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Combine Forms3
AliedTerm3
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |