combining forms Flashcards
(205 cards)
1
Q
acou/o
A
hearing
2
Q
acr/o
A
extremity
3
Q
aden/o
A
gland
4
Q
adren/o
A
adrenal gland
5
Q
are/o
A
air or gas
6
Q
alges/o
A
oain
7
Q
amni/o
A
amnion, amniotic fluid
8
Q
amnion/o
A
amnion, amniotic fluid
9
Q
andr/o
A
male
10
Q
angi/o
A
blood vessel
11
Q
angin/o
A
blood vessel
12
Q
ankyl/o
A
fused, not straight
13
Q
arachn/o
A
spider
14
Q
arche/o
A
first, beginning
15
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
16
Q
astheni/o
A
weakness
17
Q
atel/o
A
incomplete
18
Q
ather/o
A
fat
19
Q
atri/o
A
atrium
20
Q
aur/o
A
ear
21
Q
aut/o
A
self
22
Q
azot/o
A
urea, nitrogen
23
Q
balan/o
A
glans penis
24
Q
bil/i
A
bile
25
blast/o
germ, bud, developing cell
26
blephar/o
eyelid
27
carp/o
wrist
28
cec/o
blind, intestine, cecum
29
cel/o
abdomen, abdominal cavity
30
cellul/o
small chamber
31
cerumin/o
wax
32
cheil/o
lip
33
chir/o
hand
34
chol/e
bile, gail
35
choledoch/o
common bile duct
36
chori/o
membrane
37
chron/o
time
38
cirrh/o
orange
39
colp/o
vagina
40
con/i
dust
41
condyl/o
knuckle of joint
42
cor/o
pupil
43
core/o
pupil
44
coron/o
crown, circle, heart
45
cortic/o
tree bark, outer covering, cortex
46
cost/o
rib
47
crin/o
to secrete
48
crypt/o
hidden
49
could/o
cul-de-sac
50
cyst/o
sac, bladder
51
dacry/o
tear
52
dips/o
thrist
53
dur/o
hard
54
ech/o
to bounce, sound
55
elast/o
change shape
56
embol/o
a plug
57
emmetr/o
according to measure
58
encephal/o
brain
59
enter/o
small intestine
60
episi/o
vulva
61
eryth/o
red
62
esthesi/o
sensation
63
eti/o
cause (of disease)
64
fibul/o
clasp of buckle, fibula
65
gangli/o
knot, swelling
66
gen/o
formation, cause, produce
67
gli/o
glue, neuriglia
68
glomerul/o
little ball, glomerulus
69
gnos/o
knowldge
70
halit/o
breath
71
hepat/o
liver
72
hidr/o
sweet
73
hormon/o
to set in motion
74
hyster/o
uterus
75
iatri/o
to heal
76
idi/o
person, self
77
ile/o
to roll, ileum
78
ili/o
flank, hip, groin
79
ir/o
rainbow, iris
80
irid/o
rainbow, iris
81
isch/o
to hold back, deficiency, bloackage
82
ischi/o
haunch, hip joint, ischium
83
kal/i
potassium
84
kerat/o
hard, horny tissue
85
kyph/o
hump
86
lacrim/o
tear
87
lamin/o
thin, lamina
88
lei/o
smooth
89
lingu/o
tongue
90
lith/o
stone
91
lord/o
bent forward
92
mal/o
bad
93
man/o
thin
94
mast/o
breast
95
meat/o
opening, passage
96
megal/o
abnormally large
97
melan/o
dark, black
98
ment/o
mind
99
metr/i
uterus
100
metr/o
uterus
101
myc/o
fungus
102
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord, medulla, myelin
103
mysos/o
muscle
104
myring/o
membrane, eardrum
105
myx/o
mucus
106
narc/o
numbness
107
natr/o
sodium
108
nyct/o
night
109
olig/o
few in number
110
omphal/o
navel
111
onc/o
tumor
112
onych/o
nail
113
oophro/o
ovary
114
or/o
mouth
115
orch/o
testicle
116
orchi/o
testicle
117
orchid
testicle
118
oste/o
bone
119
ot/o
ear
120
pachy/o
thick
121
par/o
parturition of labor
122
pariet/o
wall
123
pen/o
penis
124
peps/o
digestion
125
pept/o
digestion
126
perine/o
digestion
127
petr/o
stone
128
phac/o
lens
129
phag/o
eat, swallow
130
phak/o
lens
131
phas/o
speech
132
phasi/o
speech
133
phot/i
light
134
phragm/o
parition
135
phragmat/o
partition
136
physi/o
nature
137
plegi/o
paralysis
138
pneum/o
air, lung
139
pneumat/o
air, lung
140
poikil/o
irregular
141
poli/o
grey
142
por/o
small hole
143
presby/o
old age
144
proct/o
anus
145
puerper/i
childbirth
146
puerper/o
childbirth
147
py/o
pus
148
pyel/o
renal pelvis
149
rachi/o
spine
150
radic/o
nerve root
151
radicul/o
nerve root
152
ren/o
kidney
153
rhabd/o
rod
154
rhytid/o
wrinkle
155
rubin/o
red pigment
156
salping/o
tube
157
sarc/o
flesh, meat
158
scler/o
thick, hard
159
septic/o
putrefying
160
sial/o
saliva
161
sigmoid/o
the letter S
162
somn/o
sleep
163
son.o
sound
164
spadias/o
rip, tear
165
spasm/o
sudden, involunaty muscle contraction
166
sphygm/o
pulse
167
spir/o
to breathe
168
spondly/o
vetrebra
169
staped/o
stapes
170
staphyl/o
grape-like clusters
171
stasis/o
standing still
172
steat/o
fat
173
sten/o
narrowness, constriction
174
steth/o
chest
175
stigmat/o
point
176
stomat/o
mouth
177
strept/o
twisted or gnarled
178
synov/o
binding eggs
179
synovi/o
binding eggs
180
tars/o
flat surface
181
taxi/o
reaction to a stimulus
182
tens/o
presuure
183
thalam/o
inner chamber, thalamus
184
thel/i
nipple
185
thromb/o
clot
186
thym/o
wart-like, thymuls glad
187
thyr/o
shield, thyroid
188
toc/o
birth, labor
189
tom/o
to cut
190
ton/o
tons, tenstion, pressure
191
trachel/o
cervix, neck
192
trich/o
hair
193
ur/o
uterine
194
valvul/o
little valve
195
varic/o
dialated vien
196
vas/o
blood vessel, duct
197
vascul/o
little blood vessel
198
vers/o
turn
199
vesic/o
bladder, sac
200
vesicul/o
vesicle
201
vir/o
virus
202
vitr/o
glassy
203
xanth/o
yellow
204
xer/o
dry
205
zo/o
animal
