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Combining Forms
All CFs wtith definitions
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| append/O, appendic/O | appendix |
| bi/O | life |
| cardi/O | heart |
| cerebr/O | cerebrum (the largest portion of the brain) |
| cutane/o, dermat/O, derm | skin |
| electr/O | electricity |
| encephal/O | brain |
| gastr/O | stomach |
| hem/O, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/O | liver |
| hyster/O | uterus |
| leuk/O | white |
| mamm/O, mast/O | breast |
| nat/O | birth |
| neur/O | nerve |
| path/O | disease |
| proct/O, rect/o | rectum or anus |
| psych/O, ment/o | mind |
| rhin/O | nose |
| tonsill/O | almond, tonsil |
| vas/O | vessel |
| abdomin/O | abdomen |
| abras/O | rub away |
| aden/O | gland |
| albin/O | white |
| angi/O, vas/o | blood vessel |
| ankyl/O | crooked |
| anter/O | front |
| aort/O | aorta |
| arter/O, arteri/O | artery |
| arthr/O, articul/O | joint |
| ather/O | fatty |
| atri/O | atrium |
| aut/o | self |
| bacteri/O | bacteria |
| blast/o | enbryonic cell, developing cell |
| brachi/O | arm |
| burs/O | purse or sac, bursa |
| carcin/O | cancer |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caud/o | tail |
| cellul/O, cyst/o | small cell |
| cephal/O | head |
| cervic/O | neck |
| chondr/O | cartliage |
| chym/O | juice |
| condyl/O | knuckle of a joint |
| coron/o | crown or circle, heart |
| cost/o | rib |
| cran/o, crani/o | skull |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cyan/o | blue |
| dist/o | distant |
| dors/o, poster/o | back |
| ech/o, son/o | sound |
| embol/o, tampon/o | plug |
| erythr/o | red |
| fasci/o | fascia/sheath |
| femor/o | thigh, femor |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| follicul/o | follicule |
| fung/o | fungus |
| globin/o, albumin/o,prote/o | protein |
| gluet/o | buttock |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| homo/o, home/o | same |
| hydr/o | water or fluid |
| iatr/o | physician |
| idi/o | individual |
| ili/o | hip, groin |
| immun/o | exempt, immunity |
| infer/o | below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| ischi/o | hip |
| isch/o | hold back |
| kerat/o | horny tissue |
| kinesi/o | motion |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lamin/o | thin, lamina |
| laryng/o | larynx or voice box |
| leuk/o | white |
| lord/o | bent forward |
| lumb/o | middle |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | condition of black |
| menisci/o | meniscus |
| muscul/o, my/o, myos/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| necr/o | death |
| neur/o | nerve |
| nosocom/o | hospital |
| nucl/o | kennel, nucleus |
| onych/o | nail |
| organ/o | tool |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o, ost/o | bone |
| pariet/o | wall |
| patell/o | patella, knee |
| pector/o, pect/o | chest |
| pedicul/o | body louse |
| pelv/o | bowl |
| petr/o | stone |
| phalang/o | phalanges, fingers |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| phys/o | growth |
| physi/o | nature |
| poikil/o | irregular |
| proxim/o | near |
| pub/o | pubis |
| radi/o, rad/o | radius |
| rhythm/o, rrhythm | rhythm |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh, meat |
| scler/o | thick, hard |
| seb/o | oil |
| scoli/o | curved |
| sept/o | putrefying, wall or partition, infection |
| skelton/o | skelton |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra |
| sten/o | narrow |
| stern/o | chest, sternum |
| sphygm/o | pressure |
| super/o | above |
| syn/o | connect, together |
| synov/o, synovi/o | synovial |
| tars/o | tarsal bone |
| tax/o | reaction to a stimulus, movement |
| tend/o, ten/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| tens/o | pressure |
| thorac/o | chest/thorax |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tom/o | to cut |
| trich/o | hair |
| troph/o | development |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tox/o | poison |
| umbilic/o | navel |
| valvul/o | little valve |
| varic/o | dilated vein |
| vascul/o | little blood vessel |
| ventr/o | belly |
| ventricul/o | little belly, ventricle |
| xer/o | dry |
| enter/o | small intestines |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| alveol/o | air sac |
| bronch/o | airway |
| lob/o | a rounded part,lobe |
| muc/o | mucus |
| rhin/o, nas/o | nose |
| ox/o, ox/i | oxygen |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| phragm/o, phragmat/o | partition |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| sinus/o | cavity |
| trache/o | windpipe |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| coni/o | dust |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder |
| glott/o | opening into the windpipe |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung or air |
| py/o | pus |
| sphyx/o | pulse |
| tubercul/o | little swelling |
| dilat/o | to widen |
| spir/o | breath |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| acid/o | solution w/ph less than 7 |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cec/o | cecum |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| phragm/o, phragmat/o | partition |
| an/o | anus |
| bil/i | bile |
| cheil/o | lip |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| cirrh/o | orange/yellow |
| col/o, colon/o | colon |
| dent/o | teeth |
| diverticul/o | diverticulum |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| fec/o | feces |
| flux/o | flow |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
| halit/o | breath |
| ile/o | ileum |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| orexia | appetite |
| or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
| parot/o | paroid gland |
| peps/o, pept/o | digestion |
| pancreat/o | pancrease |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| polyp/o | polyp |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| sial/o | silva |
| sigm/o | sigmoid colon |
| steat/o, lip/o | fat |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o | sweet, sugar |
| meat/o | opening, passage |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ur/o, urin/o | urine |
| azot/o | nitrogen |
| ket/o, keton/o | ketone |
| noct/o | night |
| olig/o | few in number, scanty |
| spadias/o | rip or tear |
| meat/o | opening |
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