combining forms Flashcards by Kaitlin Ledvina

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acr/o

A

extremities

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aden/o vs adenoid/o

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gland vs adenoids

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amni/o

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amniotic sac

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andr/o

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male

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angi/o

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blood vessels

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ankly/o

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stiff

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arteri/o vs arthr/o vs ather/o

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artery vs joint vs fatty substance

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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burs/o

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bursa

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calci/o

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calcium

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carp/o

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wrist

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caud/o

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tail

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cheli/o

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lip

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chlor/o

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green

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chrom/o

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color

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colp/o

A

vagina

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cor/o

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pupil

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cortic/o

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cortex

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cost/o

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rib

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cry/o vs crypt/o

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cold vs hidden

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cyan/o

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blue

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cyst/o

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bladder

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dacry/o

tear duct

dips/o

thirsty

enter/o

small intestine

episio/o

perineum

erythr/o

red

esthesi/o

feeling

eti/o

cause

gloss/o

tongue

gravid/o

birth

hemat/o vs hepat/o

blood vs liver

hist/o

tissue

hyster/o

uterus

ile/o vs ili/o

ileum vs ilium

kerat/o vs kerat/o

cornea vs hard tissue

kal/i

potassium

kinesi/o

movement

kyph/o

hump

lapar/o

abdomen

laryng/o

larynx

lei/o

smooth

leuk/o

white

lingu/o

tongue

lip/o

fat, adipose

lith/o

stones

lord/o

bent backwards

lymphaden/o

lymph gland

mamm/o , mast/o

breast

medull/o

medulla (inner layer)

melan/o

black

metr/i, metr/o

uterus

my/o or myos/o

muscle

myc/o

fungus

myel/o

bone marrow/spinal ord

nat/o

birth

natr/o

sodium

nephr/o , ren/o

kidney

olig/o

scanty, few

ungu/o, onchy/o

nail

oophor/o

ovary

ophthalm/o, opt/o

eyes/vision

orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o

testicles

par/o

labor/give birth to

patell/o

knee

phas/o

speech

phelb/o

veins (phlebo bunnies carry blood up and down my veins in backpacks)

pneumon/o, pulmon/o

lungs

polyp/o

polyp

proct/o

rectum

psedu/o

false

psych/o

mind, emotions

pupill/o

pupil

py/o

pus

pyel/o

renal pelvis (part of kidney)

quadr/i

all four/extremities

rachi/o

spine

radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o

nerve root

rhabd/o

rod/striated

rhytid/o

wrinkles

sarc/o

flesh

spir/o

breathe

spondyl/o

spine

staphyl/o

grape like clusters

stomat/o

mouth

strept/o

twisted chains

tars/o

ankles

thromb/o

clot

tonsill/o

tonsil

trich/o

hair

vas/o

vas deferens

ven/o

vein

viscer/o

internal organs

xanth/o

yellow

xer/o

dry