Combining Forms (E-H) Flashcards
1
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
2
Q
embol/o
A
embolus (plug)
3
Q
emphys/o
A
to inflate
4
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
5
Q
enter/o
A
intestine (usually small intestine)
6
Q
eosin/o
A
dawn (rose colored)
7
Q
epididym/o
A
epididymis
8
Q
epiglott/o
A
epiglottis
9
Q
episi/o
A
vulva
10
Q
erythem/o , erythemat/o , erythr/o
A
red
11
Q
eschar/o
A
scab
12
Q
esophag/o
A
esophagus
13
Q
esthes/o
A
feeling
14
Q
eti/o
A
cause
15
Q
faci/o
A
face
16
Q
fasci/o
A
band, fascia (fibrous membrane supporting and separating muscle)
17
Q
femor/o
A
femur (thigh bone)
18
Q
fibr/o
A
fiber, fibrous tissue
19
Q
fibul/o
A
fibula
20
Q
fluor/o
A
luminous, fluorscence
21
Q
galact/o
A
milk
22
Q
gangli/o
A
ganglion
23
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
24
Q
gen/o
A
forming, producing, origin
25
genit/o
genitalia
26
gest/o
pregnancy
27
gingiv/o
gum(s)
28
glauc/o
gray
29
gli/o
glue, neuroglial tissue
30
glomerul/o
glomerulus
31
gloss/o
tongue
32
glott/o
glottis
33
gluc/o , glucos/o , glyc/o , glycos/o
sugar, sweetness, glucose
34
gnos/o
knowing
35
gonad/o
gonads, sex glands
36
goni/o
angle
37
gon/o
seed (ovum or spermatozoon)
38
granul/o
granule
39
gyn/o , gynec/o
woman, female
40
hallucin/o
hallucination
41
hedon/o
pleasure
42
hem/o , hemat/o
blood
43
hemangi/o
blood vessel
44
hepat/o
liver
45
hidr/o
sweat
46
hist/o , histi/o
tissue
47
home/o
same
48
humer/o
humerus
49
hydr/o
water
50
hyp/o
under, below, deficient
51
hypn/o
sleep
52
hyster/o
uterus (womb)
