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A & P Combining K-V
A & P Medical Terms Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Kary/o | nucleus |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone; calculus |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| mening/o | membrane |
| ment/o | mind |
| metr/o | uterus |
| mon/o | one |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ocul/o | eye |
| olig/o | scanty |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orchid/o | testes |
| orth/o | straight, upright |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pachy/o | thick, heavy |
| ped/o | foot |
| phag/o | eat |
| phleb/o | vein |
| port/o | liver |
| poster/o | back (of body); behind |
| proct/o | rectum |
| poiki/o | toward; nearer to |
| presby/o | old, old age |
| proct/o | rectum |
| pseud/o | false |
| psych/o | mind |
| py/o | pus |
| pyr/o | fever; fire |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | tube |
| sept/o | wall |
| somat/o | body |
| spir/o | breath |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| steth/o | chest |
| thorac/o | chest |
| top/o | place, position, location |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| vas/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | belly side of body |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| viscer/o | internal organs |