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Combining Forms
Med Term - All Combining Forms (Semester Exam)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| cyt/o | cell |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| lip/o steat/o | fat |
| neur/o | nerve |
| organ/o | organ |
| sarc/o | flesh connective tissue |
| system/o | system |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| cancer/o carcin/o | cancer |
| eti/o | cause (or disease) |
| gno/o | knowledge |
| iatr/o | physician medicine treatment |
| lei/o | smooth |
| onc/o | tumor mass |
| path/o | disease |
| rhabd/o | rod-shaped striated |
| somat/o | body |
| chlor/o | green |
| chrom/o | color |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| anter/o | front |
| caud/o | tail downward |
| cephal/o | head upward |
| dist/o | away |
| dors/o | back |
| infer/o | below |
| later/o | side |
| medi/o | middle |
| poster/o | back behind |
| proxim/o | near |
| super/o | above |
| ventr/o | belly front |
| cutane/o derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| kerat/o | horny tissue hard |
| onych/o ungu/o | nail |
| seb/o | sebum oil |
| aut/o | self |
| bi/o | life |
| coni/o | dust |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| heter/o | other |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| pachy/o | thick |
| rhytid/o | wrinkles |
| staphyl/o | grapelike clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| xer/o | dry dryness |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchus |
| disphragmat/o phren/o | diaphragm |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| lob/o | lobe |
| nas/o rhin/o | nose |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o pneumat/o pneumon/o | lung air |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| sept/o | septum |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| thorac/o | thorax chest chest cavity |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| atel/o | imperfect incomplete |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood |
| muc/o | mucus |
| orth/o | straight |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| phon/o | sounds voice |
| py/o | pus |
| radi/o | x-rays ionizing radiation radius (lower arm bone) |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sounds |
| spir/o | breathe breathing |
| tom/o | to cut to section to slice |
| cyst/o vesic/o | bladder sac |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| meat/o | meatus opening |
| nephr/o ren/o | kidney |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| azot/o | urea nitrogen |
| blast/o | developing cell germ cell |
| glyc/o glycos/o | sugar |
| hydr/o | water |
| lith/o petr/o | stone calculus |
| noct/i | night |
| olig/o | scanty few |
| urin/o ur/o | urine urinary tract |
| andr/o | male |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| orchid/o orchi/o orch/o | testis testicle |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| sperm/o spermat/o | sperm spermatozoon |
| vas/o | vessel duct |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle(s) |
| arche/o | first beginning |
| cervic/o trachel/o | cervix |
| colpo vagin/o | vagina |
| endometri/o | endometrium |
| episi/o vulv/o | vulva |
| gynec/o gyn/o | woman |
| hymen/o | hymen |
| hyster/o metr/o | uterus |
| mamm/o mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstruation |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| pelv/i | pelvis pelvic bones pelvic cavity |
| perine/o | perineum |
| salping/o | uterine tube fallopian tube |
| amni/o amnion/o | amnion amniotic fluid |
| chori/o | chorion |
| embry/o | embryo |
| fet/o fet/i | fetus unborn offspring |
| gravid/o | pregnancy |
| lact/o | milk |
| nat/o | birth |
| omphal/o | umbilicus navel |
| par/o part/o | bear give birth to labor childbirth |
| puerper/o | childbirth |
| cephal/o | head |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| prim/i | first |
| pseud/o | false |
| pylor/o | pylorus pyloric sphincter |
| terat/o | malformations |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| atri/o | atrium |
| cardi/o | heart |
| lymph/o | lymph lymph tissue |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| myel/o | bone marrow spinal cord |
| phleb/o ven/o | vein |
| plasm/o | plasma |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| valv/o valvul/o | valve |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| ather/o | yellowish fatty plaque |
| ech/o | sound |
| electr/o | electricity electrical activity |
| isch/o | deficiency blockage |
| therm/o | heat |
| thromb/o | clot |
| an/o | anus |
| antr/o | antrum |
| cec/o | cecum |
| col/o colon/o | colon large intestine |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | intestine(s) small intestine |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| or/o stomat/o | mouth |
| proct/o rect/o | rectum |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| abdomin/o celi/o lapar/o | abdomen abdominal cavity |
| append/o appendic/o | appendix |
| cheli/o | lip(s) |
| cholangi/o | bile ducts |
| chol/e | gall bile |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| diverticul/o | diverticulum |
| gingiv/o | gum(s) |
| gloss/o lingu/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia protrusion |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| polyp/o | polyp small growth |
| sial/o | saliva salivary galnd |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| cor/o core/o pupill/o | pupil |
| corne/o kerat/o | cornea |
| dacry/o lacrim/o | tear(s) |
| ir/o irid/o | iris |
| ocul/o ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | vision |
| phac/o phak/o | lens |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | sclera |
| cry/o | cold |
| dipl/o | double two |
| is/o | equal |
| phot/o | light |
| ton/o | tension pressure |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/i ot/o | ear |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth |
| mastoid/o | mastoid bone |
| myring/o | tympanic membrane eardrum |
| staped/o | stapes |
| tympan/o | middle ear |
| vestibul/o | vestibule |
| carp/o | carpals wrists |
| clavic/o clavicul/o | clavicle collarbone |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium skull |
| femor/o | femur upper leg bone |
| humer/o | humerus upper arm bone |
| fibul/o | fibula lower leg bone |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| lumb/o | loin lumbar region of spine |
| mandibul/o | mandible lower jaw bone |
| maxill/o | maxilla upper jaw bone |
| patell/o | patella kneecap |
| phalang/o | phalanx any finger or toe bones |
| pub/o | pubis |
| rachi/o spondyl/o vertebr/o | vertebra spine vertebral column |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| stern/o | sternum breastbone |
| scapul/o | scapula shoulder blade |
| tars/o | tarsals ankle bones |
| tibi/o | tibia lower leg bone |
| uln/o | ulna lower arm bone |
| aponeur/o | aponeurosis |
| arthr/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa cavity |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| disk/o | intervertebral disk |
| menisc/o | meniscus crescent |
| synovi/o | synovia synovial membrane |
| t4en/o tend/o tendon/o | tendon |
| ankyl/o | stiff bent |
| kinesi/o | movement motion |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lamin/o | lamina thin, flat plate or layer |
| lord/o | bent forward |
| my/o myos/o | muscle |
| oste/o | bone |
| scoli/o | curved |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum brain |
| dur/o | hard dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gangli/o ganglion/o | ganglion |
| gli/o | glia |
| mening/o meningi/o | meninges |
| radic/o radicul/o rhiz/o | nerve root |
| esthesi/o | sensation sensitivity feeling |
| ment/o psych/o | mind |
| mon/o | single one |
| phas/o | speech |
| poli/o | gray nmatter |
| quadr/i | four |
| adren/o adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| endocrin/o | endocrine |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid glands |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| thyr/o thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| acr/o | extremities |
| calc/i | calcium |
| dips/o | thirst |
| kal/i | potassium |
| natr/o | sodium |
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