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Combining Forms
Advanced Medical Terminology Chapter 2 ROOM221
Term | Definition |
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Abdomin/o | Abdomen |
Adip/o | Fat |
Anter/o | Front |
Cervic/o | Neck of the body or uterus |
Chondr/o | Cartilage |
Chrom/o | Color |
Coccyg/o | Coccyx (tailbone) |
Crani/o | Skull |
Cyt/o | Cell |
Dist/o | Distant, Far |
Dors/o | Back portion of the body |
Hist/o, Histi/o | Tissue |
ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
inguin/o | Groin |
Kary/o | Nucleus |
Later/o | Side |
Lumb/o | Lower back |
Medi/o | Middle |
Nucle/o | Nucleus |
Pelvi/o | Pelvis |
Poster/o | Back, Behind |
Proxim/o | Nearest |
Sacr/o | Sacrum |
Sarc/o | Flesh |
Spin/o | Spine, Backbone |
Thel/o, Theli/o | Nipple |
Thorac/o | Chest |
Trache/o | Trachea (Windpipe) |
Umbilic/o | Umbilicus (Navel) |
Ventr/o | Belly side of the body |
Vertebr/o | Vertebra(e) (Backbone) |
Viscer/o | Internal organs |