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