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CF Basics
From the Language of Medicine Chapter 1
| Combining Form | Medical Meaning |
|---|---|
| abdomen/o- | abdomen |
| append/o- | appendix |
| arteri/o- | artery |
| arthr/0- | joint |
| bi/0- | life;living organisms |
| card/o- | heart |
| cardi/0- | heart |
| cholcyst/0- | gallbladder |
| col/o- | colon |
| colon/o- | colon |
| communicat/o- | impart; transmit |
| cost/o- | rib |
| cutane/o- | skin |
| derm/o- | skin |
| digest/o- | break down food; digest |
| enter/o- | intestine |
| esthes/o- | sensation; feeling |
| etym/o- | word origin |
| gastr/o- | stomach |
| gemin/o- | set or group |
| hem/o- | blood |
| hepat/o- | liver |
| hyster/o- | uterus (womb) |
| intestine/o- | intestine |
| laper/o- | abdomen |
| laryng/0 | larynx (voice box) |
| later/o- | side |
| mamm/o- | breast |
| medic/o- | physician; meicine |
| menstru/o- | monthly discharge of blood |
| ment/o- | mind |
| muscul/o- | muscle |
| nas/o- | nose |
| neur/o- | nerve |
| nucle/o- | nucleus |
| nutri/o- | nourichment |
| pelv/o- | pelvis |
| phag/o- | eating; swallowing |
| pleg/o- | paralysis |
| pneumon/o- | lung; air |
| psych/o- | mind |
| sperm/o- | sperm |
| spir/o- | breathe |
| tens/o- | pressure |
| therap/o- | therapy |
| thyroid/o- | thyroid gland |
| tonsill/o- | tonsil |
| trache/o- | trachea |
| ven/o- | vein |