FINAL - Combining forms master (by term) Flashcards
(141 cards)
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ankyl/o
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combining form for stiffness, can also mean bent or crooked
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arthr/o
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combining form of “joint”
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kyph/o
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combining form of “humpback”
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lamin/o
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combining form of “lamina,” the part of the vertibral arch
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lord/o
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combining form of “curve” or “swayback”
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myel/o
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combining form of either “bone marrow” or “spinal cord” depending on the context
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orth/o
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combining form of “straight”
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oste/o
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combining form of “bone”
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ped/o
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combining form of “foot” and also “child”
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scoli/o
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combining form of “crooked” or “bent”
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thorac/o
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combining form of “chest”
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acromi/o
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combining form of “acromion” which is a projection of the scapula
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brachi/o
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combining form of “arm”
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calcane/o
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combining form of “calcaneum” which is the heel bone
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carp/o
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combining form of “carpus” which is the wrist bone
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cephal/o
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combining form of “head”
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cervic/o
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combining form of “neck” but also the cervix as well
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clavicul/o
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combining form of “clavicle” or collar bone
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cost/o
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combining form of “ribs”
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crani/o
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combining form of “skull”
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dactyl/o
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combining form of “fingers” or “toes”
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femor/o
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combining form of “femur”
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fibul/o
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combining form of “fibula”
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humer/o
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combining form of “humerus”
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ili/o
combining form of "ilium" which is the flaring portion of the hip bone
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ischi/o
combining form of "ischium" which is the lower portion of the hip bone
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lumb/o
combining form of "loins" though specifically the lower back portion
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metacarp/o
combining form of "metacarpus" or the hand bones
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metatars/o
combining form of "metatarsus" or the foot bones
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patell/o
combining form of "patella" or kneecap
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pelv/i
combining form of "pelvis"
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phalang/o
combining form of "phalanges" or finger bones
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pod/o
combining form of "foot"
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pub/o
combining form of "pelvis bone"
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radi/o
combining form of "radiation"
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spondyl/o
one of two combining forms of "vertebrae"
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vertebr/o
one of two combining forms of "vertebrae"
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stern/o
combining form of "sternum"
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tibi/o
combining form of "tibia"
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leiomy/o
combining form of "smooth muscle"
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muscul/o
one of two combining form of "muscle"
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my/o
one of two combining forms of "muscle"
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rhabd/o
combining form of "rod-shaped" or striated
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rhabdomy/o
combining form of "rod shaped striated muscle"
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chrond/o
combining form of "cartilage"
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fasci/o
combining form of "band" or "fascia"
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fibr/o
combining form of "fiber" or "fibrous tissue"
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synov/o
combining form of "synovial membrane" or "synovial fluid"
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ten/o
one of three combining forms of "tendon"
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tend/o
one of three combining forms of "tendon"
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tendin/o
one of three combining forms of "tendon"
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albumin/o
combining form of "albumin" or "protein"
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azot/o
combining form of "nitrogenous compounds"
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bacteri/o
combining form of "bacteria"
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cyst/o
one of two combining forms of "bladder"
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vesic/o
one of two combining forms of "bladder"
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glomerul/o
combining form of "glomerulus," the wad of capillaries in the Bowman capsule
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kal/i
combining form of "potassium"
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keton/o
combining form of "ketone bodies"
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lith/o
combining form of "stone"
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meat/o
combining form of "opening" or "meatus"
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nephr/o
one of two combining form of "kidney"
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ren/o
one of two combining form of "kidney"
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noct/o
combining form of "night"
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olig/o
combining form of "scanty"
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py/o
combining form of "pus"
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pyel/o
combining form of "renal pelvis"
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ur/o
combining form of "urine" or "urinary tract"
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ureter/o
combining form of "ureter"
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urethr/o
combining form of "urethra"
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colp/o
one of two combining forms for the word "vagina"
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vagin/o
one of two combining forms for the word "vagina"
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gynec/o
combining form of "woman" or "female"
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hyster/o
one of three combining forms of "uterus"
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metri/o
one of three combining forms of "uterus"
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uter/o
one of three combining forms of "uterus"
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mamm/o
(1 of 2) combining form of "breast"
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mast/o
(2 of 2) combining form of "breast"
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men/o
combining form of "menses" or "menstruation"
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metr/o
combining form of "uterus" specifically "womb"
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nat/o
combining form of "birth"
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oophor/o
(1 of 2) combining form of "ovary"
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ovari/o
(2 of 2) combining form of "ovary"
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perine/o
combining form of "perineum"
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salping/o
combining form of "tube," typically Fallopian or eustachian
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andr/o
combining form of "male"
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androgenic
pertaining to maleness
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balan/o
combining form of "glans penis"
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balanoplasty
surgical repair of the glans penis
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crypt/o
combining form of "hidden"
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cryptorchidism
condition of hidden, undescended testicles
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epididym/o
combining form of "epididymis"
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genit/o
combining form of "genitalia"
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gonad/o
combining form of "gonads"
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olig/o
combining form of "scanty" or "few"
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oligospermia
the scanty production of sperm
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orch/o
(1 of 4) combining form of "testis"
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orchi/o
(2 of 4) combining form of "testis"
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orchid/o
(3 of 4) combining form of "testis"
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test/o
(4 of 4) combining form of "testis"
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perine/o
combining form of "perineum"
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prostat/o
combining form of "prostate"
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spermat/o
(1 of 2) combining form of "sperm cells"
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sperm/o
(2 of 2) combining form of "sperm cells"
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varic/o
combining form of "dilated vein"
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varicocele
the swelling of a dilated vein
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vas/o
combining form of "vessel" but also specifically "vas deferens"
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vasectomy
literally, the cutting of the vas deferens
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vesicul/o
combining form of "seminal vesicle"
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adren/o
(1 of 2) combining form of "adrenal gland"
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adrenal/o
(2 of 2) combining form of "adrenal gland"
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calc/o
combining form of "calcium"
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crin/o
combining form of "secrete"
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gluc/o
(1 of 2) combining form of "sweetness" or "sugar"
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glyc/o
(2 of 2) combining form of "sweetness" or "sugar"
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home/o
combining form of "same" or "alike"
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kal/i
combining form of "potassium"
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pancreat/o
combining form of "pancreas"
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parathyroid/o
combining form of "parathyroid gland"
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thym/o
combining form of "thymus gland"
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thyr/o
combining form of "thyroid gland"
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toxic/o
combining form of "poison"
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cerebr/o
combining form of "cerebrum"
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crani/o
combining form of "cranium" or "skull"
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encephal/o
combining form of "brain"
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gangli/o
combining form of "ganglion" or "knot like mass"
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gli/o
combining form of "neurological tissue"
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kinesi/o
combining form of "movement"
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lept/o
combining form of "thin" or "slender"
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lex/o
combining form of "word" or "phrase"
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mening/o
(1 of 2) combining form of "meninges" which are the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
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meningi/o
(2 of 2) combining form of "meninges" which are the membranes covering the brain and spinal cord
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myel/o
combining form of "bone marrow" or "spinal cord"
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narc/o
combining form of "stupor" or "numbness"
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neur/o
combining form of "nerve"
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radicul/o
combining form of "nerve root"
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sthen/o
combining form of "strength"
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thalam/o
combining form of "thalamus"
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thec/o
combining form of "sheath" but also used to refer to the meninges
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ton/o
combining form of "tension"
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ventricul/o
combining form of "ventricle" either the heart or the brain
