Combining Forms Flashcards
(124 cards)
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Arth/ro
combining vowel O
A
joint
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gastro
My stomach is gasey
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stomach
combining vowel O
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Nephro
I gave my nephew a kidney
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Kidney
combining vowel O
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Neuro
A
Nerve
combining vowel O
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Osteo
I love veal osteo bucco, it is veal on a giant bone
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bone
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spleno
A
spleen
combining vowel O
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Q
hystero
Why is does it start with His when a woman a uterus
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uterus
combining vowel O
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Q
entero
the intestines is where food enters for nutrients
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intestine
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ot/o
You ought to see my mother’s big ears
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ear
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dermato
A
skin
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hydro
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water
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append
A
appendix
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colono
A
colon
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chondr
A
cartilage
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masto
I am a master at buying bras for my breasts
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breast
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-ectomy
get it outomy
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excision, removal
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-itis
A
inflammation
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scope
A
instrument for examining
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centisis
a hole about the size of a centimeter
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a puncture
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pathy
I gave him sumPathy because he had a disease
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disease
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pre
A
before
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post
A
after
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malacia
A
softening
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nat/al
A
birth
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-gram
record, writing
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graph
instrument for recording
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electro
electricity
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-meter
instrument for measuring
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pelvi
pelvis
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-metry
act of measuring
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endo
in or within
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algia or dynia
pain
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pyo
pus
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cele
hernia, or swelling
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ectasis
dialation, expansion
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edema
swelling
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hyper
excessive
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emesis
vomiting
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an or a
without
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nemia
blood condition
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lith
stone or calulus
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chol/e
bile, gallbladder
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-iasis
abnormal condition (produced by something specific)
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megaly
enlargement
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-oma
Tumor
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-osis
abnormal condition, increase
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my/o
muscle
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-penia
decrease, deficiancy
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erythr/o
red
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hem/o
blood
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phobia
fear
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hemi
half
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plegia
paralysis
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-rrhage or rrhagia
bursting of
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men/o
menstruation
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-ac, -al, -ar, -ic, -ous, -tic
pertaining to
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nas
nose
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muscul
muscle
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tox
poison
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muc
mucus
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necr/o
necrosis
death
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leuko
white
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psych
mind
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iatry
medicine, treatment
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-ist
specialist
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esthesia
feeling
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circum, peri
around
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-duction
act of leading, bringing, conducting
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odont
teeth
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dia
through across
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therm
heat
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trans
across, beyond
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dipl, diplo
double
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opia
vision
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dys
bad, painful, difficult
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phonia
voice
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-crine
secrete
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homo
same
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graft
transplantation
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plasia
formation or growth
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mono or uni
one
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therapy
treatment
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uni
one
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nucle
nucleus
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pro
in front of
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gnosis
knowing
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primi
first
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gravida
pregnant
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retro
backward, behind
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version
turning
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super
upper, above
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plasty
surgical repair
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-ptosis
my organs are moving downward soon they will be touching my toes
prolapse or downward displacement of an organ
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downward movement or prolapse of the colon
coloptosis
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proct/o and rect/o
relating to the anus and rectum
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narrowing or constriction of the anus or rectum
proctostenosis or rectostenosis
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herniation of the rectum
rectocele or proctocele
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paralysis of the rectal muscles
proctoplegia or proctoparalysis
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myel/o/gen/ic
(mī-ĕ-lō-JĒN-ĭk)
gen: forming, producing, origin
-ic: pertaining t
pertaining to, producing or originating in the bone marrow
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adenopathy
aden/o/pathy
a disease of the gland
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immun/o/gen
-gen: forming, producing, origin
substance that produces immunity
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-poiesis: formation, production
lymph/o/poiesis
formation of lymphocytes or lymphoid tissue
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lymphaden/o
lymph gland (node)
lymphadenitis
inflammation of the lymphnode(lymph gland)
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lymphangi/o
lymph vessel
lymphangi/oma
Tumor of a lymph vessel
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phag/o
swallowing, eating
phag/o/cyte
cell the ingests, destroys microorganisms and other cell debris
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splen/o/megaly
enlarged speen
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thym/o
thymus gland
thym/oma
tumor of the thymus gland
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-phage
eating, swallowing
macro-large
macro/phage
eating or swallowing large (pathogens) monocyte that transforms into phagocyte capable of ingesting pathogens
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ana/phylaxis
ana-: against; up; back
phylaxis: protection
life-threatening allergic reaction to previously encountered antigen
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-poiesis
formation, production
hem/o: blood
hem/o/poiesis
formation or production of blood
a wrote a poem about blood
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hem/o/stasis
stasis: standing still
hem/o: blood
when something is static or stationary it is not moving
hemostatis
standing still of blood
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macro/cyte
macro: large
cyte:cell
macrocyte
a large (red) cell
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micro/cyte
micro:small
cyte: cell
microcyte
small (red) cell
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mono/nucle/osis
mono: one
nucle: nucleus
-osis: -abnormal condition; increase (used primarily with blood cells)
mononucleosis
abnormal increase of mononuclear leukocytes in blood
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resembling the thrombus
thromboid, it is NOT THROMBIC
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separation, removal or loosening of a blood clot
thrombolysis
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producing immunity
immunogen
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producing or origin of clumping and gluing
agglutinogen
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enlargement of the liver and the spleen
hepatosplenomegaly
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pertaining to forming, producing or origin of bone marrow
myelogenic
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-ic
pertaining to
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against protection
anaphylaxis
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meat/us
-us: condition, structure
opening or tunnel through any part of the body
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hydr/o
water
