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Combining Forms
Mr. Gs HAMS Combing Forms, Suffixes and Prefixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cib/o | meals |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| flex/o | to bend |
| furc/o | forking, branching |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| nect/o | to bind, tie, connect |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pub/o | pubis |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| the/o | to put, place |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thyr/o | thyroid glands |
| top/o | place, position, location |
| tox/o | poison |
| trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| -blast | embryonic, immature |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cyesis | pregnancy |
| -drome | to run |
| -fusion | coming together; to pour |
| -gen | substances that produce |
| -lapse | to side, fall sag |
| -lysis | breakdown, separation, loosening |
| -meter | to measure |
| -mission | to send |
| -or | one who |
| -partum | birth, labor |
| -phoria | to bear, carry; feeling |
| -physis | to grow |
| -plasia | development, formation |
| -plasm | structure or formation |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -ptosis | droop, sag, prolapse |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| -stasis | stop, control |
| -trophy | nourishment, development |