Combining Forms Flashcards
(46 cards)
1
Q
Adenoid/o
A
Adenoids
2
Q
Agglutin/o
A
Clumping, gluing
3
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
4
Q
aden/o
A
Gland
5
Q
axill/o
A
(axilla, under arm)
6
Q
bas/o
A
(base (alkaline, opposite or acid))
7
Q
blast/o
A
(embryonic cell)
8
Q
carcin/o
A
(cancer)
9
Q
chrom/o
A
(color)
10
Q
coagul/o
A
(clotting)
11
Q
cyt/o
A
(cell)
12
Q
electr/o
A
(electricity)
13
Q
embol/o
A
(embolus (plug))
14
Q
eosin/o
A
(dawn (rose-colored))
15
Q
erythr/o
A
(red)
16
Q
fibrin/o
A
(fibers, fibrous)
17
Q
fus/o
A
(pouring)
18
Q
granul/o
A
(granule)
19
Q
hemat/o, hem/o, sanguin/o
A
(blood)
20
Q
immun/o
A
(immune, immunity, safe)
21
Q
inguin/o
A
(groin region)
22
Q
kary/o, nucle/o
A
(nucleus)
23
Q
leuk/o
A
(white)
24
Q
lymph/o
A
(lymph)
25
lymphaden/o
(lymph gland (node))
26
lymphangi/o
(lymph vessel)
27
morph/o
(form, shape, structure)
28
myel/o
(bone marrow; spinal cord)
29
neutr/o
(neutral; neither)
30
path/o
(disease)
31
phag/o
(swallowing, eating)
32
plas/o
(formation, growth)
33
plasm/a, plasm/o
(plasma or cytoplasm)
34
poikil/o
(varied, irregular)
35
pyret/o, pyr/o
(fever, fire)
36
reticul/o
(net, mesh)
37
septic/o
(infection)
38
ser/o
(serum)
39
sider/o
(iron)
40
splen/o
(spleen)
41
therapeut/o
(treatment)
42
thromb/o
(blood clot)
43
thym/o
(thymus gland)
44
tonsill/o
(tonsils)
45
tox/o
(poison)
46
xen/o
(foreign, strange)
