Combining form Flashcards
(364 cards)
1
Q
an/o
A
anus
2
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angi/o
A
vessel
3
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiffening
4
Q
anter/o
A
front
5
Q
anthrop/o
A
man
6
Q
antr/o
A
antrum cavity
distal portion of the esophagus
7
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
8
Q
aphth/o
A
ulceration
9
Q
append/o, appendic/o
A
vermiform appendix; that which is added
10
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
11
Q
arthr/o
A
articulation, joint
12
Q
articul/o
A
articulation, joint
13
Q
astr/o
A
star
14
Q
ather/o
A
fatty plaque
15
Q
auricul/o, aur/o
A
ear
16
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axill/o
A
axilla (armpit)
17
Q
az/o, azot/o
A
nitrogen
example: azoturia
18
Q
balan/o
A
glans penis
example: balanitis
19
Q
bartholin/o
A
bartholin gland
20
Q
bas/o
A
base, bottom
21
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bi/o
A
life, living
22
Q
bol/o
A
to throw, throwing
example: bolus
23
Q
bronch/o, bronchi/o
A
bronchus
24
Q
bil/i
A
bile
25
blephar/o
eyelid
26
bucc/o
cheek
27
bunion/o
bunion
28
burs/o
bursa
29
calc/o, calc/i
calcium
30
calcul/o
stone, calculus
31
cali/o, calic/o, calyc/o
calyx
caliectasis - dilation of calyx of a kidney
32
capit/o
head
33
capn/o
carbon dioxide
34
carcin/o
cancer
35
cardi/o
heart
36
carp/o
carpus (wrist)
37
caud/o
tail
38
cauter/i
burning
39
cec/o
cecum
40
celi/o
abdomen
41
cellul/o
cell
42
cephal/o
head
43
cerebell/o
cerebellar peduncles
| fibers that connect the cerebellum to the CNS
44
cerebr/o
cerebrum
45
cerumin/o
earwax (cerumen)
46
cervic/o
cervix, neck
47
cheil/o
lips
48
chir/o, cheir/o
hand
49
chlor/o
green
50
chol/e
bile
51
cholangi/o
bile vessel
52
cholecyst/o
gall bladder
53
choledoch/o
common bile duct
54
chondr/o
cartilage
55
chorion/o, chori/o
chorion (outer fetal sac)
56
choroid/o
choroid
57
chromate/o, chrom/o
color
58
chym/o
juice
59
cirrh/o
orange-yellow
60
claustr/o
a closing
61
coccyg/o, coccig/o
coccyx (tailbone)
62
cochle/o
cochlea
63
colp/o
vagina
64
con/o
cone
65
condyl/o
condyle, knob
66
coni/o
dust
example: pneumoconiosis (dust in lungs)
67
conjuctiv/o
conjuctiva
68
cor/o
pupil
69
cord/o
cord
70
cordi/o
heart
71
coron/o
crown, heart
72
corp/o, corpor/o
body
73
cortic/o
cortex, outer portion
74
cost/o
rib
75
crani/o
skull
76
crin/o
to secrete
77
crur/o
leg
78
cry/o
extreme cold
79
crypt/o
hidden
80
culd/o
cul-de-sac (rectourine pouch)
81
cutane/o
skin
82
cyan/o
blue
83
cycl/o
recurring; round; ciliary body
84
cyst/o
urinary bladder; cyst, sac
85
cyt/o
cell
86
aden/o
gland
87
adenoid/o
adenoid, pharyngeal tonsil
88
adip/o
fat
89
adren/o
adrenal gland
90
albin/o, alb/o
white
91
albumin/o
protein
92
aliment/o
nutrition
example: alimentary
93
alveol/o
alveolus, small sac
94
ambly/o
dull, dim
95
ambul/o
walking
96
amni/o
amnion, inner fetal sac
97
amyl/o
starch
98
occipit/o
occiput
99
jejun/o
jejunum
100
nuch/o
neck
101
melan/o
black, dark
102
granul/o
small grain
103
gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o
sugar, glucose
104
gingiv/o
gums
105
inguin/o
groin
106
olig/o
scanty, few
ex: oliguria
107
olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)
108
o/o
ovum
109
nod/o
knot
110
nat/o
birth, born
111
myring/o
eardrum
ex: myringitis
112
myel/o
spinal cord
ex: meylogram
113
myel/o
bone marrow
ex: myelopoiesis
114
myc/o
fungus
ex: onychomycosis
115
morph/o
shape
116
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
ex: metrorrhagia
117
meat/o
meatus, and opening
ex: meatorrhaphy
118
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw)
119
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw)
120
mast/o
breast
121
man/o
scanty, pressure
ex: sphygmomanometer
122
malleol/o
malleolus (round bony protuberance on each side of ankle)
123
macul/o
spot
ex: macular degeneration
124
kary/o
nucleus
ex: karyolysis
125
kal/i
potassium
126
ischi/o
suppress, restrain, hold back
ex: eschemia (condition of holding back blood)
127
isch/o
to hold back
128
is/o
equal
ex: anisocytosis
129
irid/o, ir/o
iridoplegia
130
ili/o
ilium
131
ile/o
ileum
132
ichthy/o
fishlike
ex: ichthyosis
133
iatr/o
treatment
ex: iatrogenic
134
hyster/o
uterus
135
hypophys/o
hypophysis (pituitary gland)
ex: hypophysectomy
136
hist/o
tissue
ex: histology
137
hil/o
hilum
ex: hilar
138
hidraden/o
sweat (sudoriferous) gland
139
hidr/o
sweat
140
hiat/o
an opening
ex: hiatal hernia
141
gravid/o
pregnancy
142
goni/o
angle
ex: goniometer
143
glomerul/o
glomerulus
144
gen/o
origin
ex: bronchogenic
145
dextr/o
right, right side
ex: dextrocardia
146
lymphaden/o
lymph gland
147
lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
148
leiomy/o
visceral (smooth muscle)
149
lamin/o
lamina
150
rheumat/o
watery flow
ex: rheumatoid arthritis
151
rhiz/o
spinal nerve root
ex: rhizotomy
152
rhytid/o
wrinkle
ex: rhytidoplasty
153
sacr/o
sacrum
154
sagitt/o
arrow, separating the sides
ex: sagittal plane (imaginary line that divides the body equally into right and left parts)
155
salping/o
fallopian tube; eustachian tube
156
sarc/o
flesh
ex: sarcopenia
157
scler/o
hard; sclera
ex: scleroderma
158
scoli/o
curvature
ex: scoliosis
159
scot/o
darkness
ex: scotopic vision
160
seb/o
sebum, oil
ex: seborrheic dermatitis
161
semin/i
semen
162
sept/o
partition, septum, wall
ex: septorhinoplasty
163
ser/o
blood serum
ex: serology
164
sial/o
saliva
ex: sialolith
165
sialaden/o
salivary gland
ex: sialadenitis
166
sider/o
iron
ex: sideropenia
167
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
168
sinistr/o
left, left side
ex: sinistrocerebral
169
som/o, somat/o
body
ex: diplosomia
170
somn/o
sleep
171
spir/o
breathing
ex: spirometer
172
spondyl/o
vertebra, backbone spine
ex: spondylosis
173
squam/o
scaly
ex: squamous cell carcinoma
174
staped/o
stapes
ex: stapedectomy
175
steat/o
fat
ex: steatorrhea (discharge of fat)
176
stere/o
three dimensional
177
esthesi/o
feeling, sensation
178
eschar/o
scab
ex: escharotomy
179
episi/o
vulva
ex: episiotomy
180
eosin/o
rosy, dawn-colored
ex: eosinophilia
181
enter/o
small intestines
182
osm/o
sense of small
ex: osmology (study of sense of smell)
183
orth/o
straight, upright
ex: orthopnea (upright breathing)
184
orchi/o, orch/o, orchid/o
testicles, testis
185
or/o
mouth
186
oophor/o
ovary
ex: salpingo-oophorectomy
187
onych/o
nail
ex: paronychia (condition of beside the nail)
188
onc/o
tumor
ex: oncocytic carcinoma
189
omphal/o
umbilicus
ex: omphalocele
190
lact/o
milk
191
laryn/o
larynx (voice box)
192
later/o
side
193
labi/o
labia, lips
194
ligament/o
ligament
195
lob/o
lobe, section
196
lymph/o, lymphat/o
lymph
197
klept/o
to steal
198
kinesi/o
movement
199
keton/o
ketones
200
hedon/o
pleasure
201
hemorrhoid/o
hemorrhoid
202
herni/o
herniation
203
gastr/o
stomach
204
gonad/o
gonad, sex organ
205
erythrocyt/o
red blood cell
206
faci/o
face
207
follicul/o
follicle
208
dent/i
teeth
209
digit/o
digit (finger or toe)
210
dist/o
distant, far
211
duoden/o
duodenum (area between stomach and intestine)
212
encephal/o
brain
213
epididym/o
epididymis
214
nephr/o
kidney
215
my/o, myos/o
muscle
216
mening/o, meningi/o
meninges
217
medi/o
middle
218
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
219
phall/o
penis
220
phalang/o
phalanx
221
phag/o
eat, swallow
222
phac/o, phak/o
lens
223
peritone/o
peritoneum
224
pector/o
chest
225
path/o
disease
226
pariet/o
wall, partition
227
papul/o
papule, pimple
228
papil/o
papilla, nipple, optic disc
229
palpebr/o
eyelid
ex: palpebral conjunctiva
230
ovul/o, ov/i
ovum (egg)
231
ot/o
ear
232
poster/o
back
233
phot/o
light
234
phon/o
sound, voice
235
ped/o
child
236
palat/o
palate
237
organ/o
organ, organic
238
vertebr/a
vertebra, backbone
239
tympan/o
eardrum, drum
240
thym/o
thymus gland
241
thrombocyt/o
thrombocyte, platelet
242
thromb/o
clot
243
thorac/o
thorax, chest
244
tendin/o, ten/o
tendon
245
rhin/o
nose
246
odont/o
tooth
247
ocul/o
eye
248
nyct/o
night
249
noct/i
night
250
hepat/o
liver
251
immun/o
safety, protection
252
lumb/o
lower back
253
dors/o
back of body
254
erythr/o
red
255
fasci/o
fascia
256
flex/o
to bend, bending
ex: flexion (bending that decreases the angle between adjoining bones)
257
leuk/o
white
258
lex/o
word, speech
259
labyrinth/o
labyrinth (inner ear)
260
zygomat/o
zygoma (cheekbone)
261
zo/o
life (animal)
262
xer/o
dry
263
xen/o
foreign
264
vomer/o
vomer
265
vitre/o
vitreous body
266
viscer/o
organ, viscera
267
visic/o
urinary bladder
268
ventr/o
bellyside
269
vas/o
vas deferens, vessel
270
vascul/o, vas/o
vessel
271
varic/o
varices (swollen twisted veins)
272
vag/o
vagus nerve
273
uve/o
uvea
274
ureter/o
ureter (tubes from kidney to bladder
275
ungu/o
nail
276
troph/o
nourishment, development
277
trop/o
to turn, turning
278
trigon/o
trigone (located in bladder)
279
trich/o
hair
280
top/o
place
281
ton/o
tension
282
tom/o
section, cutting, slice
ex: computed tomography
283
toc/o
labor, delivery
ex: tocolytic drug
284
thel/e
nipple
ex: thelitis
285
tempor/o
temporal bone
286
tel/o, tel/e
end, far, complete
ex: telangiectasia
287
tax/o
order, arrangement
288
tars/o
tarsal bone
289
synovi/o
synovial membrane
290
syndesm/o
ligament
ex: syndesmosis
291
stom/o, stomat/o
mouth
292
sthen/o
strenght
ex: hypersthenic
293
stech/o
chest
294
rhabdomy/o
striated (skeletal) muscle
295
ren/o
kidney
296
rect/o
rectum; straight
297
radicul/o
nerve root
298
radi/o
x-rays, radius
299
rachi/o
spinal column, backbone
ex: rachiodynia
300
pyrex/o
fever
ex: hyperpyrexia
301
pyr/o
fire, fever
302
pylor/o
pylorus (outlet of stomach)
303
pyel/o
renal pelvis
304
py/o
pus
305
pustul/o
pustule
306
purpur/o
purpura (means purple)
307
pulmon/o
lung
308
pub/o
pubis, pubic bone
309
psych/o
mind
310
proxim/o
near
311
prosthes/o, prosthet/o
addition
312
proct/o
rectum and anus
313
presby/o
old age
ex: presbyopia
314
preputi/o
prepuce
ex: preputial (pertaining to foreskin)
315
prax/o
purposeful movement
ex: apraxia
316
por/o
passage
ex: osteoporosis
317
pol/o
pole
ex: bipolar disorder
318
pneumon/o
lung
319
pneum/o
air, lung
320
plic/o
fold
ex: plication
321
pleur/o
pleura
322
plast/o
formation
ex: hyperplastic gingivitus
323
plas/o
formation
ex: hyperplasia
324
pil/o
hair
325
phren/o
diaphragm
ex: phrenoplegia
326
phor/o
to carry, to bear
ex: electrophoresis
327
phleb/o
vein
328
phil/o
attraction
ex: hydrophilic
329
phas/o
speech
ex: dysphasia
330
lord/o
swayback
ex: lordosis
331
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
332
fluor/o
to flow, flowing
ex: fluoroscopy
333
fibrin/o
fibrous substance
ex: fibrinogen
334
dacry/o
tear
335
ossicul/o
ossicle (tiny bone)
336
narc/o
sleep, stupor
337
ment/o
mind
338
men/o, menstru/o
menses, menstruation
339
lith/o
stone, calculus
340
lip/o
lipid, fat
341
lingu/o
tongue
342
ligat/o
to tie, tying
ex: ligation
343
kyph/o
roundback
344
kerat/o
hard; cornea
345
interstit/o, interstit/i
space between
ex: instial fluid
346
hydr/o
water, fluid
347
humor/o
liquid
348
home/o
same, constant
ex: homeostasis
349
hemat/o, hem/o
blood
350
gnos/o
knowledge
ex: prognosis
351
gloss/o
tongue
ex: glossitis
352
lacrim/o
tears
353
endometri/o
endometrium
354
epicondyl/o
epicondyle
355
sphenoid/o
sphenoid
356
diverticul/o
diverticulum, pouch
357
lapar/o
abdomen
358
galact/o
milk
ex: galactorrhea (discharge of milk)
359
ger/o
aging
ex: gerodermic changes
360
glauc/o
gray, bluish green
ex: glaucoma (gray mass)
361
gli/o
glue; glial cell
ex: glioma (glial cell tumor)
362
dur/o
hard, dura mater
ex: subdural space
363
halit/o
breath
ex: halitosis
364
son/o
sound
ex: sonography
