Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes Flashcards by Tara Beliles

Q

abdomin/o-

A

abdomen

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adip/o

A

fat

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anter/o

A

front

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bol/o

A

to cast (throw)

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cervic/o

A

neck (of the body or uterus)

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chondr/o

A

color

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coccyg/o

A

coccyx (tail bone)

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crani/o

A

skull

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cyt/o

A

cell

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dist/o-

A

far, distant

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dors/o

A

back portion of the body

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histo/o-, histi/o-

A

tissue

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ili/o-

A

ilium (of the pelvic bone)

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inguin/o-

A

groin

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kary/o-

A

nucleus

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later/o-

A

side

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lumb/o-

A

lower back

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medi/o-

A

middle

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nucle/o-

A

nucleus

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pelv/i-

A

pelvis

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poster/o-

A

back, behind

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proxim/o-

A

nearest

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sacr/o-

A

sacrum

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sarc/o-

A

flesh

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spin/o-

spine, backbone

thel/o-, theli/o-

nipple

thorac/o

chest

trache/o-

trachea, wind pipe

umbilic/o-

navel, umbilicus

ventr/o

belly side of the body

vertebr/o-

vertabra(e), back bone

viscer/o-

internal organs

ana-

up

cata-

down

epi-

above

hypo-

below

inter-

between

meta-,

change

-eal

pertaining to

-iac

pertaining to

-ior

pertaining to

-ism

process condition

-ose

pertaining to, full of

-plasm

formation

-sumes

bodies

-type

picture, classification

acu/o-

sharp, severe, sudden

amin/o-

amnion

angi/o-

vessel

arteri/o-

artery

axill/o-

armpit

blephar/o-

eyelid

bronch/o-

bronchial tubes

chem/o-

drug, chemical

chondr/o-

cartilage

chron/o-

time

col/o-

colon (large intestine)

cyst/o

urinary bladder

encephal/o

brain

hydr/o-

water, fluid

inguin/o

groin

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

lymph/o-

lymph

mamm/o-

breast

mast/o-

breast

morph/o-

shape, form

muc/o-

mucus

my/o-

muscle

myel/o-

spinal cord, bone marrow

necr/o-

death (of cells or whole body)

nephr/o-

kidney

neur/o-

nerve

neutr/o-

neutrophil

nucle/o-

nucleus

opthalm/o-

eye

oste/o-

bone

ot/o-

ear

path/o-

disease

peritone/o-

peritoneum

phag/o-

to eat, swallow

phleb/o

vein

plas/o-

formation, development

pleur/o

pleura

pnemon/o-

lungs

pulmon/o-

lungs

splen/o-

spleen

staphyl/o-

clusters

strept/o-

twisted chains