Combining Forms Flashcards
(89 cards)
1
Q
crin/o
A
secrete
2
Q
iatr/o
A
physician/treatment
3
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
adip/o
A
fat
5
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding embryo)
6
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
7
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
8
Q
bi/o
A
life
9
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
10
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
11
Q
chem/o
A
drug, chemical
12
Q
chron/o
A
time
13
Q
inguin/o
A
groin
14
Q
isch/o
A
to hold back
15
Q
lapar/o
A
abdomen, abdominal wall
16
Q
laryng/o
A
larynx
17
Q
lymph/o
A
fluid contained in lymph vessels & nodes
18
Q
mamm/o
A
breast
19
Q
mast/o
A
breast
20
Q
muc/o
A
mucus
21
Q
myel/o
A
spinal cord, bone marrow
22
Q
neutr/o
A
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
23
Q
ophthalm/o
A
eye
24
Q
opi/o
A
opium
25
ot/o
ear
26
peritone/o
peritoneum (abdominal lining)
27
phag/o
to eat, swallow
28
phleb/o
vein
29
plas/o
formation, development
30
pleur/o
pleura (lining of the lungs)
31
pneumon/o
lungs
32
radi/o
x-rays
33
rhin/o
nose
34
splen/o
spleen
35
staphyl/o
clusters
36
strept/o
twisted chains
37
carp/o
wrist bones
38
cis/o
cut
39
cost/o
rib
40
cutane/o
skin
41
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
42
duct/o
lead, carry
43
flex/o
bend
44
furc/o
branching
45
gloss/o
tongue
46
glyc/o
sugar
47
immun/o
protection
48
mort/o
death
49
nat/o
birth
50
norm/o
rule, order
51
ox/o
oxygen
52
pub/o
pubis, pelvic bone
53
seps/o
infection
54
somn/o
sleep
55
son/o
sound
56
tens/o
force, strain, stretch
57
the/o
put, place
58
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
59
thyr/o
thyroid gland, shield
60
top/o
place, position, location
61
tox/o
poison
62
urethr/o
urethra
63
caus/o
burn
64
cauter/o
heat, burn
65
diaphor/o
profuse sweating
66
erythem/o, erythemat/o
redness
67
ichthy/o
dry, scaly
68
kerat/o
hard
69
myc/o
fungus
70
onych/o, ungu/o
nail
71
pil/o, trich/o
hair
72
poli/o
gray poliosis (decrease of melanin in
hair, eyebrows, and eyelashes)
73
py/o
pus
74
rhytid/o
wrinkle
75
seb/o
sebum
76
squam/o
scale-like
77
xer/o
dry
78
is/o
same
79
pharmoceut/o
drug
80
therapeut/o
treatment
81
vitr/o
glass
82
viv/o
life
83
enter/o
intestines
84
procto/o, rect/o
rectum
85
procto/o, an/o
anus
86
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
87
cholangi/o
bile duct
88
choledoch/o
common bile duct
89
lith/o
stone
