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CH 7 Study Guide
CH 7 REVIEW (Combining Forms)
Term | Definition |
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abras/o- | scrape off |
actin/o- | rays of the sun |
adip/o- | fat |
albin/o- | white |
all/o- | other ; strange |
alopec/o- | bald |
angi/o- | blood vessel ; lymphatic vessel |
aspir/o- | to breathe in; to suck in |
aut/o- | self |
bas/o- | base of a structure; basic (alkaline) |
bi/o- | life ; living organisms ; living tissue |
blephar/o- | eyelid |
carcin/o- | cancer |
cellul/o- | cell |
coll/a- | fibers that hold together |
contus/o- | bruising |
cortic/o- | cortex (outer region) |
cry/o- | cold |
cutane/o- | skin |
cut/i- | skin |
cyan/o- | blue |
derm/a- | skin |
dermat/o- | skin |
derm/o- | skin |
desicc/o- | to dry up |
diaphore/o- | sweat |
dynam/o- | power ; movement |
ecchym/o- | blood in the tissues |
elast/o- | flexing ; stretching |
electr/o- | electricity |
erect/o- | to stand up |
erg/o- | activity ; work |
erythemat/o- | redness |
esthes/o- | sensation ; feeling |
esthet/o- | sensation ; feeling |
ex/o- | away from ; external ; outward |
excis/o- | to cut out |
excori/o- | to take out skin |
exud/o- | oozing fluid |
fer/o- | to bear |
fiss/o- | splitting |
foli/o- | leaf |
follicul/o- | follicle (small sac) |
fulgur/o- | spark of electricity |
fung/o- | fungus |
gangrene/o- | gangrene |
hem/o- | blood |
hemat/o- | blood |
hidr/o- | sweat |
hirstute/o- | hairy |
icter/o- | jaundice |
incis/o- | to cut into |
integument/o- | skin |
integu/o- | to cover |
kel/o- | tumor |
kerat/o- | cornea (of the eye), hard, fibrous protein |
lacer/o- | a tearing |
lip/o- | lipid (fat) |
loc/o- | in one place |
log/o- | word; the study of |
lun/o- | moon |
malign/o- | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
melan/o- | black |
micr/o- | one millionth; small |
myc/o- | fungus |
my/o- | muscle |
ne/o- | new |
necr/o- | dead cells, tissue, or body |
nid/o- | nest ; focus |
onych/o- | nail (fingernail or toenail) |
papil/o- | elevated structure |
pedicul/o- | lice |
pigment/o- | pigment |
pil/o- | hair |
phot/o- | light |
phylact/o- | guarding ; protecting |
plast/o- | growth ; formation |
prurit/o- | itching |
psor/o- | itching |
rhabd/o- | rod |
rhin/o- | nose |
rhytid/o- | wrinkle |
sarc/o- | connective tissue |
schiz/o- | split |
scler/o- | hard ; sclera (white of the eye) |
sebace/o- | sebum (oil) |
seb/o- | sebum (oil) |
sect/o- | to cut |
sen/o- | old age |
sensitiv/o- | affected by ; sensitive to |
spir/o- | breathe ; a coil |
squam/o- | scale-like cell |
suct/o- | to suck |
sudor/i- | sweat |
surg/o- | operative procedure |
system/o- | the body as a whole |
theli/o- | cellular layer |
topic/o- | a specific area |
trich/o- | hair |
ungu/o- | nail (fingernail or toenail) |
vas/o- | blood vessel ; vas deferens |
vesic/o- | bladder ; fluid-filled sac |
vesicul/o- | bladder ; fluid- filled sac |
vir/o- | virus |
xanth/o- | yellow |
xen/o- | foreign |
xer/o- | dry |