Combining Forms Flashcards
(232 cards)
1
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point acrobatics
3
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acu/o
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sharp, severe, sudden acupuncture
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
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adip/o
A
fat
6
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albumin/o
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albumin (a protein in the blood)
7
Q
amni/o
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amnion
8
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amyl/o
A
starch
9
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an/o
A
anus
10
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angi/o
A
vessel
11
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anter/o
A
front
12
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append/o
A
appendix
13
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append/o, appendic/o
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appendix
14
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appendic/o
A
appendix
15
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arteri/o
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artery
16
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arthr/o
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joint
17
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axill/o
A
armpit
18
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azot/o
A
nitrogen
19
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bacteri/o
A
bacteria
20
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bartholin/o
A
Bartholin gland
21
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bi/o
A
life
22
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bil/i
A
gall, bile
23
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bilirubin/o
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bilirubin (bile pigment)
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blephar/o
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eyelid
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bol/o
to cast (throw)
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bronch/o
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that brance from the trachea to enter the lungs)
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bucc/o
cheek
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cali/o, calic/o
calyx (calix); cup-shaped
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carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
30
cardi/o
heart
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carp/o
wrist bones
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cec/o
cecum
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celi/o
belly, abdomen
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cephal/o
head
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cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
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cervic/o
cervix, neck
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cheil/o
lip
39
chem/o
drug, chemical
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chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
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chol/e
gall, bile
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cholangi/o
bile vessel
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder (Chol/e = gall, bile)
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choledoch/o
common bile duct
45
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
46
chori/o, chorion/o
chorion
47
chrom/o
color
48
chron/o
time *chronological*
49
cib/o
food, meals
50
cirrh/o
"orange-yellow"
51
cis/o
to cut
52
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
53
col/o
colon (large intestine)
54
col/o, colon/o
colon
55
colon/o
colon
56
colp/o
vagina
57
cost/o
rib
58
crani/o
skull
59
crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
60
culd/o
cul-de-sac
61
cutane/o
skin
62
cyst/o
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
63
cyt/o
cell
64
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
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dent/i
tooth
66
derm/o
skin
67
dermat/o
skin
68
dips/o
thirst
69
dist/o
far, distant
70
dors/o
back portion of the body
71
duct/o
to lead, carry
72
duoden/o
duodenum
73
electr/o
electricity
74
encephal/o
brain
75
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
76
episi/o
vulva
77
erythr/o
red
78
esophag/o
esophagus
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eti/o
"cause"
80
faci/o
face
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flex/o
to bend
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furc/o
forking, branching
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galact/o
milk
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gastr/o
stomach
85
gingiv/o
gums
86
glomerul/o
glomerulus
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gloss/o
tongue
88
gluc/o
sugar
89
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar
90
glyc/o
sugar
91
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
92
gnos/o
knowledge
93
gynec/o
woman, female
94
hem/o
blood
95
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
96
hemat/o
blood
97
hepat/o
liver
98
herni/o
hernia
99
hist/o
tissue
100
hydr/o
water, fluid *HYDRATE*
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hyster/o
uterus, womb
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iatr/o
treatment, physician
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idi/o
unknown, individual, distinct
104
ile/o
ileum
105
ili/o
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
106
immun/o
protection
107
inguin/o
groin
108
isch/o
to hold back
109
jejun/o
jejunum
110
kal/o
potassium
111
kary/o
nucleus
112
ket/o, keton/o
ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)
113
labi/o
lip
114
lact/o
milk
115
lapar/o
abdomen, abdomen wall *laparoscopic*
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laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
117
later/o
side
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leuk/o
white
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lingu/o
tongue
120
lip/o
fat, lipid
121
lith/o
stone
122
log/o
study of
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lumb/o
lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
124
lymph/o
lymph
125
mamm/o
breast
126
mandibul/o
lower jaw, mandible
127
mast/o
breast
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meat/o
meatus
129
medi/o
middle
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men/o
menses, menstruation
131
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
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morph/o
shape, form
133
mort/o
death
134
muc/o
mucus
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my/o
muscle
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my/o, myom/o
muscle, muscle tumor
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
138
nat/i
birth
139
natr/o
sodium
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necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
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nect/o
to bind, tie, conNECT
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nephr/o
kidney
143
neur/o
nerve
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neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
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noct/o
night
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norm/o
rule, order
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nucle/o
nucleus
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o/o
egg
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obstetr/o
pregnancy and childbirth
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odont/o
tooth
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olig/o
scanty
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onc/o
tumor
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oophor/o
ovary
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ophthalm/o
eye
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or/o
mouth
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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ov/o
egg
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ovari/o
ovary
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ovul/o
egg
161
ox/o
oxygen
162
palat/o
palate
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pancreat/o
pancreas
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path/o
disease
165
ped/o
child
166
pelv/i
pelvis, hip region
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perine/o
perineum
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peritone/o
peritoneum
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phag/o
to eat, swallow
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pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
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phleb/o
vein
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phor/o
to bear
173
plas/o
formation, development
174
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
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pneumon/o
lungs
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poster/o
back, behind
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proct/o
anus and rectum
178
prote/o
protein
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proxim/o
nearest
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psych/o
soul, mind
181
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone); anterior protion of the pelvic or hipbone
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pulmon/o
lungs
183
py/o
pus
184
pyel/o
renal pelvis
185
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
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radi/o
x-rays
187
rect/o
rectum
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ren/o
kidney
189
rhin/o
nose
190
sacr/o
sacrum
191
salping/o
fallopian tubes
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sarc/o
flesh
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sarc/o
flesh
194
sect/o
to cut
195
seps/o
infection *SEPSIS*
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sial/o
saliva, salivary
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sialaden/o
salivary gland
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sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
199
somn/o
sleep
200
son/o
sound *SONOGRAM*
201
spin/o
spine, backbone
202
splen/o
sleen
203
staphyl/o
clusters
204
steat/o
fat
205
stomat/o
mouth
206
strept/o
twisted chains
207
the/o
to put, place
208
thel/o
nipple
209
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
210
theli/o
nipple
211
thorac/o
chest
212
thromb/o
clot, clotting
213
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)
214
tonsill/o
tonsills
215
top/o
place, position, location
216
tox/o
poison
217
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
218
trigon/o
trigone (region of the bladder)
219
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
220
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
221
ureter/o
ureter
222
urethr/o
urethra
223
urin/o
urine
224
uter/o
uterus
225
uvul/o
uvula
226
vagin/o
vagina
227
ven/o
vein
228
ventr/o
belly side of the body
229
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
230
vesic/o
urinary bladder
231
viscer/o
internal organs
232
vulv/o
vulva
