Combining Forms Flashcards
1
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Aer/o
A
Air, Gas
2
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Ather/o
A
Plaque, Fatty substance (inside of a blood vessel)
3
Q
blast/o
A
Immature cells
4
Q
Calc/o, Calci/o
A
Calcium
5
Q
Chondrio, Chondro
A
Cartilage, Grainy, Gritty
6
Q
Chyl/o
A
Chyle, A digestive juice
7
Q
Chym/o
A
Chyme, Semifluid Produciton of chyme in the stomach
8
Q
Cyst/o, Cysti
A
Bladder, Cyst, Cystic duct
9
Q
Cyt/o
A
Cell
10
Q
Ethm/o
A
Ethmoid bone
11
Q
Gli/o
A
Glue
12
Q
Gluc/o
A
Glucose
13
Q
Glyc/o
A
Sugars
14
Q
Hydr/o
A
Hydrogen, Water
15
Q
Ket/o, Keton/o
A
Ketone, Acetone
16
Q
Lip/o
A
Fat (outside of a blood vessel)
17
Q
Nucle/o
A
Nucleus
18
Q
Plasma, Plasmo
A
Formative, Plasma
19
Q
Salping/o
A
Tube
20
Q
Sider/o
A
Iron
21
Q
Somat/o
A
Body
22
Q
Squam/o
A
Scale, Squamous (meaning Scaly)
23
Q
Syring/o
A
Tube
24
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Algesi/o, Algi/o, Alg/o
A
Pain
25
Cry/o
Cold
26
Dips/o
Thirst
27
Esthesi/o
Sensation, Perception
28
Kin/o, Kine
Movement, motion
29
Kinesi/o, Kines/o
Motion
30
Phon/o
Sound, Voice, Speech
31
hott/o
Light
32
Son/o
Sound
33
Therm/o
Heat
34
Acanth/o
Spiny, Thorny
35
Andr/o
Masculine
36
Chlor/o
Chlorine, green
37
Chrom/o, Chromat/o
Color
38
Crypt/o
Hidden, Obscure
39
Cyan/o
Blue
40
Eosin/o
Red
41
Erythr/o
Red, Redness
42
Granul/o
Granular
43
Gyn/o, Gyne, Gynec/o
Women
44
Home/o, Hom/o
Same, Constant
45
Ichthy/o
Dry, Scaly, Fishy
46
Idi/o
Distinct, Unknown
47
Immun/o
Safe, Immune
48
Leuk/o
White
49
Macr/o
Large, Long
50
Meg/a, Megal/o
Large, Million
51
Melan/o
Black, Dark
52
Micr/o
Small, Tiny
53
Mio
Smaller, Less
54
Morph/o
Structure, Shape
55
norm/o
Normal
56
Physi/o
Physical, Natural
57
Pseud/o
False
58
Scler/o
Hardness, Hardening
59
Scholi/o
Crooked, Bent
60
Spher/o
Round, Spherical
61
Staphyl/o
Grapelike Clusters
62
Sten/o
Narrowness
63
Strept/o
Twisted chains, Streptococci
64
Terat/o
Monster (as a malformed fetus)
65
Xanth/o
Yellow
66
Bacill/o
Bacilli, Bacteria
67
Bacteri/o
Bacteria
68
Carcin/o
Cancer
69
Kyph/o
Humpback
70
Onch/o, Onc/o
Tumor
71
Path/o
Disease
72
Pyr/o
Fever, fire, Heat
73
Schist/o
Split
74
Schiz/o
Split, Division
75
Spasm/o
Spasm
76
Anteri/o
Front
77
Dextr/o
Right, Toward the right
78
Dors/o
Back
79
Goni
Angle
80
Later/o
Lateral, To one side
81
Medi/o
Middle, Medial Plane
82
Mes/o
Middle, Median
83
Orth/o
Straight, Normal
84
Top/o
Place, Topical
85
Crin/o
Secrete
86
Gen/o
Producing, Being Born
87
Hypn/o
Sleep
88
Log/o
Speech, Words, Thought
89
Narc/o
Sleep, Numbness
90
Phag/o
Eating, Devouring, Swallowing
91
Somn/o, Somni
Sleep
92
Spir/o
Breath; Breathe
93
actin/o
Light
94
Amyl/o
Starch
95
Bar/o
Weight, Pressure
96
Bas/o, Basi/o
Base
97
Bio
Life
98
Chem/o
Chemical
99
Chrono
Time
100
Coni/o
Dust
101
Dyna, Dynam/o
Force, Energy
101
Cycl/o
Circle, Cycle
102
Echo
Reflected Sound
103
Electr/o
Electricity
104
Eti/o
Cause
105
Fibr/o
Fiber
106
Fluor/o
Light, Luminous, Flourine
107
Fungi
Fungus
108
Galact/o
Milk
109
Ger/o, Geront/o
Old Age
110
Lact/o, Lacti
Milk
111
Lith/o
Stone
112
Lys/o
Dissolution, Destruction
113
Necr/o
Death, Dying
114
Noct/i
Night
115
Nyct/o
Night
116
Pharmaco
Drugs, Medicine
117
Phyt/o
Plant
118
Py/o
Pus
119
Radio
Radiation, X-ray, Radius
120
Ster/o
Three-dimensional
121
Tel/o, Tele/o
Distant, End, Complete
122
Ton/o
Tension, Pressure
123
Toxi, Toxic/o, Tox/o
Poison, Toxin
124
Troph/o
Food, Nutrition
