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medical terminolog
combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous,cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or cyst (sac containing fluid) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestine) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast (throw) |
| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage (type of connective tissue) |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bine) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis) |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelvi/o | pelvis |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| adip/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surroundingthe embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box)` |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells or of whole body) |
| neutr/o | neutrophil ( a white blood cell) |
| ot/o | ear |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| ven/o | veins |
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