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70 Combining Forms!
A word root plus a combining vowel, "mostly o" to create complex medical terms.
| Combining Form | Definition |
|---|---|
| alveol/o | small hole, air sac |
| append/o | appendix |
| audi/o | hear |
| bi/o | life |
| brachy/o | arm |
| bronch/o | bronchi |
| cephal/o | head |
| cholester/o | cholesterol, fat |
| cutan/o | skin |
| dem/o | people |
| dermat/o | skin |
| dont/o | tooth |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine |
| epidem/o | upon people |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| foramin/o | foramen, opening |
| gangli/o | knot |
| ger/o | old age |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hyster/o | womb, uterus |
| ichthy/o | fish (scaly) |
| insul/o | pancreatic islets |
| irid/o | Iris |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| ket/o | ketone |
| kinet/o | motion |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymph gland |
| maxill/o | upper jaw |
| medull/o | marrow, spinal |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| nas/o | nose |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neither, neutral (pH) |
| ocul/o | eye |
| organ/o | organ |
| osm/o | smell |
| path/o | disease |
| phalang/o | finger, toe |
| pin/o | drink, pinlitary gland |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| radi/o | ray, radius |
| rect/o | rectum, loosen |
| rhythm/o | rhythm |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| stigmat/o | point |
| tars/o | ankle bone |
| tendon/o | tendon |
| toxic/o | poison |
| ul/o | scar |
| uln/o | elbow |
| urinat/o | urine |
| vag/o | vagus nerve, wondering |
| vascul/o | small vessel |
| vesicul/o | vesicle |
| vitamin/o | vitamin |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xen/o | alien, foreign |
| xiph/o | sword |
| zo/o | animal |
| zon/o | encircling area |
| zyg/o | joined |
Created by:
Sheza.Ali
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