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Stack #77706
Turley's Medical Language Chapter 7
| Combining form(s) | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abras/o | scrape off |
| actin/o | rays of the sun |
| adip/o | fat |
| albin/o | white |
| all/o | other, strange |
| -ancy | state of |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cellul/o | cell |
| -cere | waxy substance |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| -cle | small thing |
| coll/a | fibers that hold together |
| contus/o | bruising |
| cry/o | cold |
| cut/i | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| -dactyly | condition of fingers or toes |
| -derma | skin |
| derm/a | skin |
| derm/o | skin |
| desicc/o | to dry up |
| diaphore/o | sweating |
| dynam/o | power; movement |
| ecchym/o | blood in the tissues |
| -elasma | platelike structure |
| elast/o | flexing, stretching |
| erect/o | to stand up |
| erg/o | activity; work |
| -ergy | activity; process of working |
| erythemat/o | redness |
| ex- | out, away from |
| excori/o | to take out skin |
| exo- | away from, external, outward |
| extra- | outside of |
| exud/o | oozing fluid |
| fer/o | to bear |
| foli/o | leaf |
| follicul/o | follicle (small sac) |
| fulgur/o | spark of electricity |
| fung/o | fungus |
| gangren/o | gangrene |
| -graft | tissue for implant or transplant |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hirsut/o | hairy |
| -iasis | state of; process of |
| -iatic | pertaining to a state or process |
| icter/o | jaundice |
| -ile | pertaining to |
| incis/o | to cut into |
| integu/o | to cover |
| kel/o | tumor |
| kerat/o | cornea; hard, fibrous protein |
| lacer/o | a tearing |
| lip/o | lipid (fat) |
| loc/o | in one place |
| lun/o | moon |
| malign/o | intentionally causing harm; cancer |
| melan/o | black |
| -ment | action; state |
| myc/o | fungus |
| necr/o | death |
| nid/o | nest; focus |
| onych/o | nail |
| -ose | full of |
| papill/o | elevated structure |
| par- | beside |
| pedicul/o | lice |
| per- | through |
| petechi/o | petechiae |
| phot/o | light |
| phylact/o | guarding or protecting |
| -phylaxis | condition of guarding or protecting |
| -phyma | tumor, growth |
| pigment/o | pigment |
| pil/o | hair |
| -plasm | growth; formed substance |
| -plasty | process of reshaping by surgery |
| prurit/o | itching |
| psor/o | itching |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| -rrhea | flow, discharge |
| rrhe/o | flow, discharge |
| sarc/o | connective tissue |
| schiz/o | split |
| scler/o | hard; sclera (white of the eye) |
| sebace/o | sebum (oil) |
| seb/o | sebum (oil) |
| sect/o | to cut |
| sen/o | old age |
| sensitiv/o | affected by, sensitive to |
| -sis | condition; abnormal condition |
| squam/o | scalelike cell |
| suct/o | to suck |
| sudor/i | sweat |
| system/o | the body as a whole |
| theli/o | cellular layer |
| -tome | instrument used to cut; an area with distinct edges |
| topic/o | a specific area |
| trich/o | hair |
| -ula | small thing |
| -um | a structure |
| ungu/o | nail |
| vas/o | blood vessel; vas deferens |
| vesic/o | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
| vesicul/o | bladder; fluid-filled sac |
| vir/o | virus |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xen/o | foreign |
| xer/o | dry |
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