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les 6 combining form
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| amyl | starch |
| angin | choking pain, angina pectoris |
| aort | aorta |
| arct(at) | compress |
| ather | (soup)fatty deposit |
| atri | (entrance hall) atrium |
| bol | a throwing |
| capill | (hair) capillary |
| cirs | dilated and twisted vein, varix |
| clud, clus | close |
| cor, cord | heart |
| coron | crown |
| cusp, cuspid | point |
| dextr | right (side) |
| form | shape; shaped like |
| gurgit, gurgitat | flood, flow |
| pector | breast, chest |
| phleb | vein |
| pulm(on) | lung, pulmonary artery |
| rhythm | (steady motion) heartbeat |
| sept | wall, partition |
| sin, sinus | (curve, hollow) sinus |
| sinistr | left (side) |
| sphygm | pulse |
| stal, stol | send, contraction |
| tens(i) | stretch |
| thromb | blood clot |
| top | place |
| vag | (wandering) the vagus nerve |
| varic, varix | dilated and twisted vein, varix |
| vas | (blood) vessel; vas deferens |
| ventr | belly, abdomen, abdominal cavity |
| alve | hollow, cavity |
| amygdal | (almond) tonsil |
| anthrax, anthrac | coal; anthrax |
| aux, auxe, auxis | grow, increase |
| bacter(i) | (small staff) bacterium |
| bronch(i) | (windpipe) bronchus |
| capn | (smoke) carbon dioxide |
| cocc, coccus | (berry) coccus (a type of spherical bacterium) |
| coni, koni | dust |
| labi | lip |
| larynx, laryng | larynx |
| paresis | slackening of strength, paralysis |
| pharynx, pharyng | (throat) pharynx |
| phys | air, gas |
| pleur | (side) pleura |
| pne | breathe |
| pneum(at) | (breath) air, gas |
| pneum(on) | lung |
| sider | iron |
| spir(at) | breathe |
| staphyl | (bunch of grapes) uvula, palate; staphylococci (microorganisms that cluster together like a bunch of grapes) |
| stern | chest, breast, breastbone |
| steth | chest, breast |
| strept | (twisted) streptococci (microorganisms that form twisted chains) |
| sud(or) | sweat, fluid |
| thorax, thorac | chest cavity, pleural cavity, thorax |
| trach(e), trachy | (rough) trachea |
| bili | bile |
| cardi | cardia (upper orifice of the stomach) |
| cec | (blind) cecum |
| cly(s) | rinse out, inject fluid |
| copr | excrement, fecal matter |
| creat | flesh |
| doch | duct |
| duoden | duodenum |
| esophag | esophagus |
| fec | (sediment) excrement, fecal matter |
| geus(t) | taste |
| gingiv | gum (of the mouth) |
| gloss | tongue |
| ile | ileum |
| jejun | (empty)jejunum |
| lien | spleen |
| lingu | tongue |
| osm | sense of smell; odor |
| osphr | sense of smell |
| peps, pept | digest |
| proct | anus |
| pyle | (gate)portal vein |
| pylor | (gatekeeper) pylorus |
| rect | (straight) rectum |
| scat | excrement, fecal matter |
| sial | saliva, salivary duct |
| sigm | (sigma the Greek letter s) sigmoid colon |
| sphincter | sphincter muscle |
| splanchn | internal organ, viscus |
| typhl | (blind) cecum |
| zym | (leaven) ferment, enzyme, fermentation |
| enter | intestine |
| osmia | a condition involving smell |
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