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Combining Form
Combining Form-elsevier book
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| ADEN/O | GLAND |
| ABDOMEN/O | ABDOMEN |
| ACR/O | EXTREMITIES, TOP, |
| ACU/O | SEVERE, SHARP, SUDDEN |
| ADIP/O | FAT |
| AMNI/O | AMNION(SAC SURROUNDING THE EMBRYO IN UTERUS) |
| ANGI/O | VESSEL |
| AN/O | ANUS |
| ANTER/O | |
| APPEND/O | APPENDIX |
| APPENDIC/O | APPENDIX |
| ARTERI/O | ARTERY |
| BI/O | LIFE |
| BLEPHAR/O | EYELID |
| BOL | TO CAST, TO THROW |
| BRONCH/O | Bronchial tubes- two tubes that branch from the trachea to lungs. One one on right and left |
| CARCIN/O | CANCER |
| CARDI/O | HEART |
| CARP/O | WRIST BONE |
| CEPHAL/O | HEAD |
| CEREBR/O | CEREBRUM |
| CERVIC/O | NECK |
| CIB/O | MEALS |
| CIS/O | TO CUT |
| CHONDR/O(chondroma) | CARTILAGE |
| CHROM/O(Chromosome) | COLOR |
| CHRON/O(chronicles) | TIME |
| COCCYG/O(what you sit on) | TAILBONE |
| COL/O, COLON/O | COLON |
| COST/O | RIB |
| CRANI/O | SKULL |
| CRIN/O | TO SECRETE(TO FORM AND GIVE OFF) |
| CUTANE/O | SKIN |
| CYT/O | CELL |
| CYST/O | URINARY BLADDER |
| DACTYL/O | FINGERS,TOES |
| DUCT/O | TO LEAD, TO CARRY |
| DERM/O, DERMAT/O | SKIN |
| DIST/O | FAR, DISTANT |
| DORSI/O | BACK |
| ELECTR/O | ELECTRICITY |
| ENCEPHAL/O | BRAIN |
| ENTER/O | INTESTINES, USUALLY SMALL INTESTINE |
| ERTHR/O | RED |
| FLEX/O | TO BEND |
| FURC/O | FORKING, BRANCHING |
| GASTR/O | STOMACH |
| GLOSS/O | TONGUE |
| GLYC/O | SUGAR |
| GNOS/O(gosh your full of): | KNOWLEDGE |
| GYNEC/O: | FEMALE |
| IMMUN/O: | PROTECTION |
| HEM/O, HEMAT/O: | BLOOD |
| HEPAT/O: | LIVER |
| HIST/O(histology): | TISSUE |
| HYDR/O: | WATER |
| IATR/O: | TREATMENT, PHYSICIAN |
| ISCH/O(If your scaredish): | TO HOLD OFF |
| ILI/O(iliac): | ILIUM PART OF PELVIS BONE |
| INGUIN/O(take a man down, in groin): | GROIN |
| KARY/O(Karyotype-karry a pic) | NUCLEUS |
| LAPAR/O: | ABDOMINAL WALL |
| LARYNG/O: | LARYNX |
| LATER/O(the latter is on the……of house) | SIDE |
| LEUK/O: | WHITE |
| LOG/O: | STUDY OF |
| LUMB/O(lumber jacks always crack there…) | LOWER BACK(SIDE AND BACK BETWEEN RIBS AND PELVIS) |
| LYMPH/O: | LYMPH |
| MAMM/O: | BREAST |
| MAST/O: | BREAST |
| MEDI/O(median): | MIDDLE |
| MORPH/O: | TO SHAPE, FORM |
| MORT/O: | DEATH |
| MUC/O: | MUCUS |
| MY/O: | MUSCLE |
| NAT/I: | BIRTH |
| NECR/O: | DEATH |
| NECT/O: | TO BIND, TIE, CONNECT |
| NEPHR/O: | KIDNEY |
| NEUR/O: | NERVE |
| NORM/O: | RULE, ORDER |
| NUCLE/O: | NUCLEUS |
| ONC/O: | CANCER |
| OPHTHALM/O: | EYE |
| OSTE/O: | BONE |
| OT/O(Out one…..): | EAR |
| OX/O: | OXYGEN |
| PATH/O: | DISEASE |
| PED/O: | CHILD |
| PERITONE/O: | PERITONEUM |
| PHAG/O: | TO SWALLOW, TO EAT |
| PHLEB/O: | VEIN |
| PLAS/O: | FORMATION, DEVELOPMENT |
| PLEUR/O: | PLEURA(MEMBRANE SURROUNDING LUNGS AND ADJACENT TO CHEST WALL) |
| POSTER/O(sit up straight): | BACK, BEHIND |
| PNEUMON/O: | LUNGS |
| PROXIM/O: | NEAREST |
| PUB/O: | PUBIS(PUBIC BONE) |
| PULMON/O: | LUNGS |
| PSYCH/O: | MIND |
| RADI/O: | X-RAYS |
| RECT/O: | RECTUM |
| REN/O: | KIDNEYS |
| RHIN/O: | NOSE |
| SACR/O: | SACRUM |
| SARC/O(sacroficial): | FLESH |
| SEPS/O: | INFECTION |
| SPLEN/O: | SPLEEN |
| SPIN/O: | SPINAL |
| SECT | TO CUT |
| SOMN/O: | SLEEP |
| SON/O: | SOUND |
| STAPHYL/O(ALL STAFFED TOGETHER): | CLUSTERS |
| STREPT/O: | TWISTED CHAINS |
| THEL/O, THELI/O(titty twister): | NIPPLE |
| THORAC/O: | CHEST |
| THROMB/O: | CLOT |
| TOP/O: | POSITION, LOCATION |
| TONSILI/O: | TONSILS |
| TOX/O: | POISON |
| TRACHE/O: | TRACHEA, WINDPIPE |
| THYR/O: | THYROID GLAND, SHIELD |
| UMBILIC/O(Cord): | BELLY SIDE OF BODY |
| UR | |
| URETHR/O: | URETHRA |
| VEN/O: | VEIN |
| VENTR/O(Ventral): | BELLY SIDE OF THE BODY |
| VERTEBR/O: | VERTEBRAE, BACK BONE |
| VISCER/O(Visceral): | INTERNAL ORGANS |
| ARTH/O | JOINT |
| BUCC/O | CHEEK |
| CEC/O | CECUM |
| CELI/O | BELLY,ABDOMEN |
| CHEIL/O | LIP |
| CHOLECYST/O | GALLBLADDER |
| CHOLEDOCH/O | COMMON BILE DUCT |
| DENT/I | TOOTH |
| DUODEN/O | DUODENUM |
| LINGU/O(SUBLINGUAL) | TONGUE |
| MANDIBUL/O | LOWER JAW, MANDIBLE |
| ODONT/O | TOOTH |
| PROCT/O | ANUS, RECTUM |
| PYLOR | PYLORIC SPHINCTER |
| SIALADEN/O | SALIVARY GLAND |
| STOMAT/O | MOUTH |
| UVUL/O | UVULA |
| AMYL/O | STARCH |
| BIL/I | GALL, BILE |
| BILIRUBIN/O | BILIRUBIN(BILE PIGMENT) |
| CHOL/E | GALL, BILE |
| CHLORHYDR/O(PEROXIDE) | HYDROCHLORIC ACID |
| GLYCOGEN/O | GLYCOGEN, ANIMAL STARCH |
| LIP/O | FAT, LIPID |
| LITH/O | STONE |
| PROTE/O | PROTEIN |
| PY/O | PUS |
| SIAL | SALIVA, SALIVARY |
| STEAT/O | FAT |
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