Combining Form Flashcards
1
Q
crin
A
to secrete
2
Q
cyst/o
vesic/o
A
urinary bladder
ex: cyst/o/scopy
process of visual examination of the urinary bladder.
3
Q
bi
A
life
4
Q
carcin
A
cancer
5
Q
cardi
A
heart
6
Q
cephal
A
Head
7
Q
aden
A
gland
8
Q
arthr/o
articul/o
A
joint
9
Q
cyt
A
cell
10
Q
derm
dermat
A
skin
11
Q
electr
A
electricity
12
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
13
Q
enter
A
intestines (small)
14
Q
erythr
erythem(at) COLOR
A
red
redness
15
Q
glyc/o
gluc/o
A
sugar
16
Q
gnos
A
knowledge
17
Q
gynec
A
woman/female
18
Q
hemat/hem
A
blood
19
Q
hepat
A
liver
20
Q
iatr
A
treatment
21
Q
log
A
study of
22
Q
neur
A
nerve
23
Q
onc
A
tumor (cancerous)
24
Q
opthalm
A
eye
25
oste
bone
26
path
disease
27
ped
child
28
psych
mind
29
radi
X-Rays
30
ren/o
| nephr/o
kidney
31
rhin
nose
32
sect/o
| cis/o
to cut
33
thromb
clot, clotting
34
ur
urinary, tract, urine
35
cutane
skin
36
dactyl
fingers, toes
37
duct
to lead, carry
38
flex
to bend
39
gloss
tongue
40
immun
protection
41
mort
death
42
nat
birth
43
norm
rule, order
44
ox
oxygen
45
pub
pubis; anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
46
seps
infection
47
somn
sleep
48
son
sound
49
the
to put, place
50
thel
nipple
51
thyr
thyroid, gland; shield
52
top
place, position, location
53
tox
poison
54
trache
windpipe; trachea
55
urethr
urethra
56
abdomin
abdomen
57
anter
front
58
chondr
cartilage
59
coccyg
coccyx (tailbone)
60
dist
far, distant
61
dors
back portion of body
62
hist
tissue
63
inguin
groin
64
later
side
65
lumb
lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
66
medi
middle
67
pelv
pelvis
68
poster
back, behind
69
proxim
nearest
70
sacr
sacrum
71
sarc/o
muscle and flesh
72
spin
spine, backbone
73
ventr
belly side of the body
74
viscer
internal organs
75
albin/o COLOR
white
76
caus/o
burn, burning
77
cauter/o
heat burn
78
diaphor/o
profuse sweating
79
hidr/o
sweat
80
ichthy/o
dry, scaly (fish-like)
81
kerat/o
hard
82
melan/o COLOR
black
83
myc/o
fungus
84
phyt/o
plant
85
pil/o
hair, hair follicle
86
rhytid/o
wrinkle
87
seb/o
sebum (oily secretion from sebaceous glands)
88
squam/o
scale-like
89
trich/o
hair
90
ungu/o
| onych/o
nail
91
xer/o
dry
92
anthrac/o COLOR
black (as coal)
93
chlor/o COLOR
green
94
cirrh/o COLOR
tawny yellow
95
ciyan./o COLOR
blue
96
lute/o COLOR
xanth/o
jaund/o
yellow
97
poli/o COLOR
gray
98
Ch. 16
| Calc/o, calci/o
Calcium
99
kyph/o
humpback, hunchback
100
lamin/o
lamina (part of vertebral arch)
101
lord/o
curve, swayback (AC in the lumbar region)
102
lumb/o
loins; lower back
103
myel/o
bone marrow
104
orth/o
straight
105
oste/o
bone
106
scoli/o
crooked, bent (laterl curvature)
107
spondyl/o, vertebr/o
vertebra
| backbone
108
acetabul/o
acetabulum (hip socket)
109
calcane/o
calcaneus (heel)
110
carp/o
carpals (wrist bones)
111
clavicul/o
clavicle (collar bones)
112
cost/o
ribs (true, false, and floating ribs)
113
crani/o
cranium (skull)
114
femor/o
femur (thigh bone)
115
fibul/o
fibula (smaller leg bone)
116
humer/o
humerus (upper arm bone)
117
ili/o
ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)
118
ischi/o
ischium (posterior part of pelvic bone)
119
malleol/o
malleolus (process on each side of ankle)
120
mandibul/o
mandible (lower jaw bone)
121
maxill/o
maxilla (upper jaw bone)
122
metacarp/o
metacarpals (hand bones)
123
metatars/o
(foot bones)
124
olecran/o
olecranon (elbow)
125
patell/o
patella (kneecap)
126
pelv/o
pelvis (hipbone)
127
perone/o
fibula
128
phalang/o
phalanges (finger and/or toe bones)
129
pub/o
pubis (anterior part of the pelvic bone)
130
radi/o
radius (forearm bone--thumb side)
131
scapul/o
scapula (shoulder blade)
132
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
133
tars/o
tarsals (bones of the hindfoot)
134
tibi/o
tibia (shin bone)
135
uln/o
ulna (forearm bone--little finger side)
136
ankyl/o
stiff
137
burs/o
bursa
138
ligament/o
ligament
139
rheumat/o
watery flow
140
synov/o
synovial membrane
141
ten/o
| tendin/o
tendon
142
fasci/o
fascia
| forms sheaths enveloping muscles
143
leiomy/o
smooth (visceral) muscle that lines the walls of internal organs
144
my/o
| myos/o
muscle
145
myocardi
heart muscle
146
plant/o
sole of the foot
147
rhabdomy/o
skeletal (striated) muscle connected to bones
148
Ch. 10
| cerebell/o
cerebellum
149
cerebr/o
cerebrum
150
dur/o
dura mater
151
gli/o
glial cells
152
lept/o
thin, slender
153
mening/o
| meningi/o
membranes, meninges
154
neur/o
nerve
155
pont/o
pons
156
radicul/o
nerve root (of spinal nerves)
157
thalam/o
thalamus
158
thec/o
sheath (refers to meninges)
159
vag/o
vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
160
alges/o
| -algesia
sensitivity to pain
161
comat/o
deep sleep (coma)
162
esthesi/o, esthesia
feeling, nervous sensation
163
kines/o, kinesi/o
| -kinesia, -kinesis, -kinectic
movement
164
lepsy
seizure
165
lex/o
word, phrase
166
-paresis
weakness
167
-phasia
speech
168
-plegia
paralysis
169
-praxia
action
170
-sthenia
strength
171
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short
172
tax/o
order, coordination
173
Phago
To eat; swallow
174
aort/o
aorta
175
arter/o, arteri/o
artery
176
ather/o
yellowish plaque, fatty substance (Greek athere means porridge)
fatty deposit
177
atri/o
atrium, upper heart chamber
178
brachi/o
arm
179
cholesterol/o
cholesterol (a lipid substance)
180
coron/o
heart; crown
181
cyan/o
blue
182
myx/o
mucus
183
pericardi/o
pericardium
| "around the heart"
184
phleb/o
ven/o
ven/i
vein
185
rrhythm/o
rhythm
186
sphygm/o
pulse
187
steth/o
thorac/o
pector/o
chest
188
thromb/o
clot
189
valvul/o
| valv/o
valve
190
ventricul/o
ventricle, lower heart chamber
191
adenoid/o
adenoids
192
alveol/o
alveolus, air sac
193
bronch/o
| bronchi/o
Bronchial tube
| Bronchus
194
bronchiol/o
Bronchiole, small bronchus
195
capn/o
Carbon dioxide
196
Coni/o
Dust
197
Epiglott/o
Epiglottis
198
Laryng/o
Larynx, voice box
199
Lob/o
Lobe of the lung
200
Mediastin/o
Mediastinum
201
Nas/o
Nose
202
Pharyng/o
Pharynx, throat
203
Phon/o
Voice
204
Phren/o
Diaphragm
205
Pleur/o
Pleura
206
Pneum/o
| Pneumon/o
Air, lung
207
Pulmon/o
Lung
208
Sinus/o
Sinus, cavity
209
Spir/o
Breathing
210
Tel/o
Complete
211
an/o
anus
212
append/o
appendix
213
bucc/o
cheek
214
cec/o
cecum
215
celi/o
belly, abdomen
216
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
217
choledoch/o
common bile duct
218
col/o
| colon/o
colon
219
dent/i
odont/o
acr/o
tooth
220
duoden/o
duodenum
221
enter/o
intestines, usually small intestine
222
esophag/o
esophagus
223
faci/o
face
224
gastr/o
stomach
225
gingiv/o
gums
226
gloss/o
| lingu/o
tongue
227
hepat/o
liver
228
ile/o
ileum
229
jejun/o
jejunum
230
labi/o
| cheil/o
lip
231
lapar/o
abdomen
232
or/o
| stomat/o
mouth
233
palat/o
palate
234
peritone/o
peritoneum
235
pharyng/o
throat
236
proct/o
anus and rectum
237
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
238
rect/o
rectum
239
sialaden/o
salivary gland
240
sigmoid/o
sigmoid gland
241
uvul/o
uvula
242
amyl/o
starch
243
bilirubin/o
bilirubin (bile pigment)
244
chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
245
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
246
lip/o
adip/o
steat/o
fat, lipid
247
lith/o
stone
248
prote/o
protein
249
py/o
pus
250
sial/o
saliva, salivary
251
chol/e
| bil/i
bile/gall
252
cholangi/o
bile vessel
253
bas/o
base
254
chrom/o
color
255
coagul/o
clotting
256
eosin/o
red, dawny, rosy
257
granul/o
granules
258
hemoglobin/o
hemogoblin
259
is/o
same, equal
260
kary/o
| nucle/o
nucleus
261
leuk/o
white
262
mon/o
ine, single
263
morph/o
shape, form
264
nutr/o
neutral (neither base or acid)
265
poikil/o
varied, irregular
266
sider/o
iron
267
spher/o
globe, round
268
immun/o
protection
269
lymph/o
lymph
270
lymphaden/o
lymph node
271
splen/o
spleen
272
thym/o
thymus gland
273
tox/o
poison
274
adrenal/o
adrenal gland
275
gonad/o
```
sex glands
(ovaries and testes)
```
276
pancreat/o
pancreas
277
parathyroid/o
parathyroid gland
278
pituitar/o
pituitary gland; hypophysis
279
thyr/o
| thyroid/o
thyroid gland
280
andr/o
male
281
cortic/o
cortex, outer region
282
estr/o
female
283
home/o
sameness
284
hormon/o
hormone
285
phys/o
growing
286
somat/o
body
287
ster/o
solid structure
288
toc/o
childbirth
289
toxic/o
poison
290
ur/o
urine
291
cali/o
| calic/o
calyx (calix); cup-shaped
292
glomerul/o
glomerulus
293
meat/o
meatus
294
pyel/o
renal pelvis
295
trigon/o
trigone (region of the bladder)
296
ureter/o
ureter
297
urethr/o
urethra
298
albumin/o
albumin (protein in the blood)
299
azot/o
nitrogen
300
bacteri/o
bacteria
301
dips/o
thirst
302
kal/o
potassium
303
ket/o
| keton/o
ketone bodies
304
natr/o
sodium
305
noct/o
night
306
olig/o
scanty
307
balan/o
glans penis
308
cry/o
cold
309
crypt/o
hidden
310
epididym/o
epididymis
311
gon/o
seed
312
hydro/o
water, fluid
313
orch/o
orchi/o
orchid/o
test/o
testis, testicle
314
pen/o
penis
315
prostat/o
prostate gland
316
semin/i
semen, seed
317
sperm/o
| spermat/o
spermatozoa
| semen
318
terat/o
monster
319
varic/o
varicose veins
320
vas/o
| angi/o
vessel, duct; vas deferens
321
zo/o
animal life
322
amni/o
amnion
323
bartholin/o
bartholin gland
324
cervic/o
cervix, neck
325
chori/o
| chorion/o
chorion
326
colp/o
| vagin/o
vagina
327
culd/o
cul-de-sac
328
episi/o
| vulv/o
vulva
| perineum
329
lact/o
| galact/o
milk
330
hyster/o
uterus, womb
331
mamm/o
| mast/o
breast
332
men/o
menses, menstruation
333
metr/o
metri/o
uter/o
uterus
334
myom/o
muscle tumor
335
nat/i
birth
336
obstetr/o
preganancy and child birth
337
o/o
ov/o
ovul/o
egg
338
oophor/o
| ovari/o
ovary
339
perine/o
perineum
340
phor/o
to bear
341
salping/o
fallopion tubes
342
aque/o
water
343
blephar/o
| palpebr/o
eyelid
344
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
345
cor/o
| pupill/o
pupil
346
corne/o
| kerat/o
cornea
347
cycl/o
ciliary body or muscle of the eye
348
dacry/o
| lacrim/o
tears, tear duct
349
ir/o
| irid/o
iris
350
ocul/o
| ophthalm/o
eye
351
opt/o
| optic/o
eye, vision
352
phac/o
| phak/o
lens of the eye
353
papill/o
optic disc; nipple-like
354
retin/o
retina
355
scler/o
sclera (white of the eye); hard
356
uve/o
uvea; vascular layer of the eye
357
vitre/o
glassy
358
ambly/o
dull, dim
359
dipl/o
double
360
glauc/o
gray
361
mi/o
smaller, less
362
mydr/o
widen, enlarge
363
phot/o
light
364
presby/o
old age
365
scot/o
darkness
366
acous/o
audi/o
audit/o
hearing
367
aur/o
auricul/o
ot/o
ear
368
cochle/o
cochlea
369
mastoid/o
mastoid process
370
myring/o
| tympan/o
eardrum. tympanic membrane
371
ossicul/o
ossicle
372
salping/o
| pertaining to ear
auditory or eustachian tube
373
staped/o
stapes
374
vestibul/o
vestibule
