M1 Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
bi/o
A
life
4
Q
carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
5
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
6
Q
cephal/o
A
head
7
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
8
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
9
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete
10
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst
11
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
12
Q
derm/o
A
skin
13
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
14
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
15
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
16
Q
enter/o
A
intestines (usually the small intestine)
17
Q
erythr/o
A
red
18
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
19
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
20
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
21
Q
gynec/o
A
woman, female
22
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
23
Q
hem/o
A
blood
24
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
25
iatr/o
treatment, physician
26
leuk/o
white
27
log/o
study of
28
nephr/o
kidney
29
neur/o
nerve
30
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
31
ophthalm/o
eye
32
oste/o
bone
33
path/o
disease
34
ped/o
child
35
psych/o
mind
36
radi/o
x-rays
37
ren/o
kidney
38
rhin/o
nose
39
sarc/o
flesh
40
sect/o
to cut
41
thromb/o
clot, clotting
42
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
43
abdomin/o
abdomen
44
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
45
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
46
adip/o
fat
47
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
48
angi/o
vessel
49
arteri/o
artery
50
axill/o
armpit
51
blephar/o
eyelid
52
bronch/o
bronchial tubes (two tubes that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
53
chem/o
drug, chemical
54
chondr/o
cartilage
55
chron/o
time
56
col/o
colon (large intestine)
57
hydr/o
water, fluid
58
inguin/o
groin
59
isch/o
to hold back
60
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
61
laryng/o
larynx, voicebox
62
lymph/o
lymph
63
mamm/o
breast
64
mast/o
breast
65
morph/o
shape, form
66
muc/o
mucus
67
my/o
muscle
68
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
69
necr/o
death
70
neutr/o
neutrophil
71
nucle/o
nucleus
72
opi/o
opium
73
ot/o
ear
74
peritone/o
peritoneum
75
phag/o
to eat, swallow
76
phleb/o
vein
77
plas/o
formation, development
78
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
79
pneumon/o
lungs
80
pulmon/o
lungs
81
rect/o
rectum
82
splen/o
spleen
83
staphly/o
clusters
84
strept/o
twisted chains
85
thorac/o
chest
86
tonsill/o
tonsils
87
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
88
ven/o
vein
89
crani/o
skull
90
coccyg/o
tailbone
91
pharyng/o
throat
92
phalang/o
finger or toe
93
carp/o
wrist bones
94
cost/o
rib
95
cutane/o
skin
96
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
97
duct/o
lead, carry
98
flex/o
bend
99
furc/o
branching
100
gloss/o
tongue
101
immun/o
protection
102
mort/o
death
103
nat/i
birth
104
norm/o
rule, order
105
ox/o
oxygen
106
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
107
seps/o
infection
108
somn/o
sleep
109
son/o
sound
110
tens/o
force, strain, stretch
111
the/o
put, place
112
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
113
thyr/o
thyroid gland
114
top/o
place, position, location
115
tox/o
poison
116
urethr/o
urethra
