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Med Term TS CombForm
Med Term for TS COMBINING FORMS Body Organization & Systems
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| aer/o | air |
| alb/o albin/o | white |
| algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
| alveol/o | alveoli (clusters of air sacs at the end of each bronchiole) |
| amyl/o | starch |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| an/o | anus |
| anter/o | anterior, toward the front |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arter/o arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arterioles |
| append/o appendic/o | appendix |
| arthr/o | joint, articulation |
| atel/o | imperfect, incomplete |
| ather/o | yellow fatty plaque |
| bi/o | life |
| bil/i | bile |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchi |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| burs/o | bursa (sac of fluid that helps reduce friction especially where a tendon passes over a bone) |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel) |
| calc/i | calcium |
| cancer/o carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| caud/o | tail, in a posterior position |
| cec/o | cecum (first portion of the large intestine, appendix hangs down from this) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cervic/o | neck (cervical vertebrae C1 - C7 & cervix - neck of uterus ) |
| cheil/o | lips |
| chem/o | chemical |
| chir/o | hand |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cirrh/o | orange,yellow |
| clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| coagul/o | coagulation (blood clotting process) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| col/o colon/o | colon, large intestine |
| coni/o | dust |
| coron/o | heart |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | cyst, bladder, sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tear, tearing, crying |
| dactyl/o | digit (toe, finger, or both) |
| dent/i | teeth |
| dent/o | teeth |
| derm/a dermat/o | skin |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | far or distant from the origin or point of attachment directed toward or situated on the side |
| dors/o | directed toward or situated on the backside |
| duoden/o | duodenum (first part of small intestine) |
| ech/o | sound |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | embolus |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines, small intestine |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| faci/o | face |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| fluor/o | emitting or reflecting light |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | beginning, origin |
| ger/a ger/o geront/o | aged, elderly |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o glycos/o | sugar |
| gram/o | to record |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hidr/o | perspiration |
| hist/o | tissue |
| home/o | sameness |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water |
| ile/o | ileum (3rd and final section of the small intestine) |
| ili/o | ilium (anterior ilium are your hip bones located just above your jeans) |
| immun/o | immune |
| infer/o | lowermost, below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| intestin/o | intestines |
| ischi/o | ishium |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| jejun/o | jejunum (second section of the small intestine) |
| lacrim/o | tear, tearing, crying |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| later/o | toward the side, farther from the midline |
| leps/o | seizure |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lob/o | lobe |
| lumb/o | lumbar |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatics |
| lymphat/o | lymphatics |
| lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
| malac/o | soft, softening |
| mamm/o mast/o | breast |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals, bones between the wrist and the fingers |
| metatars/o | metatarsals, bones between the ankle and the toes |
| metr/o | measure, uterine tissue |
| muc/o | mucus |
| muscul/o my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| narc/o | stupor |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/o | birth |
| ne/o | new |
| necr/o | dead |
| neur/o | nerve |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| odont/o | teeth |
| omphal/o | umbilicus (navel) |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o optic/o | vision |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| patell/o | patella (knee cap) |
| path/o | disease |
| pector/o | chest |
| ped/o | child or foot |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pharmac/o pharmaceut/i | drugs, medicine |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat - performs swallowing action) |
| phas/o | speech |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | diaphragm, mind |
| plast/o | repair |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleura membrane surrounding each lung |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| poster/o | nearer to or toward the back, situated behind |
| proct/o | anus or rectum |
| prote/o protein/o | protein |
| proxim/o | nearer the origin or point of attachment |
| psych/o | mind |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pulm/o pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| pyr/o | fire |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radius, radiant energy |
| rect/o | rectum |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| schis/o schist/o | split, cleft |
| schiz/o | split, cleft |
| scler/o | hard |
| scop/o | to examine, to view |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| silic/o | silica (dust of stone, sand, or flint containing silica) |
| sin/o | sinuses |
| som/a somat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| spin/o | spine |
| spir/o | spiral, to breathe |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| super/o | uppermost, above |
| tars/o | tarsals (bones of the ankle) |
| tel/e | distant |
| ten/o tend/o tendin/o | tendon |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| tom/o | to cut |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| top/o | place, position |
| tox/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| troph/o | nutrition |
| uln/o | ulna |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| vas/o | vessel, ductus deferens |
| vascul/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| venul/o | venule |
| ventr/o | belly side |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| viscer/o | viscera (interal organs of the body) |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| albumin/o | albumin (type of protien in urine) |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus (filtering structure of the kidney) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis (reservoir in kidney that collects urine) |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra (alows you to hit the toilet) |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| ovar/o | ovary |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| men/o | month |
| metr/o | uterine tissue |
| uter/o | uterus |
| colp/o | vagina |
| genit/o | genitals |
| gonad/o | genitals or reproduction |
| salping/o | uterine tube/fallopian tube |
| fet/o | fetal |
| ov/o | ovum (egg) |
| amin/o | amnion (fetal membrane) |
| par/o | to bear offspring |
| adip/o | fat |
| pub/o | pubis |
| orchi/oorchid/otest/o orchid/otesticul/o orchi/o | testicles |
| pen/o | penis |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| scrot/o | scrotum |
| semin/o | semen |
| ser/o | serum |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| axill/o | axilla (armpit) |
| folliculo/o | follicle (as in hair) |
| ichthy/o | fish |
| kerat/o | horny or cornea |
| ungu/o | nail |
| pil/o | hair |
| trich/o | hair |
| seb/o | sebum (oil) |
| seps/o | infection |
| sept/o | infection or septum |
| xer/o | dry (think zero moisture) |
| physi/o | nature |
| aut/o | self (think autobiography) |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| dendr/o | tree |
| gli/o | neroglia, sticky substance |
| ment/o | mind |
| nerv/o | nerve |
| retin/o | retina |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| mening/o | meninges |
| andr/o | male or masculine |
| gigant/o | giant |
| iod/o | iodine |
| myx/o | mucus |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid |
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