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Ch 3 and 4
Combining forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| albin/o | white |
| Angi/o | vessel |
| bas/o | the base |
| cauter/o | to burn |
| corpor/o | body |
| cortic/o | outer layer |
| cry/o | cold |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| erythr/o | red |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| kerat/o | hard, horny |
| leuk/o | white |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scler/o | hard |
| seb/o | oil |
| septic/o | infection |
| system/o | system |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| vesic/o | sac |
| xer/o | dry |
| ankyl/o | stiff joint |
| burs/o | bursa |
| carp/o | carpus |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| cortic/o | outer layer |
| cost/o | rib |
| ili/o | ilium |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | bent backward |
| lumb/o | loin |
| medull/o | inner region |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus |
| metatars/o | metatarsus |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| prosthet/o | addition |
| radi/o | radius, ray(x-ray) |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| scoli/o | crooked |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |