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CQLC Med Term I
Combining Forms Ch 1
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| actin(o) | light |
| aer(o) | air;gas |
| alge | pain |
| alges(i) | pain |
| algio | pain |
| algo | pain |
| andro | masculine |
| arther(o) | plaque;fatty substance |
| bacteri(o) | bacteria |
| bar(o) | weight;pressure |
| bas(o) | base |
| basi(o) | base |
| bio | life |
| blasto | immature cell |
| calc(o) | calcium |
| calci(o) | calcium |
| carcin(o) | cancer |
| chem(o) | chemical |
| chlor(o) | chlorine,green |
| chondri(o) | cartilage,grainy,gritty |
| chondr(o) | cartilage,grainey,gritty |
| chrom(o) | color |
| chromat(o) | color |
| chrono | time |
| cry(o) | cold |
| crypt(o) | hidden;obscure |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| cycl(o) | circle;cycle;ciliary body |
| cyst(o) | bladder,cyst,cystic duct |
| cysti | bladder,cyst,cystic duct |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| dextr(o) | right,toward the right |
| dips(o) | thirst |
| dors(o) | back |
| dorsi | back |
| echo | reflected sound |
| electr(o) | electricity;electric |
| eosin(o) | red;rosy |
| erythr(o) | red.redness |
| esthesio | sensation,perception |
| etio | cause |
| fibr(o) | fiber |
| fluor(o) | light;luminous;flourine |
| fungi | fungus |
| galact(o) | milk |
| gen(o) | producing;being born |
| gero | old age |
| geront(o) | old age |
| gluco | glucose |
| glyco | sugars |
| gonio | angle |
| granul(o) | granular |
| gyn(o) | women |
| gyne | women |
| gyneco | women |
| home(o) | same;constant |
| homo | same;constant |
| hydr(o) | hydrogen,water |
| hypn(o) | sleep |
| iatr(o) | physician;treatment |
| immun(o) | safe;immune |
| kinesi(o) | motion |
| kineso | motion |
| lact(o) | milk |
| lacti | milk |
| latero | lateral,to one side |
| leuk(o) | white |
| lip(o) | fat |
| lith(o) | stone |
| log(o) | speech,words,thought |
| macr(o) | large;long |
| medi(o) | middle;medial plane |
| meg(a) | large;million |
| megal(o) | large;million |
| melan(o) | black;dark |
| mes(o) | middle;median |
| micr(o) | small;one-millionth;tiny |
| mio | smaller;less |
| morph(o) | structure;shape |
| narco | sleep;numbness |
| necr(o) | death;dying |
| noct(i) | night |
| nucle(o) | nucleus |
| nyct(o) | night |
| oncho | tumor |
| onco | tumor |
| orth(o) | straight;normal |
| oxy | sharp;acute;oxygen |
| path(o) | disease |
| phago | eating;devouring;swallowing |
| pharmaco | drugs;medicine |
| phon(o) | disease |
| phot(o) | light |
| physi | physical;natural |
| physio | physical;natural |
| plasma | formative;plasma |
| plasmo | formative;plasma |
| pseud(o) | false |
| pyo | pus |
| pyreto | fever |
| pyro | fever;fire;heat |
| radio | radiation;x-ray;radius |
| salping(o) | tube |
| schiz(o) | split;division |
| scler(o) | hardness;hardening |
| scolio | crooked;bent |
| somat(o) | body |
| somn(o) | sleep |
| somni | sleep |
| sono | sound |
| spasmo | spasm |
| spher(o) | round;spherical |
| spir(o) | breath;breathe |
| staphyl(o) | grapelike clusters |
| steno | narrowness |
| strepto | twisted chains;streptocci |
| styl(o) | peg-shaped |
| syring(o) | tube |
| terato | monster(as a malformed fetus) |
| therm(o) | heat |
| tono | tension;pressure |
| top(o) | place;topical |
| tox(i) | poison;toxic |
| toxico | poison;toxin |
| toxo | poison;toxin |
| tropho | food;nutrition |
| vivi | life |
| xeno | stranger |
| xer(o) | dry |
| zo(o) | life |
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