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Ch 2 Combining Forms
Medical Terminology by Marjorie Canfield, Chapter 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen (abdominal) |
| lapar/o | abdomen (laparotomy) |
| acr/o | extremity or topmost (acrodynia) |
| aden/o | gland (adenoma) |
| aer/o | air or gas (aerobic) |
| angi/o | vessel (angioplasty) |
| vas/o | vessel (vasectomy) |
| vascul/o | vessel (vascular) |
| carcin/o | cancer (carcinogenic) |
| cardi/o | heart (cardiologist) |
| cephal/o | head (cephalic) |
| cyan/o | blue (cyanotic) |
| cyt/o | cell (cytology) |
| derm/o | skin (dermal) |
| dermat/o | skin (dermatology) |
| cutane/o | skin (cutaneous) |
| dextr/o | right (dextrocardia) |
| erythr/o | red (erythrocyte) |
| fibr/o | fiber (fibroma) |
| gastr/o | stomach (gastric) |
| gen/o | origin or production (osteogenic) |
| gluc/o | sugar (glucogenesis) |
| glucos/o | sugar (glucose) |
| glyc/o | sugar (glycolysis) |
| hem/o | blood (hemogram) |
| hemat/o | blood (hematology) |
| hepat/o | liver (hepatoma) |
| hydr/o | water (hydrophobia) |
| leuk/o | white (leukocyte) |
| lip/o | fat (lipoid) |
| lith/o | stone (lithiasis) |
| melan/o | black (melanoma) |
| morph/o | form (morphology) |
| nas/o | nose (nasal) |
| rhin/o | nose (rhinitis) |
| necr/o | death (necrocytosis) |
| or/o | mouth (oral) |
| orth/o | straight, normal, correct (orthostatic) |
| oste/o | bone (osteal) |
| path/o | disease (pathology) |
| ped/o | child or foot (pediatric) |
| phob/o | exaggerated fear (hydrophobia) |
| phon/o | voice or sound (phonic) |
| plas/o | formation (dysplasia) |
| pod/o | foot (podiatry) |
| psych/o | mind (pshychology) |
| py/o | pus (pyopoiesis) |
| ren/o | kidney (renal) |
| nephr/o | kidney (nephrosis) |
| scler/o | hard (sclerosis) |
| sinistr/o | left (sinistropedal) |
| son/o | sound (sonometer) |
| sten/o | narrow (stenosis) |
| therm/o | heat (thermometer) |
| tox/o | poison (toxemia) |
| toxic/o | poison (toxicology) |
| troph/o | nourishment or development (trophocyte) |
| ur/o | urine (urology) |
| urin/o | urine (urinary) |
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