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General
Combining Forms
Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
agglutin/o | clumping |
all/o | other |
ambul/o | walking |
amyl/o | starch |
antrhop/o | man |
antr/o | antrum |
aphth/o | ulceration |
apic/o | apex |
bi/o | life |
blast/o | embryonic |
bol/o | lump |
capit/o | head |
cellul/o | cell |
chlor/o | chloride |
chromat/o | color |
chym/o | juice |
con/o | cone |
contractur/o | a pulling together |
cord/o | cord |
corpor/o | body |
crur/o | leg |
electr/o | eletricity |
ferr/o | iron |
fibr/o | fiber |
fluor/o | to flow |
fornic/o | fornix |
fund/o | fundus |
gen/o | origin |
ger/o | aging |
goni/o | angle |
herni/o | hernia |
hiat/o | an opening |
hil/o | hilum |
hist/o | tissue |
humor/o | liquid |
iatr/o | treatment |
interstit/o; interstit/i | space between |
log/o | study of |
lumin/o | ligth |
lys/o | dissolve |
man/o | scanty; hand |
medull/o | medulla |
muc/o | mucus |
mut/a | change |
neutr/o | neutral |
nod/o | knot |
organ/o | organ |
osm/o | sense of smell |
paritet/o | wall; outer edge |
path/o | disease |
phe/o | dark |
phil/o | attraction |
phosph/o | phosphorus |
phosphat/o | phosphorus |
pigment/o | paint |
plas/o | formation |
plast/o | formation |
plic/o | fold |
pol/o | pole; extreme |
por/o | passage |
potassi/o | potassium |
pract/o | manipulation |
prax/o | purposeful movement |
press/o | pressure |
prosthes/o; prosthet/o | addition |
pseud/o | false |
pyr/o | fire; fever |
pyrex/o | fever |
rib/o | ribose |
sept/o | partition; septum |
somn/o | sleep |
son/o | sound |
sthen/o | strength |
stom/o | opening |
sympath/o; sympathet/o | to feel with |
system/o | system |
tel/e | distant |
therm/o | heat; temperature |
ton/o | tension |
top/o | place |
trabecul/o | neck |
trop/o | turning |
troph/o | nourishment |
umbilic/o | umbilicus |
vir/o | virus |
viscer/o | organ; viscera |
xen/o | foreign |