Unit 1 Combining Forms Flashcards
(144 cards)
1
Q
ur/o
A
urinary tract, urine
2
Q
thromb/o
A
clot, clotting
3
Q
sect/o
A
to cut
4
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh
5
Q
rhin/o
A
nose
6
Q
ren/o
A
kidney
7
Q
radi/o
A
x-rays
8
Q
psych/o
A
mind
9
Q
ped/o
A
child
10
Q
path/o
A
disease
11
Q
oste/o
A
bone
12
Q
opthalm/o
A
eye
13
Q
onc/o
A
tumor (cancerous)
14
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
15
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
16
Q
log/o
A
study of
17
Q
leuk/o
A
white
18
Q
iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
19
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
20
Q
hemat/o, hem/o
A
blood
21
Q
gynec/o
A
woman, female
22
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
23
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
24
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
25
erythr/o
red
26
enter/o
intestines (small)
27
encephal/o
brain
28
electr/o
electricity
29
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
30
cyt/o
cell
31
cyst/o
urinary bladder; sac or cyst
32
cis/o
to cut
33
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of brain)
34
cephal/o
head
35
cardi/o
heart
36
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
37
bi/o
life
38
arthr/o
joint
39
aden/o
gland
40
abdomin/o
abdomen
41
adip/o
fat
42
anter/o
front
43
cervic/o
neck (body and uterus)
44
chondr/o
cartilage
45
chrom/o
color
46
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
47
crani/o
skill
48
dist/o
far, distant
49
dors/o
back portion of the body
50
hist/o
tissue
51
ili/o
ilium (hip)
52
inguin/o
grion
53
kary/o
nucelus
54
later/o
side
55
lumb/o
lower back
56
medi/o
middle
57
nucle/o
nucleus
58
pelv/i
pelvis
59
poster/o
back, behind
60
proxim/o
nearest
61
sacr/o
sacrum
62
sarc/o
flesh
63
spin/o
spine, backbone
64
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
65
thorac/o
chest
66
thrache/o
trachea, windpipe
67
umbilic/o
naval, umbilicus
68
ventr/o
belly side of body
69
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
70
viscer/o
internal organs
71
abdomin/o
abdomen
72
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
73
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
74
aden/o
gland
75
adip/o
fat
76
amni/o
aminon (sac surrounding embryo in the uterus)
77
angi/o
vessel
78
arteri/o
artery
79
arthr/
joint
80
axill/o
armpit
81
blephar/o
eyelid
82
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
83
chem/o
drug, chemical
84
chondr/o
cartilage
85
chron/o
time
86
col/o
colon (LI)
87
encephal/o
brain
88
hydr/o
water, fluid
89
inguin/o
groin
90
isch/o
to hold back
91
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
92
laryng/o
larynx
93
lymph/o
lymph
94
mamm/o
breast
95
mast/o
breast
96
morph/o
shape, form
97
muc/o
mucus
98
my/o
muscle
99
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
100
necr/o
death
101
neutr/o
neutrophil (white blood cell)
102
ophthalm/o
eye
103
st/o
ear
104
peritone/o
peritoneum
105
phag/o
to eat/swallow
106
phleb/o
vein
107
plas/o
formation, development
108
pleur/o
pleura
109
pneumon/o
lungs
110
pulmon/o
lungs
111
rect/o
rectum
112
rhin/o
nose
113
sarc/o
flesh
114
splen/o
spleen
115
staphyl/o
clusters
116
strept/o
twisted chains
117
tonsill/o
tonsils
118
ven/o
vein
119
carp/o
wrist bones
120
cis/o
to cut
121
cost/o
rib
122
cutane/o
skin
123
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
124
duct/o
to lead, carry
125
flex/o
to bend
126
gloss/o
toungue
127
glyc/o
sugar
128
immun/o
protection
129
morph/o
shape, form
130
mort/o
death
131
nat/i
birth
132
norm/o
rule, order
133
ox/o
oxygen
134
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone), anterior portion of the pelvic or hip bone
135
spes/o
infection
136
somn/o
sleep
137
son/o
sound
138
the/o
to put, place
139
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
140
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield (shape of thyroid gland)
141
top/o
place position, location
142
tox/o
poison
143
trache/o
windpipe, trachea
144
urethr/o
urethra
