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combining forms 4
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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| phyt/o | plant |
| pil/o | hair |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| plant/o | sole of the foot |
| ple/o | more; many |
| plex/o | plexus; network (of nerves) |
| pol/o | extreme |
| polyp/o | polyp; small growth |
| poster/o | back (of body); behind |
| presby/o | old age |
| prot/o | first |
| prurit/o | itching |
| pupil/o | pupil (dark center of the eye) |
| purul/o | pus |
| pylor/o | pylorus; pyloric sphincter |
| pyret/o | fever |
| pyrex/o | fever |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| reticul/o | network |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle |
| rheumat/o | water flow |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| roentgen/o | x-rays |
| rrhythm/o | rhythm |
| salping/o | fallopian tube; auditory (eustachian) tube |
| sarc/o | flesh (connective tissue) |
| scapul/o | scapula; shoulder blade |
| scint/i | spark |
| scirrh/o | hard |
| scler/o | sclera (white of eye) |
| scot/o | darkness |
| seb/o | sebum |
| sebace/o | sebum |
| sect/o | to cut |
| semin/i | semen; seed |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sider/o | iron |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| silic/o | glass |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| somn/o | sleep |
| sperm/o | spermatozoa; sperm cells |
| sphen/o | wedge; sphenoid bone |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| splanchn/o | viscera (internal organs) |
| spin/o | spine (backbone) |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| spondyl/o | vertebra (backbone) |
| squam/o | scale |
| staped/o | stapes (middle ear bone) |
| staphyl/o | clusters; vulva |
| steat/o | fat, sebum |
| ster/o | solid structure; steroid |
| stere/o | solid; three-dimensional |
| stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| styl/o | pole or stake |
| submaxill/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| syncop/o | to cut off, cut short; faint |
| syndesm/o | ligament |
| synov/o | synovial; synovial membrane; sheath around a tendon |
| syring/o | tube |
| tars/o | tarsus; hindfoot or ankle |
| tax/o | order, coordination |
| tel/o | complete |
| tele/o | distant |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| terat/o | monster; malformed fetus |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thalass/o | sea |
| the/o | put; place |
| thec/o | sheath |
| thel/o | nipple |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| thry/o | thyroid gland; shield |
| tibi/o | tibia; shin bone |
| toc/o | labor; birth |
| ton/o | tension |
| tone/o | stretch |
| top/o | place, position, location |
| trigon/o | trigone (area within the bladder) |
| troph/o | nourishment, development |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane (eardrum); middle ear |
| uln/o | ulna (medial lower arm bone) |
| ungu/o | nail |
| uter/o | uterus (womb) |
| uve/o | uvea, vascular layer of the eye (iris, choroid, ciliary body) |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| vas/o | vessel, duct; vas deferens |
| vascul/o | vessel (blood) |
| vener/o | venereal (sexual contact) |
| venul/o | small vein |
| vesic/o | urinary bladder |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| vestibul/o | vestibule of the inner ear |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| vit/o | life |
| vitr/o | vitreous body (of the eye) |
| vitre/o | glass |
| viv/o | life |
| vol/o | to roll |
| vulv/o | vulva (female external genitalia) |
| xen/o | stranger |
| xiph/o | sword |
| zo/o | animal life |
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