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Medical Terminology
Organ/Body Part Combining Forms
Term | Definition |
---|---|
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 |
Cyst/o | Urinary Bladder |
Cyt/o | Cell |
Derm/o | Skin |
Dermat/o | Skin |
Electr/o | Electricity |
Encephal/o | Brain |
Enter/o | intestines (often the small intestine) |
Erythr/o | red |
Gastr/o | stomach |
Gnos/o | Knowledge |
Gynec/o | Woman, female |
Hem/o | Blood |
Hemat/o | Blood |
Hepat/o | Liver |
Lapar/o | Abdomen (area between the chest and hip) |
Leuk/o | White |
Nephr/o | Kidney |
Neur/o | Nerve |
Onc/o | tumor (cancerous) |
Ophthalm/o | Eye |
Oste/o | Bone |
Path/o | Disease |
Psych/o | Mind |
Ren/o | Kidney |
Rhin/o | Nose |
Sarc/o | Flesh |
Thromb/o | Clotting |
Abdomin/o || Lapar/o | Abdomen (abdominal) |
Vas/o || Angi/o | Blood vessel (vasoconstriction) |
Vertebr/o || Spondyl/o | Backbone (vertebral) |
Mamm/o || Mast/o | Breast (mammogram) |
Tympan/o || Myring/o | eardrum (tympanic) |
Ocul/o | eye (ocular) |
Coron/o | heart (coronary) |
Pulmon/o || Pneumon/o | lung (pulmonary) |
Or/o || Stomat/o | mouth (oral) |
Muscul/o || My/o | Muscle |
Nas/o | Nose (Nasal) |
Ovari/o || Oophor/o | Ovary |
Cutane/o | Skin |
Vesic/o | Urinary Bladder (Vesical) |
Uter/o || Hyster/o | Uterus |
Vagin/o || Colp/o | Vagina (Colposcopy) |
Ven/o || Phleb/o | Vein (Venous)/(Phlebotomy) |
Anter/o | front |
Bronch/o | Bronchial tubes (leading from the windpipe to the lungs) |
Cervic/o | Neck of the body or Neck of cervix of the uterus |
Chondr/o | Cartilage (connective tissue attached to bones) |
Coccyg/o | Coccyx, tailbone |
Crani/o | Skull |
Epitheli/o | skin, surface tissue |
Esophag/o | Esophagus (tube from the throat to the stomach) |
Laryng/o | Larynx (voice Box) |
Later/o | Side |
Lumb/o | Loin (waist) |
Lymph/o | Lymph (clear fluid in tissue spaces and lymph vessels) |
Mediastin/o | mediastinum (space between lungs) |
Pelv/o | Pelvis (bones of the hip) |
Peritone/o | Peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal organs |
Pharyng/o | Pharynx (throat) |
Pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs) |
Poster/o | back, behind |
Radi/o | x-rays |
sacr/o | sacrum (five fused bones in the lower back) |
Spin/o | spine (backbone) |
Thorac/o | chest |
trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |