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HIT 104 - Ch. 2 C.F.
HIT 104 - Chapter 2 - Combining Form
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast |
| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage (type of connective tissue) |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis) |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis, hip region |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| thel/o, theli/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |