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Miscellaneous Combining Forms
Combining Form | Meaning | Word Association |
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blast/o | embryonic form | osteoblasts |
cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer | carcinoma (cancerous tumor) |
cephal/o | head | cephalic (pertaining to head) |
cry/o | cold | cryotherapy (uses cold temps to treat conditions) |
crypt/o | hidden | cryptic (hidden meaning) |
dips/o | thirst | polydipsia (excessive thirst) |
electr/o | electricity | electricity |
fibr/o | fiber | fibrous |
hist/o | tissue | histology (study of tissue) |
myc/o | fungus | mycology |
narc/o | stupor | narcotics |
necr/o | dead | necrosis (localized tissue death) |
optic/o, opt/o | vision | optical (pertains to vision) |
pharmac/o | drugs, medicine | Pharmacy |
phon/o | voice | phone |
phot/o | light | Photosythesis |
py/o | pus | pyogenic (pus producing) |
therm/o | heat | thermal |
top/o | place | Topography (makeup of maps) |
trache/o | trachea | endotracheal (within or through trachea) |
aer/o | air | Aeroplane (british spelling) |