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Chapter 1
combining forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder, sac or cyst |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study of |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| -ac, -al, -ic, -ical | pertaining to |
| -algia | pain |
| -ectomy | removal |
| -emia | blood |
| -genic | pertaining to producing |
| -globin | protein |
| -gram | record |
| -ion | process |
| -ist | specialist |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -opsy | process of viewing |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -scope | instrument to visually examine |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -sis | state of; condition |
| -tomy | process of cutting; incision |
| -y | process; condition |
| a, an | no, not, without |
| aut, auto- | self, own |
| dia- | complete; through |
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Chazlynn
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