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QC Med Term c/f
combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| arthr/o | joint |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ven/o | vein |
| oste/0 | bone |
| cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
| eti/o | cause (of disease) |
| iatr/o | physician, medicine |
| lei-/o | smooth |
| onc/o | tumor |
| path/o | disease |
| somat/o | body |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black, dark |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| aut/o | self |
| bi/o | life |
| coni/o | dust |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| heter/o | other |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death (body and cells) |
| pachy/o | thick |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| xer/o | dry |
| cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | horny, hard tissue |
| onych/o, ungi/o | nail |
| seb/o | sebum (oil) |
| trich/o | hair |
| anter/o | front |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| dist/o | away |
| dors/o | back |
| infer/o | below |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | near |
| super/o | above |
| ventr/o | belly, (front) |
| aden/o | gland |
| cyt/o | cell |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| lip/o | fat |
| my/o | muscle |
| neur/o | nerve |
| organ/o | organ |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| system/o | system |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchus |
| diaphragmat/o, phren/o | diaphragm |
| lob/o | lobe |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| sept/o | septum (wall off, fence) |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| atel/o | imperfect, incomplete |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| muc/o | mucus |
| orth/o | straight |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| ox/o, ox/i | oxygen |
| py/o | pus |
| somn/o | sleep |
| spir/o | breathe, breathing |
Created by:
donnarob
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