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