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CH 7 Study Guide
CH 7 REVIEW (Combining Forms)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |