Combining forms Flashcards
1
Q
Define carp/o
A
carples (wrist bone)
2
Q
Define cis/o
A
cut
3
Q
Define cost/o
A
rib
4
Q
Define cutane/o, derm/o
A
skin
5
Q
Define dactyl/o, phalang/o
A
fingers, toes
6
Q
Define duct/o
A
lead/carry
7
Q
Define flex/o
A
bend
8
Q
Define fruc/o
A
branching
9
Q
Define gloss/o
A
tongue
10
Q
Define glyc/o
A
sugar
11
Q
Define immun/o
A
protection
12
Q
Define morph/o
A
shape/form
13
Q
Define mort/o, necr/o
A
death
14
Q
Define nat/i
A
birth
15
Q
Define normal/o
A
rule/order
16
Q
Define ox/o
A
oxygen
17
Q
Define pub/o
A
pubis (pubic bone)
- anterior portion of pelvis
18
Q
Define steps/o
A
infection
19
Q
Define some/o, narc/o
A
sleep
20
Q
Define son/o
A
sound
21
Q
Define tens/o
A
force/strain/stretch
22
Q
Define the/o
A
put/place
23
Q
Define thel/o, theli/o
A
nipple
24
Q
Define thyr/o
A
thyroid gland/shield
25
Define top/o
place/position/location
26
Define tox/o
posion
27
Define trache/o
trachea
28
Define utrethr/o
urethra
29
Define ceph
head
30
Define enceph
brain
31
Define opthalm, opt
eye
32
Define cyst
urinary bladder
33
Define ur
urinary tract
34
Define bephar
eye lid
35
Define chondr
cartilage
36
Define hemat, hem
blood
37
Define electr
electricity
38
Define cardi
heart
39
Define cele
hernia
40
Define gastro
stomach
41
Define carcin
cancer
42
Define gen
origin of formation
43
Define duoden
first part of intestine
44
Define arthr
joint
45
Define aden
gland
46
Define myel
spinal cord/bone marrow
47
Define sar
flesh
48
Define cerebr
cerebrum/chest muscle
49
Define cyt
cell
50
Define erythr
red
51
Define leuk
white
52
Define lymph
lymph/lymph node
53
Define globin
protein
54
Define nephr, ren
kidney
55
Define onc, oma
tumor
56
Define oste
bone
57
Define ped
child
58
Define psych
mind/sole
59
Define ot
ear
60
Define iatr
treatment
61
Define rhin
nose
62
Define thromb
clot
63
Define adip
fat
64
Define crani
cranium/skull
65
Define laryng
larynx
66
Define pharyng
pharynx
67
Define acr
extremities
68
Define gynec
woman
69
Define later
side
70
Define medi
middle
71
Define superfic
surface
72
Define coccyg
coccyx (tailbone)
73
Define ili
ilium (part of hip bone)
74
Define ile
ileum (part of intestine)
75
Define inguin, inguinin
groin
76
Define lumb
lower back
77
Define pelv
pelvis
78
Define thorac
chest
79
Define neur
nerve
80
Define hydro
water
81
Define amni
sac around embryo
82
Define pnea
breathing
83
Define hist
tissue
84
Define rect
rectum
85
Define pleur
pleura
86
Define angio
blood vessel
87
Define tonsill
tonsils
88
Define phleb
vein
89
Define spen
spleen
90
Define agora
open space
91
Define lapar
abdominal wall
92
Define colo
colon
93
Define nuc
nucleus
94
Define drom
illness
95
Define arteri
artery
96
Define axill
armpit
97
Define bronch
bronchial tubes
98
Define bronch
bronchial tubes
99
Define hepat
liver
100
Define opi
opium
101
Define pneumon, pulmon
lung
102
Define radio
x-ray
103
Define strept
twisted chain
104
Define staphy
cluster
105
Define omphal
umbilicus
106
Define gon
seed
107
Define eosin
rosy
108
Define bas
basic
109
Define cervic
cervix
110
Define alges
sensitivity to pain
111
Define hex
condition
112
Define retin/o
retina
113
Define blast
eye
114
Define an/o
anus
115
Define append, appendic
appendix
116
Define bucc
cheek
117
Define cec
cecum
118
Define celi
stomach
119
Define cheil
lip
120
Define cholecyst
gallbladder
121
Define choledoch
bile duct
122
Define colo
colon
123
Define duoden
duodenum
124
Define enter
small intestine
125
Define fac
face
126
Define jejun
jejunum
127
Define lab
lip
128
Define subling
tongue
129
Define dont
- gums
- teeth
- surrounding bone
130
Define or/o
mouth
131
Define palat
palate
132
Define pancrea
pancreas
133
Define periton
peritoneum
134
Define proct
anus and rectum
135
Define pylor
pyloric sphincter
136
Define stoma
mouth
137
Define steat
fall
138
Define prandial
meal
139
Define submandibul
lower jaw
140
Define peps
digestion
141
Define men/o
menses
142
Define pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
143
Define cerebell/o
cerebellum
144
Define cerebr/o
cerebrum
145
Define dur/o
dura mater
146
Define gli/o
gial cells
147
Define blast
embryonic cell
148
Define mening/i
meninges
149
Define radicul/o
nerve root
150
Define vag/o
vagus nerves
151
Define alges
pain
152
Define caus/o
burning
153
Define combat/o
deep sleep
154
Define abrasion
scraping away in removal of
155
Define diaphor
sweating
156
Define hidr
sweat
157
Define kerat/o
hard, overgrowth
158
Define onych/o
nail
159
Define myc/o
fungi
160
161
Define py/o
pus
162
Define Xer/o
dry skin
