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Combing Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | Abdomen |
| acid/o | acid |
| acr/o | extremity |
| aer/o | air |
| albin/o | white |
| an/o | anus |
| anter/o | anterior, front |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bil/o | bile, gall |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| caud/o | tail |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus) |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | bile duct |
| chrom/o | colour |
| cirrh/o | yellow |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dent/o | teeth |
| dermat/o | skin |
| dist/o | far, farthest |
| dors/o | back ( of body) |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine (usually small) |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| eti/o | cause |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum(s) |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glott/o | glottis |
| hermat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| idi/o | unknown, peculiar |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium |
| infer/o | lower, below |
| inguin/o | groin |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| labi/i | lip |
| later/o | side, to one side |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lipid/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone, calculus |
| lumb/o | loins (lower back) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| morph/o | form, shape, structure |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| myx/o | mucus |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| odent/o | teeth |
| odont/o | teeth |
| or/o | straight |
| palat/o | palate (roof of the mouth) |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| path/o | disease |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| pharmaceutic/o | drug, medicine |
| pharyng/o | pharynx ( throat) |
| poli/o | gray; gray matter |
| polyp/o | small growth |
| poster/o | back ( of body), behind, posterior |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| proxim/o | near, nearest |
| ptyal/o | saliva |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| radi/o | radiation, x-ray; radius |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| somat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| spin/o | spine |
| steat/o | fat |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tom/o | to cut |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus, navel |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| ventr/o | belly, belly side |
| ventricul/o | ventricle ( of the heart or brain) |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |