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CombineForms
Combining Forms of medical terms
| Combining Form | Meaning |
|---|---|
| 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 | secrete (to form and give off) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or cyst (sac containing fluid) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o; dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o; hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| 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, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast; throw |
| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage (type of connective tissue) |
| chrom/o | color |
| coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| hist/o | tissue |
| ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back (side and back between the ribs and pelvis) |
| medi/o | middle |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| pelv/o | hip, pelvic cavity |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proximo | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| ventr/o | belly side of the body |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae, backbones |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
| acr/o | extremities, top, extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| agor/a | marketplace |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| hydr/o | water, fluid |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx, voice box |
| lymph/o | lymph, a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (WBC) |
| ot/o | ear |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pleur/o | pleura (membranes surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles) |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| rect/o | rectum |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cib/o | meals |
| cost/o | rib |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dactyl/o | fingers, toes |
| duct/o | to lead, carry |
| flex/o | to bend |
| furc/o | forking, branching |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| immun/o | protection |
| mort/o | death |
| nat/i | birth |
| nect/o | to bind, tie, connect |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pub/o | pubis (pubic bone); anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone |
| seps/o | infection |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| the/o | to put, place |
| thyr/o | shield (shape of thyroid gland resembled shield to those who named it) |
| top/o | place, position, location |
| tox/o | poison |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | belly, abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| colon/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| faci/o | face |
| gingiv/o | gms |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| mandibul/o | lower jaw, mandible |
| odont/o | tooth |
| orth/o | straight |
| or/o | mouth |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pharyng/o | throat |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| amyl/o | starch |
| bil/i | gall, bile |
| bilirubin/o | bilirubin (bile pigment) |
| chol/e | gall, bile |
| chlorhydr/o | hydrochloric acid |
| gluc/o; glyc/o | sugar |
| glycogen/o | glycogen, animal starch |
| lip/o | fat, lipid |
| lith/o | stone |
| prote/o | protein |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| steat/o | fat |
| cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| aer/o | air |
| alges/o | sensitivity to pain |
| cras/o | mixture |
| erg/o | work |
| esthes/o | feeling, sensation |
| hypn/o | sleep |
| myc/o | mold, fungus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| prurit/o | itching |
| pyret/o | fever |
| thec/o | sheath (of brain and spinal cord) |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| vas/o | vessel |
| vit/o | life |
| cheir, chir | hand |
| colla | glue; gelatinlike; starch |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gli/o | neuroglia (glue) |
| -globin | protein |
| -glovulin | protein |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss | tongue |
| glucos/o | sugar |
| -glute | buttocks |
| glyc/o | sugar, sweetness |
| steat/o | fat |
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