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Combining Forms
Medical Terminology Combining Forms
| Combining Form | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adip/o | fat |
| lip/o | fat |
| steat/o | fat |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| cutane/o | skin |
| erythr/o | red |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| histi/o | tissue |
| kerat/o | hard |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| onych/o | nail |
| plas/o | formation |
| purpur/o | purple |
| scler/o | hard |
| seb/o | sebum (oil) |
| squam/o | scale |
| trich/o | hair |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| ankyl/o | crooked or stiff |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage (gristle) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| dactyl/o | digit (finger or toe) |
| fasci/o | fascia (band) |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| kyph/o | humped-back |
| lei/o | smooth |
| lord/o | bent |
| lumb/o | loin (lower back) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | knee cap |
| pelv/i | pelvis (basin) or hip bone |
| radi/o | radius |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped or striated (skeletal) |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scoli/o | twisted |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| ten/o | tendon (to stretch) |
| tend/o | tendon (to stretch) |
| tendin/o | tendon (to stretch) |
| thorac/o | chest |
| ton/o | tone or tension |
| uln/o | ulna |
| angi/o | vessel |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | fatty (lipid) paste |
| atri/o | atrium |
| cardi/o | heart |
| coron/o | circle or crown |
| pector/o | chest |
| steth/o | chest |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| thromb/o | clot |
| ven/o | vein |
| phleb/o | vein |
| varic/o | swollen, twisted vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (belly or pouch) |
| blast/o | germ or bud |
| chrom/o | color |
| chromat/o | color |
| chyl/o | juice |
| cyt/o | cell |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| immun/o | safe |
| lymph/o | clear fluid |
| morph/o | form |
| phag/o | eat or swallow |
| reticul/o | a net |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| alveol/o | alveolus (air sac) |
| bronch/o | bronchus (airway) |
| bronchi/o | bronchus (airway) |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole (little airway) |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| carb/o | carbon dioxide |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| lob/o | lobe (a portion) |
| nas/o | nose |
| rhin/o | nose |
| or/o | mouth |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| palat/o | palate |
| pharyng/o | pharanx (throat) |
| phren/o | diaphragm (also mind) |
| pleur/o | pleura (lining of lungs) |
| pneum/o | air or lung |
| pneumon/o | air or lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| sinus/o | sinus (cavity) |
| spir/o | breathing |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum (little brain) |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| gangli/o | ganglion (knot) |
| gli/o | glue |
| gnos/o | knowing |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| lex/o | word or phrase |
| mening/o | meninges (membrane) |
| meningi/o | meninges (membrane) |
| narc/o | stupor or sleep |
| neur/o | nerve |
| phas/o | speech |
| phob/o | exaggerated fear or sensitivity |
| phor/o | carry or bear |
| phren/o | mind |
| psych/o | mind |
| thym/o | mind |
| schiz/o | split |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| somn/i | sleep |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| spin/o | spine (thorn) |
| stere/o | three-dimensional or solid |
| tax/o | order or coordination |
| thalam/o | thalamus (a room) |
| top/o | place |
| ventricul/o | ventricle (belly or pouch) |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| an/o | anus |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bil/i | bile |
| chol/e | bile |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cheil/o | lip |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| cyst/o | bladder or sac |
| dent/i | teeth |
| doch/o | duct |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hepatic/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| inguin/o | groin |
| jejun/o | jejunum (empty) |
| lith/o | stone |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pylor/o | pylorus (gatekeeper) |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon (resembles) |
| encephal/o | entire brain |
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