Combining forms Flashcards
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
Q
adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amin/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
10
Q
bi/o
A
life
11
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
12
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
13
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
14
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
15
Q
chem/o
A
drug, chemical
16
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
17
Q
chron/o
A
time
18
Q
col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
19
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
20
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
21
Q
erythr/o
A
red
22
Q
hem/o
A
blood
23
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
24
Q
hydr/o
A
water, fluid
25
inguin/o
groin
26
isch/o
to hold back
27
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
28
laryng/o
larynx
29
leuk/o
white
30
lymph/o
lymph (a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels & nodes throughout the body)
31
mamm/o
breast
32
mast/o
breast
33
morph/o
shape, form
34
muc/o
mucus
35
my/o
muscle
36
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
37
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
38
nephr/o
kidney
39
neur/o
nerve
40
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
41
nucle/o
nucleus
42
ophthalm/o
eye
43
oste/o
bone
44
ot/o
ear
