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CPC-Combining Forms
CPC Study - Anatomy / Pathophysiology Combing Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | In relationship to a gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| aut/o | self |
| bi/o | life |
| caus/o | burning sensation |
| cauter/o | burn |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| eosin/o | rosy |
| erythem/o | red |
| erythr/o | red |
| heter/o | different |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| ichthy/o | dry / scaly |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| kerat/o | hard; cornea |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| lute/o | yellow |
| melan/o | black |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| onych/o | nail |
| pachy/o | thick |
| pht/o | plant |
| pil/o | hair |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| rube/o | red |
| seb/o | sebum / oil |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| steat/o | fat |
| squam/o | flat / scalelike |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
| acetabul/o | hip socket |
| ankyl/o | bent, fused |
| aponeur/o | tendon type |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| burs/o | bursa (fluid-filled sac in a joint) |
| calc/o, calci/o | calcium |
| calcane/o | calcaneus (heel) |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| clavic/o, clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| disc/o | intervertebral disc |
| femor/o | femur (thighbone) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller bone in lower leg) |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| ili/o | ilium (upper pelvic bone) |
| ischi/o | ischium (posterior pelvic bone) |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kyph/o | hump |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lord/o | curve |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| malleol/o | malleolus (process on lateral ankle) |
| mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
| maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
| menisc/o, menisci/o | meniscus |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| myel/o | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| my/o, muscul/o | muscle |
| olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
| oste/o | bone |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| perone/o | fibula |
| petr/o | stone |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger or toe) |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| pub/o | pubis |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | radius (lower arm) |
| rhabdomy/o | skeletal (striated) muscle |
| rheumat/o | watery flow |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder) |
| scoli/o | bent |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| synovi/o | synovial joint membrane |
| tars/o | tarsal (ankle / foot) |
| ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
| tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone) |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| adenoid/o | adenoid |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| capn/o | carbon dioxide |
| coni/o | dust |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| lob/o | lobe |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| muc/o | mucus |
| nas/o | nose |
| orth/o | straight |
| ox/o, oxy/o | oxygen |
| pector/o | chest |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phon/o | voice |
| phren/o | diaphragm; mind |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung / air |
| pneumat/o | air |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sept/o | septum |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| spir/o | breath |
| tel/o | complete |
| thorac/o | thorax |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| angi/o | vessel |
| aort/o | aorta |
| ather/o | yellow plaque (fat) |
| arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
| atri/o | atrium |
| brachi/o | arm |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
| coron/o | heart |
| myx/o | mucous |
| pericardi/o | pericardium |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| steth/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| valv/o, valvul/o | valve |
| vascul/o, vas/o | vessel |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| amni/o | amnion |
| arche/o | first |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| chori/o | chorion |
| colp/o | vagina |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| episi/o | vulva |
| fet/o | fetus |
| galact/o | milk |
| gynec/o, gyn/o | female |
| hymen/o | hymen |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstruation, month |
| metr/o, metr/i | uterus, measure |
| nat/a, nat/i | birth |
| obstetr/o | pregnancy, childbirth |
| olig/o | few |
| oo/o, ov/o | egg |
| oophor/o, ovari/o | ovary |
| ovul/o | ovulation |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phor/o | to bear |
| salping/o | uterine tube, fallopian tube |
| top/o | place |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| andr/o | male |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| cry/o | cold |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| gon/o | seed |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| orch/i, orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testicle |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| semin/i, sperm/o, spermat/o | sperm |
| test/o | testicle |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicles |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| azot/o | urea |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| cali/o | calyx |
| cyst/o | urinary |
| dips/o | thirst |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar |
| ket/o | ketone bodies / ketoacidosis |
| meat/o | meatus |
| lith/o | stone |
| noct/i | night |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| son/o | sound |
| tryg/o | trigone region |
| ur/o, urin/o | urine |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| an/o | anus |
| bil/i | bile |
| bilirubin/o | bile pigment |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| cheil/o | lip |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| chol/e | gall / bile |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| col/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| diverticul/o | diverticulum |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| faci/o | face |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| or/o, stomat/o | mouth |
| ordont/o | tooth |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreus |
| polyp/o | polyp |
| proct/o, rect/o | rectum |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| uvul/o | uvula |
| axill/o | armpit |
| immun/o | immune |
| inguin/o | groin |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph gland |
| splen/o | spleen |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| cortic/o | cortex |
| crin/o | secrete |
| estr/o | female |
| gonad/o | ovaries and testes |
| home/o | same |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| kal/i | potassium |
| natr/o | sodium |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| phys/o | growing |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
| somat/o | body |
| ster/o, stere/o | solid, having 3 dimensions |
| thyr/o, thyroid/ | thyroid gland |
| toc/o | child birth |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| encephal/o | brain |
| gangli/o, ganglion/o | ganglion |
| gli/o | glial cells |
| lept/o | slender |
| mening/o, meningi/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| mon/o | one |
| neur/o | nerve |
| phas/o | speech |
| pont/o | pons |
| psych/o | mind |
| quadr/i | four |
| radic/o, radicul/o, rhiz/o | nerve root |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| ambly/o | dim, dullness |
| aque/o | water |
| audi/o | hearing |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| cor/o, core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cycl/o | ciliary body |
| dacry/o | tear |
| essi/o, esthesi/o | sensation |
| glauc/o | gray |
| ir/o, irid/o | iris |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| mi/o | smaller |
| myring/o, tympan/o | eardrum |
| ocul/o, ophthalm/o, optico | eye |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| ot/o | ear |
| palpebr/o | eyelid |
| papill/o | optic nerve |
| phac/o, phak/o | eye lens |
| phot/o | light |
| presby/o | old age |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| retin/o | retina |
| scler/o | sclera |
| scot/o | darkness |
| staped/o | stapes |
| uve/o | uvea |
| vitre/o | glassy |
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