combining forms (u3) Flashcards
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
Q
adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
Q
Angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
10
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes
14
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
15
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
16
Q
chem/o
A
drug, chemical
17
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
18
Q
chron/o
A
time
19
Q
col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
20
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
22
Q
erythr/o
A
red
23
Q
hem/o
A
blood
24
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
25
hydr/o
water, fluid
26
inguin/o
groin
27
isch/o
to hold back
28
lapar/o
abdomen,abdominal wall
29
laryng/o
larynx
30
leuk/o
white
31
lymph/o
lymph
32
mamm/o
breast
33
mast/o
breast
34
morph/o
shape, form
35
muc/o
mucus
36
my/o
muscle
37
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
38
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
39
nephr/o
kidney
40
neur/o
nerve
41
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
42
nucle/o
nucleus
43
ophthalm/o
eye
44
opi/o
opium
45
oste/o
bone
46
ot/o
ear
47
path/o
disease
48
peritone/o
peritoneum
49
phag/o
to eat, swallow
50
phleb/o
vein
51
plas/o
formation, development
52
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
53
pneumon/o
lungs
54
pulmon/o
lungs
55
radi/o
x-rays
56
rect/o
rectum
57
ren/o
kidney
58
rhin/o
nose
59
sarc/o
flesh
60
splen/o
spleen
61
staphyl/o
clusters
62
strept/o
twisted chains
63
thorac/o
chest
64
thromb/o
clot
65
tonsill/o
tonsils
66
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
67
ven/o
vein
