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EMT-B Quiz 4
combining form
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| men/o | monthly |
| morb/o | disease |
| mort/o | death |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| my/o | muscle |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/o | night |
| ocul/o | eye |
| odont/o | tooth |
| o/o- | egg |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| orch/o | testis |
| osse/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| palpat/o | touch,feel |
| par/o | birth |
| pariet/o | wall of a cavity |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| percuss/o | strike,tap |
| phag/o | eat,swallow |
| phot/o | light |
| placent/o | placenta |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pne/o | breathe |
| pnuem/o | lung air |
| pod/o | foot |
| psych/o | mind |
| purul/o | pus |
| pyel/o | pelvis |
| pyret/o | fever |
| ren/o | kidney |
| reticul/o | network |
| retin/o | retina of eye |
| rhin/o | nose |
| rub/o | red |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| sang/o | blood |
| scler/o | hard |
| seb/o | sebum |
| sect/o | cut |
| sept/o | wall |
| ser/o | serum |
| sinus/o | cavity or hollow |
| somat/o | body |
| sphincter/o | sphincter muscle |
| spir/o | coil, breathe |
| stern/o | sternum |
| steth/o | chest |
| sthen/o | strength |
| stom/o | opening |
| tact/o | touch |
| tars/o | ankle |
| tele/o | distance |
| tempor/o | time, temple of head |
| tendon/o | tendon |
| tetr/a | four |
| tom/o | cut |
| toxic/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea |
| trich/o | hair |
| urin/o | urine |
| vagin/o | female genital canal |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
| viscer/o | viscera |
| vol/o | volume |
| viscos/o | thick |
| xen/o | foreign |
| xer/o | dry |