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CH 5 Study Guide
CH 5 REVIEW (Combining Forms)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomen/o- | abdomen |
| ablat/o- | take away; destroy |
| anastom/o- | create an opening between two structures |
| aneurysm/o- | aneurysm (dilation) |
| angi/o- | blood vessel; lymphatic vessel |
| angin/o- | angina |
| aort/o- | aorta |
| apic/o- | apex (tip) |
| arter/o- | artery |
| arteri/o- | artery |
| arteriol/o- | arteriole |
| ather/o- | soft, fatty substance |
| atheromat/o- | fatty deposit or mass |
| atri/o- | atrium (upper heart chamber) |
| auscult/o- | listening |
| axill/o- | axilla (armpit) |
| brachi/o- | arm |
| capill/o- | hairlike structure; capillary |
| card/i- | heart |
| cardi/o- | heart |
| carot/o- | stupor ; sleep |
| catheter/o- | catheter |
| cholesterol/o- | cholesterol |
| circulat/o- | movement in a circular route |
| claudicat/o- | limping pain |
| clav/o- | clavicle (collar bone) |
| coagul/o- | clotting |
| coarct/o- | pressed together |
| compens/o- | counterbalance; compensate |
| conduct/o- | carrying ; conveying |
| congest/o- | accumulation of fluid |
| constrict/o- | drawn together ; narrowed |
| contract/o- | pull together |
| coron/o- | structure that encircles like a crown |
| cusp/o- | projection ; point |
| cutane/o- | skin |
| diastol/o- | dilating |
| dilat/o- | dilate ; widen |
| dissect/o- | to cut apart |
| ech/o- | echo (sound wave) |
| ectop/o- | outside of a place |
| electr/o- | electricity |
| esophag/o- | esophagus |
| femor/o- | femur (thigh bone) |
| fibrill/o- | muscle fiber ; nerve fiber |
| fract/o- | break up |
| fus/o- | break up |
| gemin/o- | set or group |
| idi/o- | unknown ; individual |
| infarct/o- | area of dead tissue |
| ili/o- | ilium (hip bone) |
| isch/o- | keep back ; block |
| jugul/o- | jugular (throat) |
| log/o- | study of |
| lipid/o- | lipid (fat) |
| lumin/o- | lumen (opening) |
| ly/o- | break down ; destroy |
| man/o- | thin ; frenzy |
| mediastin/o- | mediastinum |
| mitr/o- | structure like a miter (tall hat with two points) |
| my/o- | muscle |
| necr/o- | dead cells, tissue, or body |
| nucle/o- | nucleus (of an atom) |
| occlus/o- | close against |
| palpit/o- | to throb |
| pariet/o- | wall of a cavity |
| path/o- | disease; suffering |
| pat/o- | to be open |
| peripher/o- | outer aspects |
| perone/o- | fibula (lower leg bone) |
| pharmac/o- | medicine ; drug |
| phleb/o- | vein |
| physi/o- | physical function |
| polar/o- | positive or negative state |
| poplite/o- | back of the knee |
| port/o- | point of entry |
| prosthet/o- | artificial part |
| pulmon/o- | lung |
| radi/o- | radius (forearm bone) ; x-rays ; radiation |
| regurgitat/o- | flow backward |
| ren/o- | kidney |
| rheumat/o- | watery discharge |
| rrhythm/o- | rhythm |
| saphen/o- | clearly visible |
| scler/o- | hard ; sclera (white of the eye) |
| sept/o- | septum (dividing wall) |
| sin/o- | hollow cavity ; channel |
| son/o- | sound |
| sphygm/o- | pulse |
| stat/o- | standing still ; staying in one place |
| sten/o- | narrowness ; constriction |
| steth/o- | chest |
| system/o- | the body as a whole |
| systol/o- | contracting |
| tampon/o- | stop up |
| techn/o- | technical skill |
| tele/o- | distance |
| tens/o- | pressure ; tension |
| theli/o- | cellular layer |
| thorac/o- | thorax (chest) |
| thromb/o- | thrombus (blood clot) |
| tibi/o- | tibia (shin bone) |
| transplant/o- | move something to another place |
| triglyceride/o- | triglyceride |
| uln/o- | ulna (forearm bone) |
| ur/o- | urine ; urinary system |
| valv/o- | valve |
| valvul/o- | valve |
| varic/o- | varix ; varicose vein |
| vascul/o- | blood vessel |
| vas/o- | blood vessel ; vas deferens |
| vegitat/o- | growth |
| ven/o- | vein |
| ventricul/o- | ventricle (lower heart chamber ; chamber in the brain) |
| vers/o- | to travel ; to turn |
| viscer/o- | large internal organs |
| xen/o- | foreign |