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Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| bas/o | base; alkaline |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | colour |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| granul/o | granule |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry & scaly |
| immun/o | safe; protected; immune |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kerat/o | hard; horny tissue |
| lact/o | milk |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| log/o | study of |
| lute/o | yellow |
| lymph/o | lymph; lymphatic system |
| lymphaden/o | lymph glands or nodes |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| melan/o | black |
| morph/o | shape; form |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| nid/o | nest |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| phag/o | eating; swallowing |
| pil/o | hair |
| poikil/o | varied; irregular |
| scler/o | hardening; sclera |
| seb/o | sebaceous gland; sebum |
| septic/o | poison; infection |
| sider/o | iron |
| splen/o | spleen |
| squam/o | scaly |
| steat/o | fat |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tox/o | poison |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xen/o | strange; foreign |
| xer/o | dry |