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Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| achill/o | Achilles’ heel |
| acid/o | acid (pH) |
| acoust/o | hearing |
| acr/o | extremity |
| actin/o | ray |
| acul/o | needle |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans |
| bas/o | base (pH) |
| bil/i | gall, bile |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelide |
| bol/o | cast, throw |
| brachy/o | arm |
| bronch/o | bronchi |
| cac/o | bad, diseased |
| calc/i | calcium |
| calcane/o | heel hone |
| capn/i | smoke, carbon dioxide |
| carp/o | wrist |
| cat/a | down, downward |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dactyl/o | finger, toe |
| dem/o | people |
| dendr/o | branched |
| dent/i | tooth |
| derm/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embol/o | throwing in |
| erythrocyt/o | red blood cell |
| galact/o | milk |
| gangli/o | knot |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | beginning, origin |
| genet/o | producing |
| genit/o | genitals |
| genital/o | genitals |
| ger/o | old age |
| geront/o | aged |
| gigant/o | giant |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| glandul/o | little acorn, gland |
| glomerul/o | little ball |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | glucose, sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gonad/o | ovaries, testes |
| halat/o | breathe |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsut/o | hair |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hol/o | whole |
| humer/o | humerus |
| ichthy/o | fish (scaly) |
| icter/o | jaundice |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium |
| immun/o | safe, protect |
| insul/o | pancreatic islets |
| insulin/o | insulin |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kary/o | nucleu (cell) |
| kel/o | tumor |
| kerat/o | cornea |