Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
Q
aden/o
A
gland
4
Q
arthro/o
A
joint
5
Q
bi/o
A
life
6
Q
carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
7
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
8
Q
cephal/o
A
head
9
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
10
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
11
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete (to form and give off)
12
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; a sac or cyst
13
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
14
Q
derm/o
A
skin
15
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
16
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
17
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
18
Q
enter/o
A
intestines (usually the small intestine)
19
Q
erythr/o
A
red
20
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
21
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
22
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
23
Q
gynec/o
A
woman, female
24
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
25
hem/o
blood
26
hepat/o
liver
27
iatr/o
treatment, physician
28
leuk/o
white
29
log/o
study of
30
nephr/o
kidney
31
neur/o
nerve
32
onc/o
tumor
33
ophthalm/o
eye
34
oste/o
bone
35
path/o
desease
36
ped/o
child
37
psych/o
mind
38
radi/o
x-rays
39
ren/o
kidney
40
rhin/o
nose
41
sarc/o
flesh
42
sect/o
to cut
43
throm/o
clot, clotting
44
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
