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medical terms
combining forms
| questions | answers |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| amni/o | amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo) |
| angi/o | vessel (usually blood vessel) |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| arther/o | plaque (a yellow fatty material) |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bronch/o bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | drug; also chemical |
| cholesyst/o | gallbladder |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine or bowel) |
| crani/o | skull |
| cry/o | cold |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach) |
| hem/o hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| inguin/o | groin (are in which the thy meets the trunk of the body) |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen (abdominal wall) |
| laryng/o | voice box (larynx) |
| leuk/o | white |
| mamm/o | breast (use with -ARY, -GRAPHY, -GRAM and -PLASTY) |
| mast/o | breast (use with -ECTOMY and -ITIS) |
| men/o | menses (menstration); month |
| mening/o | meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain, located in the spinal column) |
| myel/o | bone marrow (soft inner part of bones, where blood cells are made) |
| necr/o | death (of cells) |
| nephr/o | kidney (use with all suffixes EXCEPT with: -AL and -GRAM) |
| neur/o | nerve |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pelv/o | hip area |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen) |
| phleb/o ven/o | vein |
| pneumon/o pulmon/o | lung |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney (use with -AL and -GRAM) |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | fallopian (uterine) tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| septic/o | pertaining to infection |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | windpipe;trachea |
| ur/o | urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| an/o | anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body) |
| bi/o | life |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cost/o | ribs |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dur/o | dura mater ( outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord) |
| gen/o | to produce; to begin |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| later/o | side |
| nati/o | birth |
| norm/o | rule; order |
| plas/o | formation; growth; development |
| scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
| son/o | sound |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| top/o | to put; place; position |
| troph/o | development; nourishment |
| urethr/o | urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body) |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vertebr/o | vertebra (backbone) |
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