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Medical Terminology
Combining forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain (largest part of) |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or cyst containing fluid |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermato/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study of |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor (cancerous) |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| cervic/o | neck of body or uterus |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| spin/o | spine |
| thel/o, theli/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| vertebr/o | backbone(s), vertebrae |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| abdomen/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| acr/o | extremities |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| mast/o | breast |
| lymph/o | lymph (clear fluid) |
| mamm/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (white blood cell) |
| ot/o | ear |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| perit/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs) |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| ven/o | vein |
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