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med combining forms
medical combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| hepat/o | liver |
| crin/o | secrete |
| crani/o | skull |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| coccyg/o | tail bone |
| poster/o | back |
| neur/o | nerve |
| anter/o | front |
| path/o | disease |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cervic/o | neck |
| epitheli/o | epithelial tissue |
| sept/o | infection |
| encephal/o | brain |
| electr/o | electricity |
| dermat/o | skin |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hemat/o | blood |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| oste/o | bone |
| hem/o | blood |
| thorac/o | chest |
| gynec/o | women, female |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| erythr/o | red |
| lumb/o | loin, waist |
| cephal/o | head |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| later/o | side |
| bi/o | life |
| vertebr/o | back bone |
| spin/o | back bone |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| rhin/o | nose |
| latr/o | treatment |
| nos/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| orth/o | straight |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| odont/o | tooth |
| opt/o | eye |
| optic/o | eye |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| ger/o | old age |
| arthr/o | joint |
| nephr/o | kidneys |
| leuk/o | white |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| derm/o | skin |
| cyt/o | cell |
| aden/o | gland |
| rheumat/o | flow, watery discharge |
| mening/o | meninges |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| inguin/o | groin |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| laryng/o | voice box |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| an/o | anus |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cost/o | ribs |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| gen/o | to produce, to begin |
| nat/i | birth |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| plas/o | formation, growth, development |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| son/o | sound |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| top/o | to put, place, position |
| troph/o | development, nourishment |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| uter/o | uterus |
| ven/o | vein |
| my/o | muscles |
| men/o | menses |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| cry/o | cold |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | plaque |
| axill/o | armpit, under arm |
| chem/o | chemical |
| amni/o | amnion |
| angi/o | vessel |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| enter/o | intestine |
| thromb/o | clotting |
| pelv/o | bones of the hip region |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| psych/o | mind |
| onc/o | tumor |
| necr/o | death |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ot/o | ear |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pneumon/o | lung(s) |
| pulmon/o | lung(s) |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| septic/o | pertaining to infection |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| ur/o | urine |
| trache/o | trachea |
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