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Nursing
Combination Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cardi/o | heart |
| crin/o | secrete |
| dermat/o | skin |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | intestines |
| gynec/o | female |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| immun/o | immune |
| ne/o | new |
| nat/o | birth |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ger/a; ger/o; geront/o | elderly |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orthr/o | straight |
| ped/o | feet; child |
| ot/o | ear |
| laryng/o | larnyx; voice |
| path/o | diesease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | radiation |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urinary tract (sometimes urine) |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| append/o; appendic/o | appendix |
| bi/o | life or living |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cereb/o; encephal/o | brain |
| chir/o | hand |
| col/o | colon or large intestine |
| cutane/o; derm/a; dermat/o | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mamm/o; mast/o | breast |
| muscul/o; my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| pulm/o; pulmon/o; pneum/o; pneumon/o | lungs |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| vas/o | vessel; ductus deferens |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lact/o | milk |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| micro- | small |
| muc/o | mucus |
| prote/o, protein/o | protein |
| pyr/o | fire |