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CH 5 Study Guide
CH 5 REVIEW (Combining Forms)
Term | Definition |
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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 |