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COMBINING FORMS
Prefixes
Question | Answer |
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abdomen/o | abdomen |
acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point. |
aden/o | gland |
agor/a | marketplace |
amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus. |
angi/o | vessel |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
axill/o | armpit |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs). |
carcin/o | cancer |
chem/o | drug, chemical |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chron/o | time |
col/o | colon (large intestine) |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
encephala/o | brain |
hydr/o | water, fluid |
inguin/o | groin |
isch/o | to hold back |
lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall. |
lymph/o | lymph. Lymph is clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes surrounding the body. |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
morph/o | shape, form |
muc/o | mucus |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
my/o | muscle. |
necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
ophthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear. |
path/o | disease |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
phag/o | to eat, swallow |
plas/o | formation, development. |
pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles). |
pneumon/o | lungs |
pulmon/o | lungs |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/o | kidney |
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 |