Deck 1 - /o Combining Form Flashcards
(62 cards)
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen, stomach
2
Q
acr/o
A
extremity, tip
3
Q
aden/o
A
glandular
4
Q
adip/o
A
fat
5
Q
amyl/o
A
starches, carbohydrate
6
Q
blast/o
A
budding, creating
7
Q
brachi/o
A
arm
8
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
9
Q
celi/o
A
abdomen
10
Q
cephal/o
A
head
11
Q
cervic/o
A
neck
12
Q
cheir/o
A
hand
13
Q
chir/o
A
hand
14
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder, sac
15
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
16
Q
dactyl/o
A
fingers, toes
17
Q
fibr/o
A
tissue, fiber
18
Q
gen/o
A
origin, beginning, start
19
Q
gluc/o
A
sugar
20
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar, glycogen
21
Q
hist/o
A
tissue, fiber
22
Q
histi/o
A
tissue, fiber
23
Q
hydr/o
A
water
24
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus, nucleos (plural)
25
kerat/o
cornea, horny substance
26
lapar/o
abdomen
27
lip/o
fat, lipid
28
lumb/o
lower back, lumbar
29
morph/o
form, shape, combining shape
30
muc/o
mucus
31
myx/o
mucus
32
nucle/o
nucleus
33
onc/o
tumor
34
onych/o
nails
35
papill/o
small nipple like projection
36
path/o
disease
37
ped/o
foot
38
periton/o
peritoneum
39
peritone/o
peritoneum
40
phag/o
cellular: eating or devouring
41
phil/o
affinity for, love for
42
phor/o
carrier of
43
pin/o
cellular drinking
44
plas/o
formation, growth, nourishment
45
pod/o
foot
46
prote/o
protein
47
pyr/o
fire, fever, hot
48
py/o
pus
49
pyret/o
fire, fever, hot
50
reticul/o
tissue or fiber network
51
scler/o
hardening of
52
somat/o
physical body
53
som/o
little body
54
steat/o
fatty, fat
55
thorac/o
thorax, chest
56
tox/o
toxin or poison
57
toxic/o
toxin or poison
58
trich/o
hair
59
troph/o
food, nutrition
60
tropic/o
having an effect on
61
tropin/o
having an effect on, or stimulating
| i.e. stimulating a hormone
62
genesis
origin, cause (bible: the beginning)
