combining forms Flashcards
(65 cards)
0
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme, point
1
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
2
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acu/o
A
sharp,severe,sudden
3
Q
aden/o
A
gland
4
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adip/o
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fat
5
Q
amni/o
A
amnion
6
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
7
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arteri/o
A
artery
8
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
9
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axill/o
A
armpit
10
Q
bi/o
A
life
11
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
12
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bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
13
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carcin/o
A
cancer
14
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cardi/o
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heart
15
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chem/o
A
drug,chemical
16
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
17
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chron/o
A
time
18
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col/o
A
colon
19
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder
20
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encephal/o
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brain
21
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erythr/o
A
red
22
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hem/o
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blood
23
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hepat/o
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liver
24
hydr/o
water,fluid
25
inguin/o
groin
26
isch/o
abdominal wall, abdomen
27
lapar/o
larynx
28
laryng/o
larynx
29
leuk/o
white
30
lymph/o
lymph
31
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
32
morph/o
shape, to form
33
muc/o
mucus
34
my/o
muscle
35
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
36
necr/o
death (cells or whole body)
37
nephr/o
kidney
38
neur/o
nerve
39
neutr/o
neutrophil
40
nucle/o
nucleus
41
opthalam/o
eye
42
oste/o
bone
43
ot/o
ear
44
path/o
disease
45
peritone/o
peritoneum
46
phag/o
to eat, shallow
47
phleb/o
vein
48
plas/o
formation,development
49
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
50
pneumon/o
lungs
51
pulmon/o
lungs
52
radi/o
x-rays
53
rect/o
rectum
54
ren/o
kidney
55
rhin/o
nose
56
sarc/o
flesh
57
splen/o
spleen
58
staphyl/o
clusters
59
strept/o
twisted chains
60
thorac/o
chest
61
thromb/o
clot
62
tonsill/o
tonsils
63
trache/o
trachea
64
ven/o
vein
