Deck 1 - /o Combining Form Flashcards
1
Q
adip/o
A
fat
2
Q
aden/o
A
glandular
3
Q
amyl/o
A
starches, carbohydrate
4
Q
blast/o
A
budding, creating
5
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen, stomach
6
Q
brachi/o
A
arm
7
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
8
Q
acr/o
A
extremity, tip
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
cyst/o
A
bladder, sac
14
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
15
Q
dactyl/o
A
fingers, toes
16
Q
fibr/o
A
tissue, fiber
17
Q
gen/o
A
origin, beginning, start
18
Q
gluc/o
A
sugar
19
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar, glycogen
20
Q
hist/o
A
tissue, fiber
21
Q
histi/o
A
tissue, fiber
22
Q
hydr/o
A
water
23
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus, nucleos (plural)
24
Q
kerat/o
A
cornea, horny substance
25
lapar/o
abdomen
26
lip/o
fat, lipid
27
lumb/o
lower back, lumbar
28
morph/o
Form, shape, combining shape
29
muc/o
mucus
| mucus
30
myx/o
mucus
31
nucle/o
nucleus
32
onc/o
tumor
33
onych/o
nails
34
papill/o
small nipple like projection
35
blast/o
budding, creating
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
pin/o
cellular drinking
43
plas/o
formation, growth, nourishment
44
pod/o
foot
45
prote/o
protein
46
pyr/o
fire, fever, hot
47
py/o
pus
48
pyret/o
fire, fever, hot
49
reticul/o
tissue or fiber networktissue or fiber network
50
scler/o
hardening of
51
celi/o
abdomen
52
somat/o
physical body
53
som/osom/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/otropic/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)
