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Terminology Combining forms Review
Term | Definition |
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albumin/o | albumin (protein) |
amni/o | amnion (amniotic sac) |
balan/o | glans penis |
cervic/o | cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
colp/o | vagina |
corp/o | body |
corpor/o | body |
crypt/o | hidden |
cyst/o | cell |
epididym/o | epididymis |
episi/o | valva |
galact/o | milk |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
gynec/o | woman, female |
hyster/o | uterus (womb) |
kal/i | potassium (an electrolyte) |
kern/o | kernel (nucleus) |
ket/o | ketone bodies (acid acetones) |
keton/o | ketone bodies (acide acetones) |
lact/o | milk |
lapar/o | abdomen |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
meat/o | opening, meatus |
men/o | menses, menstration |
metr/o | uterus (womb); measure |
metri/o | uterus (womb) |
nephr/o | kidney |
noct/o | night |
obstetr/o | mid-wife |
olig/o | scanty |
oophor/o | ovary |
orch/o | testis (plural, testes) |
orchi/o | testis (plural, testes) |
orchid/o | testis (plural, testes) |
ovari/o | ovary |
perine/o | perineum (area between scrotu [or vulva] and anus) |
phim/o | muzzle |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ren/o | kidney |
salping/o | tube (fallopian tube) |
schiz/o | split |
sperm/i | spermatozoa, sperm cell |
sperm/o | spermatozoa, sperm cell |
spermat/o | spermatozoa, sperm cell |
test/o | testis (plural testes) |
ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
urethr/o | urethra |
uter/o | uterus (womb) |
vagin/o | vagina |
vesic/o | bladder |
vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
crypt/o | hidden |