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Medical terminology
combining forms test 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| fluor/o | fluorescence, luminous |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| roentgen/o | x-ray |
| son/o | sound |
| tom/o | to cut |
| anxi/o | anxiety |
| ment/o | mind |
| phren/o | mind |
| psych/o | mind |
| schiz/o | divided |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| aer/o | air |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| chem/o | drug |
| cutane/o | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| or/o | mouth |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| rect/o | rectum |
| toxic/o | poison |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| ven/o | vein |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gli/o | glue |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata |
| mening/o | meninges |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| neur/o | nerve |
| phas/o | speech |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| pont/o | pons |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (meninges) |
| ventricul/o | brain ventricle |
| andr/o | male |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| orch/o | testes |
| orchi/o | testes |
| orchid/o | testes |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| testicul/o | testes |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| vas/o | vas deferens |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | neck cervix |
| chori/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vatina |
| culd/o | cul de sac |
| embry/o | embryo |
| episi/o | vulva |
| fet/o | fetus |
| gynec/o | woman |
| hymen/o | hymen |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, |
| metr/o | uterus |
| nat/o | birth |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| perine/o | perineum |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes, uterine tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| azot/o | nitrogenous waste |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| glycos/o | sugar, |
| keton/o | ketones |
| lith/o | stone |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| noct/i | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |