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medical terminology
combining forms, yellow mod
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| albumin/o | albumin, protien |
| alveol/o | air sac, alveolus |
| aneurysm/o | widened blood vessel,aneurysm |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anthrac/o | black, coal,coal dust |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| atel/o | ather/o |
| atri/o | atrium |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
| bronch/o | bronchus, bronchi |
| bronchi/o | bronchus, bronchi |
| bronchiol/o | bronchioles |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chrom/o | color |
| coni/o | dust |
| coron/o | heart |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| ech/o | repeated sound, echo |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | plug, embolus |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| erythr/o | red |
| febrill/o | muscular twitching |
| febrin/o | febrin, threads of a clot |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| hemat/o | blood |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| laryng/o | larnyx |
| leuk | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| lob/o | lobe |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| nas/o | nose |
| necr/o | death |
| olfact/o | smell, sence of smell |
| or/o | mouth |
| orth/o | straight |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| ox/y | oxygen |
| pector/o | chest |
| phag/o | eating, swallowing, digesting |
| pharyng/o | pharnyx, throat |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| phren/o | diaphragm, mind |
| pleur/o | pleura, side of body |
| pneum/o | lungs, air |
| pneumon/o | lungs, air |
| pseud/o | false, fake |
| pulm/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| py/o | pus |
| respir/o | breathing |
| reticul/o | network, net, mesh |
| rhin/o | nose |
| scler/o | hardening |
| sept/o | septum, partition |
| septi/o | seven |
| septic/o | poison |
| ser/o | serum |
| sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| spir/o | breath, breathing |
| sten/o | narrowing, stricture |
| steth/o | chest |
| thoac/o | chest, thorax |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | small valve |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vascul/o | small vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |