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Medical Terminology
Combining forms
Term | Definition |
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cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain (largest part of) |
cis/o | to cut |
crin/o | to secrete |
cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or cyst containing fluid |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o | skin |
dermato/o | skin |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
glyc/o | sugar |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gynec/o | woman, female |
hemat/o | blood |
hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
iatr/o | treatment, physician |
leuk/o | white |
log/o | study of |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
onc/o | tumor (cancerous) |
ophthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child |
psych/o | mind |
radi/o | x-ray |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sarc/o | flesh |
sect/o | to cut |
thromb/o | clot, clotting |
ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
cervic/o | neck of body or uterus |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chrom/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
crani/o | skull |
cyt/o | cell |
dist/o | far, distant |
dors/o | back portion of the body |
hist/o | tissue |
ili/o | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | lower back |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
poster/o | back, behind |
proxim/o | nearest |
sacr/o | sacrum |
spin/o | spine |
thel/o, theli/o | nipple |
thorac/o | chest |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly side of the body |
vertebr/o | backbone(s), vertebrae |
viscer/o | internal organs |
abdomen/o | abdomen |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | front |
acr/o | extremities |
acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
aden/o | gland |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
axill/o | armpit |
bi/o | life |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
laryng/o | larynx |
mast/o | breast |
lymph/o | lymph (clear fluid) |
mamm/o | breast |
morph/o | shape, form |
muc/o | mucus |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
necr/o | death |
neutr/o | neutrophil (white blood cell) |
ot/o | ear |
carcin/o | cancer |
chem/o | drug, chemical |
chron/o | time |
col/o | colon |
isch/o | to hold back |
lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
perit/o | peritoneum |
phag/o | to eat, swallow |
phleb/o | vein |
plas/o | formation, development |
pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs) |
pneumon/o | lungs |
pulmon/o | lungs |
rect/o | rectum |
splen/o | spleen |
staphyl/o | clusters |
strept/o | twisted chains |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
ven/o | vein |