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Combining Forms of medical terms

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Combining Form
Meaning
aden/o   show
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arthr/o   show
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bi/o   show
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carcin/o   show
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show heart  
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show head  
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show cerebrum (largest part of the brain)  
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show to cut  
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show secrete (to form and give off)  
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cyst/o   show
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show cell  
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show skin  
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electr/o   show
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show brain  
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show intestine  
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show red  
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gastr/o   show
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gnos/o   show
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show woman, female  
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hemat/o; hem/o   show
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show liver  
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show treatment  
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leuk/o   show
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nephr/o   show
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show nerve  
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show tumor  
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show eye  
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oste/o   show
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show disease  
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ped/o   show
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psych/o   show
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show x-rays  
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ren/o   show
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show nose  
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show flesh  
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sect/o   show
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show clot, clotting  
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ur/o   show
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abdomin/o   show
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show fat  
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anter/o   show
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bol/o   show
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show neck (of the body or of the uterus)  
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chondr/o   show
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show color  
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coccyg/o   show
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show skull  
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dist/o   show
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show back portion of the body  
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show tissue  
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ili/o   show
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inguin/o   show
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kary/o   show
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show side  
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lumb/o   show
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medi/o   show
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show nucleus  
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pelv/o   show
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poster/o   show
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proximo   show
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sacr/o   show
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sarc/o   show
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spin/o   show
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thel/o   show
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show chest  
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trache/o   show
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umbilic/o   show
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show belly side of the body  
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vertebr/o   show
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show internal organs  
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show extremities, top, extreme point  
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show sharp, severe, sudden  
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show marketplace  
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show amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)  
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angi/o   show
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arteri/o   show
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show joint  
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axill/o   show
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blephar/o   show
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bronch/o   show
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chem/o   show
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show time  
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show colon (large intestine)  
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show water, fluid  
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isch/o   show
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show abdomen, abdominal wall  
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laryng/o   show
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show lymph, a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces  
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show breast  
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show breast  
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show shape, form  
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muc/o   show
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my/o   show
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show spinal cord, bone marrow  
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necr/o   show
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show neutrophil (WBC)  
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ot/o   show
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peritone/o   show
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show to eat, swallow  
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show vein  
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plas/o   show
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show pleura (membranes surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles)  
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show lungs  
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pulmon/o   show
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rect/o   show
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splen/o   show
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show clusters  
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show twisted chains  
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thorac/o   show
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tonsill/o   show
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show trachea (windpipe)  
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carp/o   show
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show meals  
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cost/o   show
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cutane/o   show
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show fingers, toes  
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duct/o   show
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flex/o   show
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furc/o   show
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show tongue  
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show sugar  
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immun/o   show
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show death  
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nat/i   show
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nect/o   show
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norm/o   show
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show oxygen  
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pub/o   show
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seps/o   show
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somn/o   show
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show sound  
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show to put, place  
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thyr/o   show
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show place, position, location  
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show poison  
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urethr/o   show
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an/o   show
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append/o   show
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show appendix  
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show cheek  
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cec/o   show
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celi/o   show
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show lip  
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show gallbladder  
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choledoch/o   show
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show colon  
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dent/i   show
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duoden/o   show
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esophag/o   show
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faci/o   show
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gingiv/o   show
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show ileum  
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jejun/o   show
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labi/o   show
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lingu/o   show
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mandibul/o   show
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show tooth  
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show straight  
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or/o   show
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show palate  
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show pancreas  
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pharyng/o   show
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proct/o   show
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show pyloric sphincter  
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show salivary gland  
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sigmoid/o   show
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stomat/o   show
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show starch  
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bil/i   show
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show bilirubin (bile pigment)  
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show gall, bile  
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show hydrochloric acid  
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show sugar  
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show glycogen, animal starch  
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show fat, lipid  
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lith/o   show
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show protein  
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show saliva, salivary gland  
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steat/o   show
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cholangi/o   show
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aer/o   show
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alges/o   show
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show mixture  
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show work  
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show feeling, sensation  
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show sleep  
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myc/o   show
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narc/o   show
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pharmac/o   show
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prurit/o   show
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show fever  
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show sheath (of brain and spinal cord)  
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tox/o, toxic/o   show
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show vessel  
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vit/o   show
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show hand  
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show glue; gelatinlike; starch  
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show gum  
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glauc/o   show
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gli/o   show
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show protein  
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-glovulin   show
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glomerul/o   show
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gloss   show
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show sugar  
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-glute   show
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show sugar, sweetness  
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steat/o   show
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