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LOM Ch1 Combine Form
Medical Terminology Basic Word Structure
Question | Answer |
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Root | Foundation of the term |
Suffix | word ending |
Prefix | word beginning |
Combining vowel | vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or to another root |
combining form | Combination of the root and combining vowel |
Combining rule | Drop to combining 'o' if the next letter is also a vowel |
aden/o | gland |
arthr/o | joint |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
cis/o | to cut |
crin/o | to secrete |
cyst/o | urinary bladder; sac or cyst |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o or dermat/o | skin |
electr/o | elecricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestines (usually used when referring to the small intestines) |
erythr/o | red |
gastr/o | stomach |
glyc/o | sugar (glucose) |
gnos/o | knowledge |
gynec/o | woman, female |
hemat/o or hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
iatr/o | treatment, physician |
leuk/o | white |
log/o | study of |
nephr/o | kidney |
onc/o | tumor, cancer |
ophthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child |
psych/o | mind |
radi/o | x-rays |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sarc/o | flesh |
sect/o | to cut |
thromb/o | clot |
ur/o | urinary tract |
The way to determine meaning of medical terms | Read the terms contents from right to left eg: transhepatic ic(pertaining to) hepato (liver) trans (through) So - pertaining to through the liver. |