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Medi Term Mid-term
Mod 1-9_Combining Forms & Meanings
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland (combining form) |
| arthr/o | joint (combining form) |
| bi/o | life (combining form) |
| carcin/o | cancerous (combining form) |
| cardi/o | heart (combining form) |
| cephal/o | head(combining form) |
| cerebr/o | brain; cerebrum (combining form) |
| cis/o | to cut (combining form) |
| crin/o | to secrete; to form & give off (combining form) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid (combining form) |
| cyt/o | cell (combining form) |
| derm/o; dermat/o | skin (combining form) |
| electr/o | electricity (combining form) |
| encephal/o | brain (combining form) |
| enter/o | intestines, usually small intestines (combining form) |
| eryth/o | red (combining form) |
| gastr/o | stomach (combining form) |
| gnos/o | knowledge (combining form) |
| gynec/o | woman, female (combining form) |
| hemat/o; hem/o | blood (combining form) |
| hepat/o | liver (combining form) |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician (combining form) |
| leuk/o | white (combining form) |
| nephr/o | kidney (combining form) |
| neur/o | nerve (combining form) |
| onc/o | tumor (combining form) |
| ophthlalm/o | eye(combining form) |
| oste/o | bone (combining form) |
| path/o | disease (combining form) |
| ped/o | child (combining form) |
| psych/o | mind (combining form) |
| radi/o | x-rays (combining form) |
| ren/o | kidney (combining form) |
| rhin/o | nose (combining form) |
| sarc/o | flesh (combining form) |
| sect/o | to cut (combining form) |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting (combining form) |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine (combining form) |
| abdomnin/o | abdomen (combining form) |
| adip/o | fat (combining form) |
| anter/o | front (combining form) |
| bol/o | cast; throw (combining form) |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix, neck of uterus (combining form) |
| chondr/o | cartilage (combining form) |
| chrom/o | color (combining form) |
| coccyg/o | coccyx/tailbone (combining form) |
| crani/o | skull (combining form) |
| cyt/o | cell (combining form) |
| dist/o | far; distant (combining form) |
| dors/o | back portion of the body (combining form) |
| hist/o | tissue (combining form) |
| ili/o | ilium/part of the peliv bone (combining form) |
| inguin/o | groin (combining form) |
| kary/o | nucleus (combining form) |
| later/o | side (combining form) |
| lumb/o | lower back; loin (combining form) |
| medio | middle (combining form) |
| nucle/o | nucleus (combining form) |
| pelv/i | pelvic bone/hip (combining form) |
| poster/o | back (of body); behind (combining form) |
| proxim/o | near (combining form) |
| sacr/o | flesh (combining form) |
| spin/o | spine/backbone; spinal cord (combining form) |
| thel/o | nipple (combining form) |
| thorac/o | chest (combining form) |
| trache/o | trachea/windpipe (combining form) |
| umbilic/o | navel/umbilical cord (combining form) |
| ventr/o | belly side of body (combining form) |
| vertebr/o | vertebrea/backbones (combining form) |
| viscer/o | internal organs (combining form) |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities; top; extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | drug/chemical |
| chondr/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erthyr/o | red |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hydr/o | water/fluid |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen/abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larnyx/voice box |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels/nodes throughout the body) |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape/form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow (context of usage indicates the meaning intended) |
| necr/o | death (of cells/whole body) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat/swallow |
| phelb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation/development |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs & adjecent to chest wall) |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea / windpipe |
| ven/o | vein |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cib/o | meals |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | fingers/toes |
| duct/o | to lead/carry |
| flex/o | to bend |
| furc/o | forking/branching |
| gloss/o | tounge |
| immun/o | protection |
| morph/o | shape/form |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| nect/o | bind/tie/connect |
| norm/o | rule/order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pub/o | pubis/ anterior portion of pelvic/hipbone |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| the/o | to put/place |
| thel/o | thryroid gland |
| top/o | place/position/location |
| tox/o | poison |
| trache/o | windpipe/trachea |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| col/o | colon, large intestine |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | deudenum |
| enter/o | instestines, usually small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| faci/o | face |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | toungue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tounge |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw/mandible |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| proct/o | anus/rectum |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| amyl/o | starch |
| bil/i | gall, bile |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| prote/o | protein |
| sail/o | saliva, salivary |
| steat/o | fat |
| bucc/o | buccal; cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | belly; abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | bile; gall |
| cholangi/o | bile duct/vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile cudt |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/i | teeth |
| dueden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine |
| esophag/o | esophogus |
| gastr/o | belly; stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | glucose; glycogen |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | labia |
| lingu/o | tounge |
| lip/o | fat; lipid |
| lith/o | stone |
| odont/o | tooth |
| or/o | mouth; oral |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas; pancreatic |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sailaden/o | salivary gland |
| splen/o | spleen |
| steat/o | fat |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| cali/o, calic/o | calyx (calix) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | meatus |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ren/o | kidney |
| trigon/o | trigone (region of bladder) |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethe/o | urethra |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| albumin/o | albumin (protein in blood) |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| dips/o | thrist |
| ket/o, keton/o | ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone) |
| lith/o | stone |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | scanty |
| py/o | pus |
| ur/o | urine (urea) |
| urin/o | urine |
| amni/o | amnion |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| colp/o | vagina |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| episi/o | vulva |
| galact/o | milk |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| lact/o | milk |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| metr/o, metri/o | uterus |
| my/o, myom/o | muscle, muscle tumor |
| nat/i | birth |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy & childbirth |
| o/o | egg |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | egg |
| perine/o | perineum |
| phor/o | to bear |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| andr/o | male |
| balan/o | glans penisGreek balanos = acorn |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| gon/o | seedGreek gone = seed |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testis, testicleGreek orchis = orchidcomparision to orchid is to describe the fleshy tubers on the rootstocks of the orchids |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| semin/i | semen, seed |
| sperm/o, spermat/o | spermatozoa, semen |
| terat/o | monsterGreek teras = monster |
| test/o | testis, testicle |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| vas/o | vessel, ductvas deferens |
| zo/o | animal life |
| chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
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