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Combining Forms
Combining Forms - Chapter 3 & 4
Question | Answer |
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Aden/o | Gland |
Amni/o | Amnion |
Angi/o | Vessel |
Arteri/o | Artery |
Arthr/o | Joint |
Ather/o | Plaque |
Axill/o | Armpit |
Bronch/o and Bronchi/o | Broncial tube |
Carcin/o | Canerous |
Chem/o | Drug, chemical |
Cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
Chron/o | Time |
Col/o | Colon |
Cry/o | Cold |
Cyst/o | Urinary bladder, cyst |
Electr/o | Electrity |
Encephal/o | Brain |
Erythr/o | Red |
Hem/o | Blood |
Hemat/o | Blood |
Hyster/o | Uterus |
Inguin/o | Groin |
Isch/o | To hold back |
Leuk/o | White |
Mamm/o | Breast |
Mast/o | Breast |
Men/o | Menses (menstruation) month |
Mening/o | Meninges (membrane around brain) |
My/o | Muscle |
Myel/o | Spinal cord, bone marrow |
Necr/o | Nerve |
Oophor/o | Ovary |
Oste/o | Bone |
Ot/o | Ear |
Phelb/o | Vein |
Pneumon/o | Lung |
Pulmon/o | Lung |
Ren/o | Kidney |
Rhin/o | Nose |
Salping/o | Fallopian tube |
Sarc/o | Flesh |
Septic/o | Pertaining to infection |
Tonsill/o | Tonsil |
Ur/o | Urine, urea (a waste material, urinary tract |
Vascul/o | Blood vessel |
An/o | Anus |
Carp/o | Carpals (wrist bones) |
Cis/o | To cut |
Cost/o | Ribs |
Dur/o | Dura matter (outermost layer of the meninges) |
Gen/o | To produce, to begin |
Glyc/o | Sugar |
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 | Development, nourishment |
Ven/o | Vein |
Vertebr/o | Vertebra (backbone) |