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Combine Forms3
AliedTerm3
Term | Definition |
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leiomy/o | smooth muscle, attached to internal organs |
vascul/o | blood vessel |
angi/o | blood or vessel |
cardiomy/o | heart muscle |
arteri/o | artery |
ven/o | vein |
phleb/o | vein |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
erythr/o | red |
leuk/o | white |
pneumon/o | lung |
pulmon/o | lung |
bronch/o | bronchial tube |
bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
trache/o | trachea, air vent pipe to bronchus |
esophag/o | muscular passage to stomach |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
col/o | colon |
hepat/o | liver |
nephr/o | kidney |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
hystr/o | uterus or womb |
uter/o | uterus |
oophor/o | ovary |
salping/o | fallopian tube |
amni/o | sac fluid surr. embryo |
arthr/o | joint |
axill/o | armpit |
carcin/o | cancerous |
chem/o | drug |
chron/o | time |
inguin/o | groin |
isch/o | to hold back |
men/o | month, menses |
mening/o | membrane around brain &spinal cord |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
necr/o | death (cell) |
phleb/o | vein |
septic/o | pert. infection |
tonsill/o | tonsil |
ur/o | urine, urea |
cholecystectomy | excision of gallbladder |
ather/o | plaque, fatty substance |
dura mater | meninges - outer layer |
arachnoid | meninges - middle layer |
pia mater | meninges - inner layer |