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70 combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| achill/o | Achilles’ heel |
| acid/o | acid (pH) |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| brachy/o | arm |
| bi/o | life |
| cac/o | bad, diseased |
| capn/i | smoke, carbon dioxide |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| dactyl/o | finger, toe |
| derm/o | skin |
| dips/o | thirst |
| embol/o | throwing in |
| emmetr/o | ideal |
| enter/o | intestine |
| fasei/o | hand |
| fibrin/o | fiber |
| foramin/o | foramen, opening |
| galact/o | milk |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | beginning, origin |
| halat/o | breathe |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| ichthy/o | fish (scaly) |
| icter/o | jaundice |
| insul/o | pancreatic islets |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kary/o | nucleu (cell) |
| kel/o | tumor |
| kinet/o | motion |
| labyrinth/o | maze |
| lapar/o | flank, abdomen |
| lei/o | smooth |
| mamm/o | breast |
| medull/o | marrow, spinal |
| mening/o | membrane |
| narc/o | night, sleep |
| necr/o | death |
| nyctal/o | blind, night |
| olecran/o | elbow |
| oment/o | omentun |
| omphal/o | umbilicus |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | foot |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | ray, radius |
| radiat/o | radiant |
| sanguin/o | blood |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scler/o | hard, fibrous |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| terat/o | monster |
| thromb/o | blood clot |
| ulcer/o | surface excavation |
| uln/o | elbow |
| ur/o | urine |
| varic/o | twisted vein |
| vascul/o | small vessel |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| rhabd/o | rod |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| osm/o | smell |
| ov/i | egg |
| lith/o | stone |
| lapar/o | flank, abdomen |
| lob/o | lobe |
| kyph/o | hump |
| irid/o | iris |
| a-,an | no,not,without,negates the meaning |
| ab- | away from:from |
| ad- | toward,at,inscrease,on,forward |
| ante- | before |
| anti- | against,opposing |
| bi-,bin- | two,twice,double |
| brady- | slow |
| de- | from,down,away from |
| dia- | through,complete |
| dys- | painful,abnormal,difficult,labored |
| endo- | within,in |
| epi- | on,upon,over |
| eu- | normal,good |
| hemi- | half |
| hyper- | above,excessive |
| inter- | between |
| intra- | within,in |
| macro- | large,long |
| meta- | after,beyond,change |
| micro- | small |
| multi- | many |
| neo- | new |
| nulli- | none |
| pachy- | thick |
| pan- | all,total |
| para- | beside,beyond,around,abnormal |
| per- | through |
| peri- | surrounding |
| poly- | many,much |
| post- | after |
| pre- | before |
| pro- | before |
| sub- | below,under |
| supra- | above |
| sym-,syn- | toegther,joined |
| tachy- | fast,rapid |
| trans- | through,across,beyond |
| tri- | three |
| uni- | one |
| a- | noun ending,no meaning |
| -ac | pertaning to |
| -ad | toward |
| -algia | pain |
| -amnios | amnion,amniotic fluid |
| -apheresis | removal |
| -ar | pertaining to |
| -ary | pertaining to |
| -asthenia | weakness |
| -carcinoma | cancerous tumor |
| -cele | hernia,protusion,swelling |
| -centesis | surgical puncture to aspirate fluid |
| -crine | to secrete |
| -cyesis | pregnant |
| -cyte | cell |
| -desis | surgical fixation,fusion |
| -drome | run,running |
| -e | noun ending,no meaning |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -ectasis | stretching out,dilation,expansion |
| -ectomy | excision,surgical removal,cut out |
| -emesis | vomiting |
| -emia | in the blood |
| -esis | condition |
| -gen | substance or agent that produces or causes |
| -genic | producing,originating,causing |
| -gram | the record,radiographic image |
| -graph | instrument used to record |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -ia | condition of,diseased state |
| -iasis | condition |
| -iatrist | specialist |
| -iatry | specialty,treatment |
| -ic | pertaining to |
| -ictal | seizure,attack |
| -ior | pertaining to |
| -ism | state of |
| -itis | inflammation |
| -logist | specialist who studies and treats |
| -logy | study of |
| -lysis | seperating,loosening,dissoulation |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlarged,enlargement |
| -meter | instrument used to measure |
| -metry | measuring,process of measuring |
| -oid | resembling |
| -oma | tumor,swelling |
| -opia | vision |
| -osis | abnormal condition,increased number |
| -ous | pertaining to |
| -paresis | slight paralysis |
| -pathy | disease |
| -penia | abnormal reduction inn number |
| -pepsia | digestion |
| -pexy | surgical fixation |
| -phagia | swallowing,eating |
| -phobia | avesion,abnormal fear |
| -physis | growth |
| -plasia | formation,development,growth |
| -plasm | growth,substance,formation |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -plegia | paralysis |
| -pnea | breathing |
| -poiesis | formation |
| -ptosis | prolapse,drooping |
| -rrhaphy | repairing,suturing |
| -rrhea | discharge,flow |
| -rrhexis | rupture |
| -salpinx | fallopian tube,uterine tube |
| -sarcoma | malignant tumor |
| -schisis | split,fissure |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopic | pertaning to visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visually examining |
| -spasm | sudden,involuntary contraction of muscle |
| -stasis | stop,control,standing |
| -stenosis | constriction,narrowing |
| -stomy | creation of artifical opening |
| -thorax | chest cavity |
| -tocia | labor,birth |
| -tome | instrument used to cut |
| -tomy | incision,cut into |
| -tripsy | surgical crushing |
| -trophy | nourishment,development |
| -um | no meaning |
| -uria | urine,urination |
| -us | no meaning |
| acid/o | acid (ph) |
| intra- | after |
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