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A & P Combing A-K
A & P Medical Terms Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremity |
| aden/o | gland |
| aer/o | air |
| albin/o | white |
| ambly/o | dimness |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anis/o | unequal, dissimilar |
| anter/o | front |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| asthen/o | lack of strength, weakness |
| ather/o | plaque; fatty substance |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| carcin/o | cancerous, CA |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chem/o | drug; chemical |
| chir/o | hand |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol/e | bile; gall |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chrom/o | color |
| cis/o | to cut |
| col/o, colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| coron/o | heart |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | cyst, bladder, sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| dent/i, odont/o | tooth, teeth |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dors/o | back |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| eosin/o | red, rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| estr/o | female |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | producing; produced by |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | glucose; sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| iatr/o | relationship to a physician or medicine |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| inguin/o | groin |
| is/oo | equal |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kinesi/o | movement |