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Combining Forms
Medical Terminology Quick & Concise Combining Forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o, lapar/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremity or topmost |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o, lip/o | fat |
| angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | fatty, or lipid, paste |
| auri/o, ot/o | ear |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chol/e, bil/i | bile |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder or sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dent/i, odont/o | teeth |
| derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o | skin |
| encephal/o | small intestine |
| erythr/o | red |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| hypn/o, somn/o | sleep |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| lacrim/o, dacry/o | tear |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o, gloss/o | tongue |
| lith/o | stone |
| mast/o, mamm/o | breast |
| melan/o | black |
| my/o, muscul/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| narc/o | stupor or sleep |
| mas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| path/o | disease |
| phag/o | eat or swallow |
| phas/o | speech |
| phot/o | light |
| plas/o | formation |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | air or lung |
| proct/o | rectum or anus |
| psych/o | mind |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| pyret/o | fever |
| salping/o | uterine or fallopian tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scler/o | hard or sclera |
| spir/o | breathing |
| sten/o | narrow |
| test/o, orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testis or testicle |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o, pector/o, steth/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| troph/o | nourishment or developement |
| tympan/o, myring/o | eardrum or tympanic membrane |
| ur/o, urin/o | urine |
| ven/o, phleb/o | vein |
| vertebr/o, spondyl/o | vertebra |
| vulv/o episi/o | vulva |
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