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Flashcards in Combining Forms - Body Parts or Elements Deck (20)
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1
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aer(o)

A

air; gas

2
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ather(o)

A

plaque; fatty substance (inside of a blood vessel)

3
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blast(o)

A

immature cells

4
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calc(o), calci(o)

A

calcium

5
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chondrio, condro

A

cartilage, grainy, gritty

6
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chyl(o)

A

chyle, a digestive juice

7
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cyt(o)

A

cell

8
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ethm(o)

A

ethmoid bone

9
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gluc(o)

A

glucose

10
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glyc(o)

A

sugars

11
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hydr(o)

A

hydrogen, water

12
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ket(o), keton(o)

A

ketone; acetone

13
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lip(o)

A

fat (outside of a blood vessel)

14
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nucle(o)

A

nucleus

15
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plasma, plasmo

A

formative; plasma

16
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salping(o)

A

tube

17
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sider(o)

A

iron

18
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somat(o)

A

body

19
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squam(o)

A

scale; squamous (meaning scaly)

20
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syring(o)

A

tube