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Chapter 2 LOM
Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomin |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | cast;throw |
| cervic/o | neck;cervix (neck of uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far;distant |
| dors/o | back (of body) |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back;loin |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/o | pelvis; hip region |
| poster/o | back (of body); behind |
| proxim/o | near |
| sacr/o | sarcum |
| sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue) |
| spin/o | spine (backbone) |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus (navel) |
| ventr/o | belly side of body |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |