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Combining Forms
Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cyst(o), cysti | bladder, cyst, cystic duct |
| gonio | angle |
| calc(o), calci(o) | calcium |
| narco | sleep; numbness |
| necr(o) | death; dying |
| tox(i), toxico, toxo | poison; toxin |
| therm(o) | heat |
| pharmaco | drugs; medicine |
| chrono | time |
| gero, geront(o) | old age |
| chore(o) | dance |
| physo | air; gas; growing |
| stere(o) | three-dimensional |
| lip(o) | fat |
| gyn(o), gyne, gyneco | women |
| kyph(o) | humpback |
| cac(o) | bad; ill |
| oxy | sharp; acute; oxygen |
| andro | masculine |
| granulo | granular |
| iatr(o) | physician; treatment |
| normo | normal |
| xeno | stranger |
| schiz(o) | split; division |
| path(o) | disease |
| chyl(o) | chyle, a digestive juice |
| macr(o) | large; long |
| leuk(o) | white |
| actin(o), phot(o) | light |
| medi(o) | middle; medial plane |
| pseud(o) | false |
| strepto | twisted chains; streptococci |
| chlor(o) | chlorine, green |
| phon(o) | sound; voice; speech |
| amyl(o) | starch |
| latero | lateral, to one side |
| alge, algesi, algio, algo | pain |
| ket(o), keton(o) | ketone; acetone |
| lys(o) | dissolution |
| radio | radiation; x-ray; radius |
| kal(i) | potassium |
| kinesi(o), kineso | motion |
| glyco | sugars |
| zymo | fermentation; enzyme |
| spher(o) | round; spherical |
| syring(o), salping(o) | tube |
| sidero | iron |
| somat(o) | body |
| spir(o) | breath; breathe |
| lith(o) | stone |
| immun(o) | safe; immune |
| chym(o) | chyme, semifluid present during digestion |
| mes(o) | middle; median |
| phago | eating; devouring; swallowing |
| erythr(o) | red, redness |
| steno | narrowness |
| oncho, onco | tumor |
| cry(o) | cold |
| etio | cause |
| cyt(o) | cell |
| spasmo | spasm |
| blasto | immature cells |
| gen(o) | producing; being born |
| tropho | food; nutrition |
| dors(o), dorsi | back |
| ethmo | ethmoid bone |
| xiph(o) | sword; xiphoid |
| chrom, chromat, chromo | color |
| dips(o) | thirst |
| micr(o) | small; one-millionth; tiny |
| terato | monster (as a malformed fetus) |
| chem(o) | chemical |
| pachy | thick |
| crypt(o) | hidden; obscure |
| schisto | split |
| kin(o), kine, cine(o) | movement |
| cyan(o) | blue |
| coni(o) | dust |
| staphyl(o) | grapelike clusters |
| fungi | fungus |
| xanth(o) | yellow |
| xer(o) | dry |
| scler(o) | hardness; hardening |
| athero | plaque; fatty substance |
| squamo | scale; squamous |
| dynamo | force; energy |
| home(o), homo | same; constant |
| morph(o) | structure; shape |
| top(o) | place; topical |
| ergo | work |
| pyreto | fever |
| dextr(o) | right, toward the right |
| scolio | crooked; bent |
| log(o) | speech, words, thought |
| plasma, plasmo | formative; plasma |
| gluco | glucose |
| scoto | darkness |
| idio | distinct; unknown |
| aer(o) | air; gas |
| esthesio | sensation, perception |
| acanth(o) | spiny; thorny |
| electr(o) | electricity; electric |
| bacill(i) | bacilli; bacteria |
| pyo | pus |
| melan(o) | black; dark |
| carcin(o) | cancer |
| bar(o) | weight; pressure |
| bacteri(o) | bacteria |
| sono | sound |
| orth(o) | straight; normal |
| meg(a), megal(o) | large; million |
| bio, vivi, zo(o) | life |
| phyt(o) | plant |
| tono | tension; pressure |
| cycl(o) | circle; cycle; ciliary body |
| physi, physio | physical; natural |
| poikilo | varied; irregular |
| styl(o) | peg-shaped |
| galact(o), lact(o), lacti | milk |
| somn(o), somni, hypn(o) | sleep |
| pyro | fever; fire; heat |
| mio | smaller; less |
| fluor(o) | light; luminous; fluorine |
| lepto | light, frail, thin |
| chondrio, chondro | cartilage, grainy, gritty |
| nucle(o), karyo | nucleus |
| crin(o) | secrete |
| fibr(o) | fiber |
| echo | reflected sound |
| sito | food; grain |
| nyct(o), noct(i) | night |
| eosin(o) | red; rosy |
| ichthy(o) | dry; scaly; fish |
| hydr(o) | hydrogen, water |
| bas(o), basi(o) | base |
| tel(o), tele(o) | distant; end; complete |
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