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Medical Term
Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arther/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carbon/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derma/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gasrt/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gene/o | woman, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalmo/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| psych/o | mind |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| throb/o | clotting |
| abdomen/o | abdomen |
| anter/o | front |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| cervic/o | neck of the body or neck |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| coccyx/o | coccyx, tailbone |
| crani/o | skull |
| epitheli/o | skill/surface tissue |
| esophag/o | esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach) |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| larynx/o | larynx (voice box) |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | loin (waist) |
| lymp/o | lymph (clear fluid in tissue spaces) |
| mediation/o | mediastinal |
| pelv/o | pelvis (hip bone) |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane surronding the abdominal organs) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx (throat) |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| scar/o | sacrum (five fused bones in the lower back) |
| spin/o | spine |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| vertebra/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| amin/o | amnion (sac of fluid surronding the embryo) |
| angi/o | vessel (blood vessel) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | plaque |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| chem/o | drug |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon |
| crani/o | skull |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menses (menstruation) |
| mening/o | meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord |
| necr/o | death (of cells) |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ot/o | ear |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| septic/o | pertaining to infection |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | windpipe, trachea |
| ur/o | urine or urea |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| an/o | anus |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cost/o | ribs |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dur/o | dura mater (outermost menial membrane surronding the brain and spinal cord) |
| gen/o | to produce, to begin again |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| later/o | side |
| men/o | menses (discharge of blood) |
| nat/i | birth |
| norm/o | rule/ order |
| plas/o | formation, growth development |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| son/o | sound |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| top/o | to put, place, position |
| troph/o | developement, nourishment |
| urethr/o | urethara |
| uter/o | uterus |
| ven/o | vein |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (back bone) |
| nos/o | disease |
| odont/o | tooth |
| onc/o | tumor |
| optic/o | eye |
| ortho | straight |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psycho/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| rect/o | rectum |
| rheumat/o | flow, fluid |
| rhin/o | nose |
| thorac/o | chest |
| vascula/o | blood vessels |
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