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FINAL Comb Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acous/o | hearing |
| acr/o | extremeties |
| aden/o | gland |
| adeniod/o | adenoids |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal glands |
| adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
| aer/o | air |
| agglutin/o | clumping |
| albin/o | white |
| alveol/o | alveolus; air sac |
| ambly/o | dull, dim |
| amni/o | amnion |
| an/o | anus |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | stiff joint |
| anter/o | front |
| anthrac/o | coal |
| anxi/o | anxiety |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| ather/o | fatty substance, plaque |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | hearing |
| audit/o | hearing |
| aur/o | ear |
| auricul/o | ear |
| azot/o | nitrogenous waste |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bar/o | weight |
| bas/o | base |
| bi/o | life |
| blast/o | primitive cells |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchiole |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| burs/o | sac |
| calc/o | calcium |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caud/o | tail |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cerumin/o | cerumen |
| cervic/o | neck, cervix |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| chol/e | bile, gall |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chori/o | chorion |
| chrom/o | color |
| cis/o | to cut |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coagul/o | clotting |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| cochle/o | cochlea |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| coni/o | dust |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
| core/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| coron/o | heart |
| cortic/o | outer portion |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | secrete |
| crur/o | leg |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary muscle |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tear duct |
| dent/o | tooth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| dipl/o | double |
| dist/o | away from |
| dors/o | back of body |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| electr/o | electricity |
| embry/o | embryo |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| eosin/o | rosy red |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| episi/o | vulva |
| epitheli/o | epithelium |
| erg/o | work |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | sensation, feeling |
| estr/o | female |
| fasci/o | fibrous band |
| femor/o | femur |
| fet/o | fetus |
| fibr/o | fibers |
| fibrin/o | fibers, fibrous |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| fluor/o | fluorescence, luminous |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gli/o | glue |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glute/o | buttock |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycos/o | sugar, glucose |
| gonad/o | sex glands |
| granul/o | granules |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemangi/o | blood vessel |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| home/o | sameness |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water |
| hymen/o | hymen |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium |
| immun/o | immune, protection |
| infer/o | below |
| ir/o | iris |
| irid/o | iris |
| ischi/o | ischium |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kal/i | potassium |
| kerat/o | cornea; hard, horny |
| keton/o | ketones |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| kyph/o | hump |
| labi/o | lip |
| labyrinth/o | labyrinth (inner ear) |
| lacrim/o | tears |
| lact/o | milk |
| lamin/o | lamina, part of vertebra |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx, voice box |
| later/o | side |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lob/o | lobe |
| lord/o | bent backwards |
| lumb/o | loin |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| lymphaden/o | lymph node |
| lymphangi/o | lymph vessel |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mandibul/o | mandible |
| mast/o | breast |
| maxill/o | maxilla |
| meat/o | meatus |
| medi/o | middle |
| medull/o | medulla oblongata, inner portion |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| mening/o | meninges |
| meningi/o | meninges |
| ment/o | mind |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| metr/o | uterus |
| morph/o | shape |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| mut/a | genetic change, mutation |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myocardi/o | heart muscle |
| myos/o | muscle |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/o | birth |
| natr/o | sodium |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutral |
| noct/i | night |
| nyctal/o | night |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | tooth |
| olig/o | scanty |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye, vision |
| optic/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| orch/o | testes |
| orchi/o | testes |
| orchid/o | testes |
| organ/o | organ |
| orth/o | straight, correct |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| ov/o | egg |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| ox/i | oxygen |
| palat/o | palate |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| papill/o | optic disk |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
| patell/o | patella |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| pelv/o | pelvis |
| perine/o | perineum |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phac/o | lens |
| phag/o | eat, swallow |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pharmac/o | drug |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| phas/o | speech |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phon/o | sound |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | mind |
| pil/o | hair |
| pineal/o | pineal gland |
| plant/o | sole of foot |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| pneumon/o | lung, air |
| pod/o | foot |
| poli/o | gray matter |
| pont/o | pons |
| poster/o | back |
| presby/o | old age |
| proct/o | anus and rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| prosth/o | addition |
| proxim/o | near to |
| psych/o | mind |
| pub/o | genital region |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pylor/o | pylorus |
| radi/o | x-ray, radius |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rhytid/o | wrinkle |
| roentgen/o | x-ray |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| salping/o | fallopian tubes, uterine tubes, eustachian tubes |
| sanguin/o | blood |
| scapul/o | scapula |
| schiz/o | divided |
| scler/o | hard,sclera |
| scoli/o | crooked, bent |
| seb/o | oil |
| sect/o | cut |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| sinus/o | sinus, cavity |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | sleep |
| son/o | sound |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| sphygm/o | pulse |
| spin/o | spine |
| spir/o | breathing |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| staped/o | stapes |
| stern/o | sternum |
| steth/o | chest |
| super/o | above |
| synov/o | synovial membrane |
| synovi/o | synovial membrane |
| system/o | system |
| tars/o | ankle |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| testicul/o | testes |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| thec/o | sheath (meninges) |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thym/o | thymus gland |
| thyr/o | thyroid gland |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| tom/o | to cut |
| tonsil/o | tonsils |
| tox/o | poison |
| toxic/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| trich/o | hair |
| tympan/o | eardrum, middle ear |
| uln/o | ulna |
| ungu/o | nail |
| ur/o | urine,urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| uter/o | uterus |
| uve/o | choroid |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| valv/o | valve |
| valvul/o | valve |
| varic/o | varicose veins |
| vas/o | vessel, duct |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | belly |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| vesicul/o | seminal vesicle |
| viscer/o | internal organ |
| vitre/o | glassy |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| xer/o | dry |