULL, CRANIUM
71
CRIN/O
TO SECRETE
72
CRYPT/O
HIDDEN
73
CUTANE/O
SKIN
74
CYAN/O
BLUE
75
CYST/O
BLADDER, SAC
76
CYT/O
CELL
77
DACRY/O
TEAR
78
DENT/I
TEETH
79
DERM/O
SKIN
80
DERMAT/O
SKIN
81
DIAPHRAGMAT/O
DIAPHRAGM
82
DIPL/O
DOUBLE
83
DIPS/O
THIRST
84
DIST/O
AWAY
85
DIVERTICUL/O
SMALL BLIND POUCH, DIVERTICULUM
86
DORS/O
BACK
87
DUCT/O
TO LEAD OR TO CONVEY
88
DUODEN/O
TWELVE, DUODENUM
THE FIRST PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE. IT CONNECTS TO THE STOMACH AND HELPS TO FURTHER DIGEST FOOD COMING FROM THE STOMACH. IT ABSORBS NUTRIENTS AND WATER FROM FOOD SO THEY CAN BE USED BY THE BODY
89
DUR/O
HARD
90
ECH/O
SOUND
91
ELECTRO/O
ELECTRICITY
92
EMBOL/O
THROWING IN OR RELEASE OF
93
EMBRY/O
EMBRYO
94
ENCEPHAL/O
BRAIN
95
ENDOCRIN/O
ENDOCRINE
96
ENTER/O
SMALL INTESTINE
97
EPIDIDYM/O
EPIDIDYMIS
COILED TUBE CONNECTED TO BACK OF TESTICLES- GLAND THAT PRODUCES SPERM
98
EPIGLOTT/O
EPIGLOTTIS
FLAP OF TISSUE THAT SITS BENEATH THE TONGUE AT THE BACK OF THE THOAT. FUNCTION IS TO CLOSE OUR WINDPIPE (TRACHEA) WHILE EATING TO PREVENT FOOD ENTERING YOUR AIRWAY.
99
EPISI/O
VULVA
OUTTER PART OF THE FEMALE GENITALS, MAJOR.
100
ERYTH/O
RED
101
ERYTHR/O
RED
102
ESOPHAG/O
GULLET, ESOPHAGUS
103
ESTHESI/O
SENSATION
104
ETI/O
CAUSE ( OF DISEASE)
105
FASCI/O
FASCIA
THIN CASING OF CONNECTING TISSUE THAT SURROUNDS AND HOLD EVERYORGAN, BLOOD VESSEL, BONE, NERVE, FIBER, AND MUSCLE IN PLACE.
106
FEMOR/O
THIGH
107
FET/I
FETUS
108
FET/O
FETUS
109
FIBR/O
FIBER
110
FIBUL/O
CLASP OF BUCKLE, FIBULA
OURTTER BONE OF THE TIBIA CONNECTING FROM ANKLE UP TO KNEE.
111
FOVEA/O
SMALL PIT
112
GANGLI/O
GANGLION
CYST- A FLUID FILLED LUMP UNDER SKIN OFTEN FOUND OVER JOINT OR IN A TENDON IN HAND OR WRIST
113
GASTR/O
STOMACH
114
GEN/O
FORMATION, CAUSE, PRODUCE
115
GER/O
OLD AGE
116
GINGIV/O
GUMS
117
GLI/O
GLUE, NEUROGLIA
CELLS THAT HOLD NERVES IN PLACE AND HELP THEM WORK THE WAY THEY SHOULD.
118
GLOMERUL/O
LITTLE BALL, GLOMERULUS
CLUSTER OF NERVE ENDINGS, SPORES, OR SMALL BLOOD VESSELS, CLUSTER OF CAPILLARIES AROUND THE END OF A KIDNEY TUBULE, WHERE WASTE PRODUCTS ARE FILTERED FROM THE BLOOD
119
GLOSS/O
TONGUE
120
GLUC/O
GLUCOSE, SUGAR
121
GLUT/O
BUTTOCK
122
GLYC/O
GLYCOGEN, SUGAR
123
GRAVID/O
PREGNANCY
124
GRAVIDAR/O
PREGNANCY
125
GYN/O
WOMAN
126
GYNEC/O
WOMAN
127
HALAT/O
BREATH
128
HEM/O
BLOOD
129
HEMAT/O
BLOOD
130
HEPAT/O
LIVER
131
HERN/O
PROTRUSION, HERNIA
SAC FORMED BY LINING OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY. SAC COMES THROUGH HOLE OR WEAK AREA IN THE STRONG LAYER OF THE BELLY WALL THAT SURROUNDS THE MUSCLE (FASCIA)
132
HERNI/O
PROTRUSION, HERNIA
SAC FORMED BY LINING OF THE ABDOMINAL CAVITY. SAC COMES THROUGH HOLE OR WEAK AREA IN THE STRONG LAYER OF THE BELLY WALL THAT SURROUNDS THE MUSCLE (FASCIA)
133
HETER/O
OTHER
134
HIDR/O
SWEAT
135
HIST/O
TISSUE
136
HOM/O
SAMENESS, UNCHANGING
137
HORMON/O
TO SET IN MOTION
138
HYDR/O
WATER
139
HYMEN/O
HYMEN
THIN PIECE OF TISSUE LOCATED AT TOPENING OF VAGINA.
140
HYSTER/O
UTERUS
141
IDI/O
PERSON, SELF
142
ILE/O
ILEUM OF SMALL INTESTINE, TO ROLL
LAST PART OF SMALL INTESTINE, HELPS TO FURTHER DIGEST FOOD COMING FROM STOMACH AND OTHER PARTS OF SMALL INTESTINE
143
ILI/O
FLANK, GROIN, ILIUM OF THE PELVIS
UPPER PORTION OF THE HIP BONE AND PELVIS.
144
IMMUN/O
EXEMPT: IMMUNITY
145
INFECT/O
TO ENTER, INVADE
146
INFER/O
BELOW
147
INGUIN/O
GROIN
148
IR/O
RAINBOW, IRIS
149
IRID/O
RAINBOW, IRIS
150
ISCHI/O
HAUNCH, HIP JOINT, ISCHIUM
151
JEJNUN/O
EMPTY, JEJUNUM
MIDDLE PART OF THE SMALL INTESTINE HELPS FURTHER DIGEST FOOD COMING FROM STOMACH.
152
KAL/I
POTASSIUM
MINERAL THAT YOUR BODY NEEDS TO WORK PROPERLY. TYPE OF ELECTROLYTE HELPS NERVES TO FUNCTION AND MUSCLES TO CONTRACT.
153
KERAT/O
HARD, HORNY; CORNEA
154
KET/O
KETONE BODIES
155
KETON/O
KETONE BODIES
156
KINESI/O
MOTION
157
KYPH/O
HUMP
158
LABYRINTH/O
LABYRINTH, INTERNAL EAR
159
LACRIM/O
TEAR
160
LACTO/O
MILK
161
LAMIN/O
THIN, LAMINA, LAYER
FLATTENED OR ARCHED PART OF VERTEBRAL ARCH, FORMING THE ROOF OF THE SPINAL CANAL
162
LAPAR/O
ABDOMEN, ABDOMINAL CAVITY
163
LARYNG/O
LARYNX (VOICE BOX)
164
LATER/O
SIDE
165
LEUK/O
WHITE
166
LINGU/O
TONGUE
167
LIP/O
FAT, LIPID
168
LITH/O
STONE
169
LOB/O
LOBE
170
LORD/O
BENT FORWARD
171
LUMB/O
LOIN, LOWER BACK
172
LYMPH/O
CLEAR WATER OR FLUID
173
LYS/O
DISSOLUTION
174
MAL/O
BAD
175
MAMM/O
BREAST
176
MAST/O
BREAST
177
MEAT/O
OPENING
178
MEDI/O
MIDDLE
179
MEGAL/O
ABNORMALLY LARGE
180
MELAN/O
DARK, BLACK
181
MEN/O
MONTH, MENSTRUATION
182
MENING/O
MENINGES, MEMBRANE
MENINGES, 3 MEMBRANES; DURA MATER, ARACHNOID AND PIA MATER LINE THE SKULL AND VERTEBRAL CANAL AND ENCLOSE THE BRAIN AND SPINAL CORD.
183
MENISC/O
CRESCENT-SHAPED MOON, MENISCUS MEMBRANE
184
MENSTRU/O
MONTH, MENSTRUATION
185
MENT/O
MIND
186
METR/O
UTERUS
187
MON/O
ONE
188
MUC/O
MUCUS
189
MY/O
MUSCLE
190
MYC/O
FUNGUS
191
MYEL/O
BONE MARROW; SPINAL CORD; MEDULLA; MYELIN
192
MYELON/O
BONE MARROW; SPINAL CORD; MEDULLA; MYELIN
193
MYRING/O
MEMBRANE; EARDRUM
194
MYX/O
MUCUS
195
NAS/O
NOSE
196
NAT/O
BIRTH
197
NATR/O
SODIUM
198
NECR/O
DEATH
199
NEPHRO/O
KIDNEY
200
NEUR/O
NERVE
201
NOCT/I
NIGHT
202
NUCL/O
KERNEL, NUCLEUS
203
NYCT/O
NIGHT, NOCTURNAL
204
NYCTAL/O
NIGHT, NOCTURNAL
205
OBSTETR/O
MIDWIFE, PRENATAL DEVELOPMENT
206
OCUL/O
EYE
207
ODONT/O
PERTAINING TO TEETH
208
OLIG/O
FEW IN NUMBER
209
OMPHAL/O
UMBILICUS (NAVEL)
210
ONC/O
TUMOR
211
ONYCH/O
NAIL
212
OOPHOR/O
OVARY
213
OPT/O
EYE, VISION
214
OPTHALM/O
EYE
215
OR/O
MOUTH
216
ORCH/O
ORCHI/O
ORCHID/O
TEST/O
TESTIS OR TESTICLE
217
ORTH/O
STRAIGHT
218
OSTE/O
BONE
219
OT/O
EAR
220
OV/I
OV/O
EGG
221
OVARI/O
OVARY
222
OX/O
OXYGEN
223
PALAT/O
ROOF OF MOUTH, PALATE
224
PANCREAT/O
SWEETBREAD, PANCREAS
225
PAR/O
PARTURITION OR LABOR
226
PARATHYROID/O
PARATHYROID
227
PARIET/O
WALL
228
T/O
LABOR
229
PATELL/O
SMALL PAN, PATELLA
230
PATH/O
DISEASE
231
PECTOR/O
CHEST
232
PED/O
PEDIATRO/O
CHILD
233
PELV/L
BASIN, PELVIS
234
PEN/O
PENIS
235
PEPS/O
DIGESTION
236
PERINE/O
PERINEUM
237
PERITONE/O
TO STRETCH OVER, PERITONEUM
238
PHAG/O
EAT, SWALLOW
239
PHALANG/O
ROW OF SOLDIERS, FINGERS
240
PHARYNG/O
PHARYNX (THROAT)
241
PHAS/O
SPEECH
242
PHLEB/O
VEN/O
VEIN
243
PHOT/O
LIGHT
244
PHYSI/O
NATURE
245
PLEGI/O
PARALYSIS
246
PLEUR/O
PLEURA
247
PNEUM/O
PNEUMAT/O
LUNG OR AIR
248
POD/O
FOOT
249
POLYP/O
POLYP
250
POSTER/O
BACK
251
PRESBY/O
OLD AGE
252
PRIM/I
FIRST
253
PROCT/O
ANUS
254
PROSTAT/O
PROSTATE GLAND
255
PROXIM/O
NEAR
256
PSEUD/O
FALSE
257
PSYCH/O
MIND
258
PUB/O
GROWN UP
259
PULMON/O
LUNG
260
PY/O
PUS
261
PYEL/O
PELVIS (RENAL)
262
PYLOR/O
PYLORUS
263
QUAD/O
QUADR/I
FOUR
264
RACHI/O
SPINE
265
RADI/O
SPOKE OF A WHEEL, RADIUS
266
RECT/O
STRAIGHT, ERECT, RECTUM
267
REN/O
KIDNEY
268
RETIN/O
NET, RETINA
269
RHABD/O
ROD
270
RHIN/O
NOSE
271
SACR/O
SACRED, SACRUM
272
SALPING/O
TUBE: EUSTACHIAN TUBE; FALLOPIAN TUBE
273
SARC/O
FLESH, MUSCLE
274
SCLER/O
THIS, HARD; SCLERA
275
SCOLI/O
CURVED
276
SEB/O
SEBUM, OIL
277
SEMIN/O
SPERM
SPERMAT/O
SEED
278
SEPT/O
WALL, PARTITION
279
SIGM/O
THE LETTER S, SIGMOID COLON
280
SINUS/O
CAVITY
281
SOMAT/O
BODY
282
SOMN/O
SLEEP
283
SON/O
SOUND
284
SPHYGM/O
PULSE
285
SPIN/O
SPINE OR THORN
286
SPIR/O
BREATHE
287
SPLEN/O
SPLEEN
288
SPONDYL/O
VERTEBRA
289
STAPED/O
STAPES
290
STAPHYL/O
GRAPELIKE CLUSTERS (BACTERIUM)
291
STASIS/O
STANDING STILL
292
STEN/O
NARROWNESS, CONSTRICTION
293
STERN/O
CHEST, STERNUM
294
STETH/O
CHEST
295
STOMAT/O
MOUTH
296
STREPT/O
TWISTED OR GNARLED (BACTERIUM)
297
SUPER/O
ABOVE
298
SYNOV/O
SYNOVI/O
BINDING EGGS; SYNOVIAL
299
TAXI/O
REACTION TO A STIMULUS
300
TEN/O
TEND/O
TENDIN/O
TO STRETCH OUT; TENDON
301
TESTICUL/O
SMALL TESTIS, TESTICLE
302
THALAM/O
THALAMUS
EGG SHAPE STRUCTURE IN MIDDLE OF THE BRAIN. RELAY STATION OF ALL INCOMING MOTOR AND SENSORY INFO - HEARING, TASTE, SIGHT AND TOUCH BUT NOT SMELL- FROM BODY TO BRAIN
303
THERM/O
HEAT
304
THORAC/O
THORAX (CHEST)
305
THROMB/O
CLOT
306
THYM/O
WARTLIKE, THYMUS GLAND
307
THYR/O
SHIELD, THYROID
308
TOM/O
CUT, SECTION
309
TON/O
TONE, TENSION, PRESSURE
310
TOXIC/O
POISON
311
TRACHE/O
TRACHEA
312
TRICH/O
HAIR
313
TUBERCUL/O
LITTLE MASS OR SWELLING
314
TYMPAN/O
EARDRUM
315
UMBILIC/O
NAVEL
316
UR/O
URIN/O
URINE
317
URETER/O
URETER
DUCT WHICH URIN PASSES THROUGH FROM KIDNEY TO BLADDER OR CLOACA
318
URETHR/O
URETHRA
ALLOWS URIN TO EXIT BODY
319
UTER/O
WOMB, UTERUS
320
UVUL/O
GRAPE, UVULA
321
VAGIN/O
SHEATH, VAGINA
322
VALVUL/O
LITTLE VALVE
323
VARIC/O
DILATED VEIN
324
VAS/O
BLOOD VESSEL; DUCT
325
VASCUL/O
LITTLE BLOOD VESSEL
326
VENTR/O
FRONT, BELLY
327
VENTRICUL/O
LITTLE BELLY OR CAVITY, VENTRICLE
328
VERTEBR/O
JOINT, VERTEBRA
329
VESIC/O
BLADDER, SAC
330
VESICUL/O
VESICLE (SEMINAL VESICLE)
331
VITR/O
VITRE/O
GLASSY
332
VULV/O
VULVA
333
XANTH/O
YELLOW
334
XER/O
DRY
