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Combining forms
Term | Definition |
---|---|
abdomin/o | abdomen |
acid/o | acid |
acr/o | extremity |
aer/o | air |
albin/o | white |
an/o | anus |
anter/o | anterior, front |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
bil/i | bile, gall |
bucc/o | cheek |
caud/o | tail |
cec/o | cecum |
cephal/o | head |
cervic/o | neck |
cheil/o | lip |
chlor/o | green |
chol/e | bile, gall |
cholangi/o | bile vessel |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | bile duct |
chrom/o | colour |
cirrh/o | yellow |
col/o | colon |
colon/o | colon |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
cyan/o | blue |
cyt/o | cell |
dent/o | teeth |
dermat/o | skin |
dist/o | far, farthest |
dors/o | back |
duoden/o | duodenum |
enter/o | intestine |
erythr/o | red |
esophag/o | esophagus |
eti/o | cause |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gum(s) |
gloss/o | tongue |
glott/o | glottis |
hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hist/o | tissue |
idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
ile/o | ileum |
ili/o | ilium |
infer/o | lower, below |
inguin/o | groin |
jaund/o | yellow |
jejun/o | jejunum |
kary/o | nucleus |
labi/o | lip |
later/o | side, to one side |
leuk/o | white |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat |
lipid/o | fat |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
lumb/o | loins |
maxill/o | maxilla |
medi/o | middle |
melan/o | black |
morph/o | form, shape, structure |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
myx/o | mucus |
nucle/o | nucleus |
odent/o | teeth |
odont/o | teeth |
or/o | mouth |
orth/o | straight |
palat/o | palate |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
path/o | disease |
pelv/i | pelvis |
pelv/o | pelvis |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
pharmaceutic/o | drug, medicine |
pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
poli/o | gray, gray matter |
polyp/o | small growth |
poster/o | back, behind, posterior |
proct/o | anus, rectum |
proxim/o | near, nearest |
ptyal/o | saliva |
pylor/o | pylorus |
radi/o | radiation, x-ray, radius |
rect/o | rectum |
sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
somat/o | body |
son/o | sound |
spin/o | spine |
steat/o | fat |
stomat/o | mouth |
therm/o | heat |
thorac/o | chest |
tom/o | to cut |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
uvul/o | uvula |
ventr/o | belly, belly side |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
viscer/o | internal organs |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dry |