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Medical Terminology
Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthro/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder or a sac or cyst containing fluid |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o or dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines (usually referes to the small intestine) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman or female |
| hemat/o or hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot or clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract or urine |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast (throw) |
| cervic/o | neck (of the body or the uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | 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 |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/o | hip or pelvic cavity |
| poster/o | back or behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae or backbones |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | exremities or top |
| acu/o | sharp, severe or sudden |
| agor/a | marketplace |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| chem/o | drug or chemical |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| encephal/o | brain |
| hydr/o | water or fluid |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen or abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| lymph/o | lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces) |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape or form |
| muc/o | mucous |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat or swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea |
| ven/o | vein |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cib/o | meals |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| duct/o | to lead or carry |
| flex/o | to bend |
| furc/o | forking or branching |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| morph/o | shape or form |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| nect/o | to bind, tie or connect |
| norm/o | rule or order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pub/o | pubis |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| the/o | to put or place |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thyr/o | shield |
| top/o | place, positin or location |
| tox/o | poison |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | belly or abdomen |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| col/o | colon or large intestine |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestines, usually the small intestine |
| faci/o | face |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw or mandible |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| amyl/o | starch |
| bil/i | gall or bile |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
| chol/e | gall or bile |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochoric acid |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glycogen/o | glycogen or animal starch |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| prote/o | protein |
| sial/o | saliva or salivary |
| steat/o | fat |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| nephro/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| trigon/o | trigone (region of the bladder) |
| visic/o | urinary bladder |
| albumin/o | albumin (a protein in the blood) |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| dips/o | thirst |
| lith/o | stone |
| noct/i | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| py/o | pus |
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