combining forms Flashcards
1
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aden/o
A
gland
2
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arthr/o
A
joint
3
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cis/o
A
to cut
4
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crin/o
A
to secrete
5
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
6
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
7
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glyc/o
A
sugar
8
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gnos/o
A
knowledge
9
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iatr/o
A
treatment or physician
10
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log/o
A
study of
11
Q
nephr/o or ren/o
A
kidney
12
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onc/o
A
tumor (cancerous)
13
Q
opthalm/o
A
eye
14
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path/o
A
disease
15
Q
ped/o
A
child
16
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psych/o
A
mind
17
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radi/o
A
x-rays
18
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh
19
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sect/o
A
to cut
20
Q
thromb/o
A
clot, clotting
21
Q
ur/o
A
urinary tract, urine
22
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
23
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adip/o
A
fat
24
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bol/o
A
to cast or build
25
anter/o
front
26
cervic/o
neck (body or uterus)
27
chondr/o
cartilage
28
chrom/o
colour
29
coccyg/o
coccyx
30
crani/o
skull
31
dist/o
far or distant
32
dors/o
back portion of body
33
hist/o
tissue
34
ili/o
ilium
35
inguin/o
groin
36
kary/o
nucleus
37
later/o
side
38
lumb/o
lower back
39
medi/o
middle
40
nucle/o
nucleus
41
pelv/i
pelvis
42
poster/o
posterior
43
proxim/o
nearest
44
sacr/o
sacrum
45
spin/o
spine or backbone
46
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
47
thorac/o
chest
48
trache/o
trachea
49
umbilic/o
navel
50
ventr/o
belly side
51
vertebr/o
vertebrae
52
viscer/o
internal organs
53
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
54
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
55
amni/o
amnion
56
angi/o
vessel
57
arteri/o
artery
58
axill/o
armpit
59
blephar/o
eyelid
60
bronch/o
bronchial tube
61
chem/o
drug, chemical
62
chron/o
time
63
col/o
colon
64
hydr/o
water
65
isch/o
to hold back
66
lapar/o
abdominal wall
67
lymph/o
lymph
68
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
69
morph/o
shape, form
70
muc/o
mucus
71
my/o
muscle
72
myel/o
spinal chord, bone marrow
73
necr/o
death
74
neutr/o
neutrophil
75
ot/o
ear
76
peritone/o
peritoneum
77
phag/o
to eat, swallow
78
phleb/o
vein
79
plas/o
formation, development
80
pleur/o
pleura
81
pneumon/o, pulmon/o
lung
82
rect/o
rectum
83
splen/o
spleen
84
staphyl/o
clusters
85
strept/o
twisted chains
86
tonsil/o
tonsils
87
carp/o
wrist bones
88
cost/o
rib
89
cutane/o
skin
90
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
91
duct/o
to lead, carry
92
flex/o
to bend
93
gloss/o, lingu/o
tongue
94
immun/o
protection
95
mort/o
death
96
nat/i
birth
97
norm/o
rule or order
98
ox/o
oxygen
99
pub/o
pubis (pelvic bone)
100
seps/o
infection
101
somn/o
sleep
102
son/o
sound
103
the/o
to put, place
104
thyr/o
thyroid gland
105
top/o
place, position, location
106
tox/o
poison
107
urethr/o
urethra
108
an/o
anus
109
append/o, appendic/o
appendix
110
bucc/o
cheek
111
cec/o
cecum
112
celi/o
belly, abdomen
113
cheil/o
lip
114
cholecyst/o
gall bladder
115
choledoch/o
common bile duct
116
col/o, colon/o
colon
117
dent/i
teeth
118
duoden/o
duodenum
119
enter/o
intestines (usually small)
120
esophag/o
esophagus
121
faci/o
face
122
gastr/o
stomach
123
gingiv/o
gums
124
hepat/o
liver
125
ile/o
ileum
126
jejun/o
jejunum
127
labi/o
lip
128
mandibul/o
mandibul, lower jaw
129
odont/o
teeth
130
or/o
mouth
131
palat/o
palate
132
pancreat/o
pancreas
133
pharyng/o
throat
134
proct/o
anus, rectum
135
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
136
rect/o
rectum
137
sialaden/o
salivary gland
138
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
139
stomat/o
mouth
140
uvul/o
uvula
141
amyl/o
starch
142
bilirubin/o
bilirubin
143
chol/e
gall, bile
144
chlorhydr/
hydrochloric acid
145
lip/o
fat, lipid
146
lith/o
stone
147
prote/o
protein
148
py/o
pus
149
sial/o
saliva, salivary
150
steat/o
fat
151
Bartholin/o
bartholin gland
152
chori/o, chorion/o
chorion
153
colp/o, vagin/o
vagina
154
culd/o
cul-de-sac
155
episi/o, vulv/o
vulva
156
galact/o, lact/o
milk
157
gynec/o
female, women
158
hyser/o
uterus, womb
159
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
160
men/o
menses, menstruation
161
metr/o, metri/o, uter/o
uterus
162
my/o, myom/o
muscle, muscle tumor
163
nat/i
birth
164
obster/o
pregnancy, childbirth
165
o/o, ov/o, ovul/o
egg
166
oophor/o, ovari/o
ovary
167
perine/o
perineum
168
phor/o
to bear
169
salping/o
fallopian tubes
170
cerebell/o
cerebellum
171
cerebr/o
cerebrum
172
dur/o
dura mater
173
encephal/o
brain
174
gli/o
glial cells
175
lept/o
slender, thin
176
mening/o, meningi/o
membranes, meninges
177
pont/o
pons
178
radicul/o
nerve root (of spinal nerves)
179
thalam/o
thalamus
180
thec/o
sheath (of myelin sheath)
181
vag/o
vagus nerve (10th cranial nerve)
182
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
183
caus/o
burning
184
comat/o
deep sleep (coma)
185
esthesi/o
feeling, nervous sensation
186
kines/o, kinesi/o
movement
187
lex/o
word, phrase
188
syncop/o
to cut off, cut short
189
tax/o
order, coordination
190
andr/o
male
191
balan/o
glans penis
192
cry/o
cold
193
crypt/o
hidden
194
epididym/o
epididymis
195
gon/o
seed
196
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o
testis, testicles
197
pen/o
penis
198
prostat/o
prostate gland
199
semin/i
semen, seed
200
sperm/o, spermat/o
spermatozoa, semen
201
tarat/o
monster
202
varic/o
varicose veins
203
vas/o
vessel, duct; vas deferns
204
zo/o
animal life
