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Chabner,Ch2 Sect VII
Chabner, Language of Medicine 7th ed Chapter 2 Comb forms
combining form(s) | Meaning |
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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 |
cyt/o | cell |
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 & pelvis) |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/o | hip, pelvic cavity |
poster/o | back, behind |
proxim/o | 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 |