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LOM Ch1 Combine Form
Medical Terminology Basic Word Structure
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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. |