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Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| all/o | other |
| ambul/o | walking |
| amyl/o | starch |
| antrhop/o | man |
| antr/o | antrum |
| aphth/o | ulceration |
| apic/o | apex |
| bi/o | life |
| blast/o | embryonic |
| bol/o | lump |
| capit/o | head |
| cellul/o | cell |
| chlor/o | chloride |
| chromat/o | color |
| chym/o | juice |
| con/o | cone |
| contractur/o | a pulling together |
| cord/o | cord |
| corpor/o | body |
| crur/o | leg |
| electr/o | eletricity |
| ferr/o | iron |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fluor/o | to flow |
| fornic/o | fornix |
| fund/o | fundus |
| gen/o | origin |
| ger/o | aging |
| goni/o | angle |
| herni/o | hernia |
| hiat/o | an opening |
| hil/o | hilum |
| hist/o | tissue |
| humor/o | liquid |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| interstit/o; interstit/i | space between |
| log/o | study of |
| lumin/o | ligth |
| lys/o | dissolve |
| man/o | scanty; hand |
| medull/o | medulla |
| muc/o | mucus |
| mut/a | change |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| nod/o | knot |
| organ/o | organ |
| osm/o | sense of smell |
| paritet/o | wall; outer edge |
| path/o | disease |
| phe/o | dark |
| phil/o | attraction |
| phosph/o | phosphorus |
| phosphat/o | phosphorus |
| pigment/o | paint |
| plas/o | formation |
| plast/o | formation |
| plic/o | fold |
| pol/o | pole; extreme |
| por/o | passage |
| potassi/o | potassium |
| pract/o | manipulation |
| prax/o | purposeful movement |
| press/o | pressure |
| prosthes/o; prosthet/o | addition |
| pseud/o | false |
| pyr/o | fire; fever |
| pyrex/o | fever |
| rib/o | ribose |
| sept/o | partition; septum |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| sthen/o | strength |
| stom/o | opening |
| sympath/o; sympathet/o | to feel with |
| system/o | system |
| tel/e | distant |
| therm/o | heat; temperature |
| ton/o | tension |
| top/o | place |
| trabecul/o | neck |
| trop/o | turning |
| troph/o | nourishment |
| umbilic/o | umbilicus |
| vir/o | virus |
| viscer/o | organ; viscera |
| xen/o | foreign |