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Combining Form SNP
Medical Terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| noct/o | night |
| seb | sebum (oil) |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| leuk/o | white |
| aur/i, aur/o, ot/o | ear |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| abdoni,/o, celi/o, lapar.o | abdomen |
| melan/o | black |
| femor/o | femur (upper leg bone) |
| gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
| dipl/o | two, double |
| ton/o | tension, pressure |
| divericul/o | diverticulum |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| epididym.o | epididymis |
| cry/o | COLD |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum), middle ear |
| mastoid/o | mastoid bone |
| myring/o | typmanic membrane (eardrum) |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| vesicu/o | seminal vesicle` |
| sperm.o,spermat/o | spermatozoon, sperm |
| spir/o | breathe, breathing |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
| heter/o | other |
| onycho/o, ungul/o | nail |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| hydr/o | water |
| blast/o | developing cell, germ cell |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| cephal/o | head |
| andr/o | male |
| vas/o | vessel, duct |
| orchid/o, orchi/o, orch/o, test/o | testis, testicle |
| pseud/o | false |
| staped/o | stapes (middle ear bone) |
| vestibul/o | vestibule |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| meat/o | meatus (opening) |
| polyp/o | polyp, small growth |
| palat/o | palate |
| later/o | side |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| pylor/o | pyorus, pyloric spinncter |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| son/o | sound |
| organ/o | organs |
| somat/o | body |
| proxim/o | near (the point of attachment of a body part) |
| sail/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| gno/o | knowledge |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| scler/o | sclera |
| kerat/o | horny tissue, hard |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| audi/o | hearing |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| coni/o | dust |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder, sac |
| muc/o | mucus |
| myc/o | FUNGUS |
| py/o | pus |
| puerper/o | childbirth |
| omphal/o | umbilicus, navel |
| orth/o | straight |
| sp,m/o | sleep |
| azot/o | urea, nitrogen |
| diaphragmato/o, phren/o | diaphragm |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| corne/o, kerat/o | cornea |
| lob/o | lobe |
| epiglot/o | epiglottis |
| bronchi/o, bronch/o | bronchus |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| atel/o | inperfect, incomplete |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| ox/o, ox/i | oxygen |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o | lung, air |
| eept/o | septum (wall off, fence) |
| thorac/o | chest (thorax) |
| trache/o | trachea |
| pharyng/o | pharynz |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| par/o, part/o | bear, give birth to, labor, chilbirth |
| pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvic bone, pelvis |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| prim/i | first |
| super/o | above |
| cyan/o | blue |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| tom/o | cut, section |
| lip/o | fat |
| fibul/o | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| phot/o | light |
| terat/o | malformations |
| pylor/o | pylorus, pyloric spincter |
| aden/o | glands |
| erythr/o | red |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped, straited |
| dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear, tear duct |
| staphyl/o | grape-like clusters |
| irid/o, ir/o | iris |
| medi/o | middle |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| chlor/o | green |
| my/o | muscle |
| path/o | disease |
| cut/o | cell |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| onc/o | tumor, mass |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| cheil/o | lip |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| dist/o | away (from the point of attachment of a body part) |
| bi/o | life |
| olig/o | scanty, few |
| retin/o | retina |
| aut/o | self |
| cholanhi/o | bile duct |
| iatr/o | physician, medicine (also means treatment) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| pachy/o | thick |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| opt/o | vision |
| cutane/o, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| chrom/o | color |
| urin/o, ru/o | urine, urinary tract |
| necr/o | death (cells, body) |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| cephal/o | head (upward) |
| lei/o | smooth |
| xer/o | dry |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| system/o | system |
| caner/o, carcin/o | CANCER |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ocul/o, opthalm/o | eye |
| eti/o | cause (of disease |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| dors/o | back |
| hist/o | tissue |
| cost/o | rib |
| caud/o | tail (downward) |
| trich/o | hair |
| ventr/o | belly (front) |
| cor/o, core/o, pupill/o | pupil |
| steat/o | fat |
| infer/o | below |
| sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
| anter/o | front |
| c;lavic/o, clavicul/o | clavicle (collarbone) |
| herni/o | protrusion of an organ througha membrane or cavity wall |
| neur/o | nerve |
| gravis | grave, or serious |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| conjunctiv/o | conjuntiva |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| calc/i | calcium |
| kal/i | potassium |
| mon/o | one, single |
| phas/o | speech |
| dips/o | thirst |
| poli/o | grey matter |
| quadr/i | four |
| natr/o | sodium |
| fet/o,fet/i | fetus, unborn child |
| lact/o | mild |
| chori/o | chorion |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum, brain |
| encephal/o | brain |
| an/o | anus |
| cec/o | cecum |
| antr/o | antrum |
| col/o, colon/o | colon |
| isch/o | deficiency, blockage |
| thromb/o | clot |
| electr/o | electricity, electrical activity |
| therm/o | heat |
| amini/o, aminon/o | aminon, aminiotic fluid |
| embry/o | embryo, to be full |
| gravido/o | pregnancy |
| nat/o | birth |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| dur/o | hard, dura matter |
| disl/o | intervertebral disk |
| burs/o | bursa (cavity) |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| proct/o, rect/o | rectum |
| jujun/o | jejenum |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| arti/o | atrium |
| gastro | stomach |
| aponeur/o | aponeurosis |
| radi/o | radius (lower arm bone) |
| aort/o | aorta |
| enter/o | intestine |
| tibi/o | tibia (lower leg bone) |
| pub/o | pubis |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymph tissue |
| or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
| cardi/o | heart |
| ile/o | ileum |
| spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra |
| sarc/o | sarrum |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| arthr/o | joint |
| arteri/o | artery |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| rachi/o | spine, vertebral column |
| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone) |
| tars/o | tarsals (ankle bones) |
| PHALANG/O | PHALANGES (finger or toe bones) |
| duoden/o | doudenum |
| angio/o | vessel |
| men/o | menstruation |
| perine/o | perineum |
| ooophor/o | ovart |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| salping/o | uterine (fallopian) tube |
| esthesi/o | sensation, sensitivity, feeling |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| thyroid/o, thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| neur/o | nerve |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jawbone) |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
| meningi/o, mening/o | meninges |
| lumb/o | loin, lumbar region of the spine |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| gangli/o, ganglion/o | ganglion |
| ili/o | ilium |
| aden/o | gland |
| gli/o | glia, gluey substance |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| myel/o | spinal cord, also means bone marrow |
| mandilbul/o | mandible (lower jawbone) |
| endocrin/o | endocrine |
| radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o | nerve root |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| ment/o, psych/o | mind |
| pelv/i, pelv/o | pelvis, pelvic bone |
| acr/o | extremities, height |
| synovi/o | synovia, synovial membrane |
| menisc/o | meniscus (crescent) |
| anlyl/o | crooked, stiff, bent |
| ten/o, tend/o, tentin/o | tendon |
| kyph/o | hump |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| lord/o | bent forward |
| lamin/o | lamina (thin flat plate or layer) |