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Combing Forms
Root word + vowel
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum |
| acid/o | sour, bitter |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acr/o | extremity |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| agglutin/o | to clump |
| albin/o | white |
| alges/o | pain |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| amni/o | amnion |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| andr/o | man, male, masculine |
| aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anis/o | unequal |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| anter/o | front |
| anthrac/o | coal |
| aortr/o | aorta |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | watery |
| arrhythm/o | without rhythm |
| arter/o | artery |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| astr/o | star-shaped |
| ather/o | fatty |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis, glans clitoridis |
| bar/o | pressure |
| bas/o | base |
| bil/i | bile |
| blast/o | embryonic stage of development |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchus, airway |
| bronchiol/o | bronchus |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calc/i | calcium |
| calc/o | calcium |
| calcane/o | heel bone |
| cali/o | calyx, calyces |
| calic/o | calyx, calyces |
| capit/o | head |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| card/o | cardiac, heart |
| cardi/o | cardiac, heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caud/o | tail |
| caus/o | burn |
| caut/o | burn |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | pertaining to the abdomen |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cere |
| cerebr/o | brain, cerebrum |
| cervic/o | cervix |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cheil/o | lips |
| chem/o | chemical |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol/e | bile |
| cholecystr/o | gallbladder |
| chord/o | string, cord |
| chrom/o | color |
| chromat/o | color |
| chondr/i | cartilage |
| cirrh/o | yellow, tawny |
| clavicul/o | collarbone |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |