combining form Flashcards
(166 cards)
1
Q
spiny; throny
A
acanth(o)
2
Q
light
A
actin(o)
3
Q
air; gas
A
aer(o)
4
Q
starch
A
amyl(o)
5
Q
plaque; fatty substance
A
athero
6
Q
bacilli (rod-shaped); bacteria
A
bacill(i)
7
Q
masculine
A
andro
8
Q
bacteria
A
bacteri(o)
9
Q
weight; pressure
A
bar(o)
10
Q
base
A
bas(o)
11
Q
base
A
basi(o)
12
Q
pain
A
algesi
13
Q
pain
A
algo
14
Q
life
A
bio-
15
Q
immature cells
A
blasto
16
Q
bad, ill
A
cac(o)
17
Q
calcium
A
calc(o)
18
Q
calcium
A
calci(o)
19
Q
cancer
A
carcin(o)
20
Q
cartilage
A
chondrio
21
Q
cartilage
A
chondro
22
Q
chemical
A
chem(o)
23
Q
chlorine, green
A
chlor(o)
24
Q
dance
A
chore(o)
25
color
chrom
26
color
chromat
27
color
chromo
28
time
chrono
29
chyle (fat), a digestive juice
chyl(o)
30
chyme (food), semifluid production of chyme in the stomach
chym(o)
31
movement
cine(o)
32
secrete
crin(o)
33
cold
cry(o)
34
hidden; obscure
crypt(o)
35
circle; cycle
cycl(o)
36
blue
cyan(o)
37
dust
coni(o)
38
bladder, cyst, cystic duct
cyst(o)
39
cell
cyt(o)
40
right, toward the right
dextr(o)
41
thirst
dips(o)
42
back
dor(o)
43
back
dorsi
44
force
dynamo
45
reflected sound
echo
46
electricity; electric
electr(o)
47
red; rosy
eosin(o)
48
work
ergo
49
red, redness
erythr(o)
50
sensation, perception
esthesio
51
ethmoid bone (separates nasal cavity from brain)
ethmo
52
cause
etio
53
fiber
fibr(o)
54
light; luminous; flourine
fluor(o)
55
fungus
fungi
56
milk
galact(o)
57
producing; being born
gen(o)
58
old age
gero
59
old age
geront(o)
60
glucose
gluco
61
sugar
glyco
62
angle
gonio
63
granular
granulo
64
women
gyn(o)
65
women
gyne
66
women
gyneco
67
same; constant
home(o)
68
same; constant
homo
69
hydrogen, water
hydr(o)
70
sleep
hypn(o)
71
physician; treatment
iatr(o)
72
dry; scaly; fish
ichthy(o)
73
distinct; unknown
idio
74
safe; immune
immun(o)
75
potassium
kal(i)
76
nucleus
karyo
77
ketone; acetone
ket(o)
78
ketone; acetone
keton(o)
79
movement
kin(o)
80
movement
kine
81
motion
kinesi(o)
82
motion
kineso
83
humpback
kyph(o)
84
milk
lact(o)
85
milk
lacti
86
lateral, to one side
latero
87
light, frail, thin
lepto
88
white
leuk(o)
89
fat
lip(o)
90
stone
lith(o)
91
speech, words, thought
log(o)
92
dissolution
lys(o)
93
large; long
macr(o)
94
middle; medial plane
medi(o)
95
large; million
meg(a)
96
large; million
megal(o)
97
black; dark
melan(o)
98
middle; median
mes(o)
99
small; one-millionth; tiny
micr(o)
100
smaller; less
mio
101
structure; shape
morph(o)
102
sleep; numbness
narco
103
death; dying
necr(o)
104
night
noct(i)
105
normal
normo
106
nucleus
nucle(o)
107
night
nyct(o)
108
tumor
oncho
109
tumor
onco
110
straight; normal
orth(o)
111
sharp; acute; oxygen
oxy
112
thick
pachy
113
disease
path(o)
114
eating; devouring; swallowing
phago
115
drugs; medicine
pharmaco
116
sound; voice; speech
phon(o)
117
light
phot(o)
118
physical; natural
physi
119
physical; natural
physio
120
air; gas; growing
physo
121
plant
phyt(o)
122
formative; plasma
plasma
123
varied; irregular
poikilo
124
FALSE
pseud(o)
125
pus
pyo
126
fever
pyreto
127
fire; fever; heat
pyro
128
radiation; x-ray; radius
radio
129
tube
salping(o)
130
split
schisto
131
split; division
schiz(o)
132
hardness; hardening
scler(o)
133
crooked; bent
scolio
134
darkness
scoto
135
iron
sidero
136
food; grain
sito
137
body
somat(o)
138
sleep
somn(o)
139
sleep
somni
140
squamous
squamo
141
sound
sono
142
spasm
spasmo
143
round; spherical
spher(o)
144
breath; breathe
spir(o)
145
grapelike clusters
staphyl(o)
146
narrowness
steno
147
3-D
stere(o)
148
twisted chains; streptococci
strepto
149
peg-shaped
styl(o)
150
distant; end; complete
tel(o)
151
distant; end; complete
tele(o)
152
monster (as a malformed fetus)
terato
153
heat
therm(o)
154
tension; pressure
tono
155
place; topical
top(o)
156
poison; toxin
tox(i)
157
poison; toxin
toxico
158
poison; toxin
toxo
159
food; nutrition
tropho
160
life
vivi
161
yellow
xanth(o)
162
enzyme
zym(o)
163
stranger
xeno
164
dry
xer(o)
165
sword; xiphoid
xiph(o)
166
life
zo(o)
