combining forms Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
bi/o | life or living |
cardi/o | heart |
crin/o | to secrete |
dent/o, odont/o | tooth |
esthesi/o | feeling |
ger/a, ger/o, geront/o | aged |
gynec/o | female |
hist/o | tissue |
immun/o | immune |
laryng/o | larynx |
neur/o | nerve or nervous system |
onc/o | tumor |
opthalm/o | eye |
opt/o, optic/o | vision |
orth/o | straight |
derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
ot/o | ear |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child or foot |
pharmac/o | drugs or medicine |
physi/o | nature |
plast/o | repair |
psych/o | mind |
radi/o | radius or radiant energy |
rheumat/o | rheumatism |
rhin/o | nose |
tom/o | to cut |
tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
ur/o | urine or urinary tract |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
acr/o | extremities |
anter/o | anterior |
blephar/o | eyelid |
caud/o | tail, lower portion of body |
cephal/o | head |
chir/o | hand |
crani/o | skull |
cyan/o | blue |
dactyl/o | digit (finger and toes) |
dist/o, tele/o | distant |
dors/o | dorsal, back side |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
gram/o | to print or record |
infer/o | inferior, or situated below |
kinesi/o | movement |
later/o | side |
medi/o | medial, middle |
my/o | muscle |
omphal/o | umbilicus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
poster/o | posterior |
proxim/o | near |
somat/o | body |
super/o | superior, uppermost |
thorac/o | thorax (chest) |
ventr/o | ventral, belly |
aer/o | air |
chlor/o | green |
chrom/o | color |
coagul/o | coagulation |
cyt/o | cell |
erythr/o | red |
fibrin/o | fibrin |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
hydr/o | water |
is/o | equal |
kary/o, nucle/o | nucleus |
leuk/o | white |
lys/o | destruction or dissolving |
macr/o | large |
megal/o | enlarged |
melan/o | black |
micr/o | small |
morph/o | shape; form |
norm/o | normal |
phag/o | to eat |
phil/o | attraction |
poikil/o | irregular |
scop/o | to view or to examine |
spher/o | round |
thromb/o | thrombus; clot |
xanth/o | yellow |
aden/o | gland |
adenoid/o | adenoids |
angi/o, vas/o | vessel |
aort/o | aorta |
arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
ather/o | yellowish, fatty plaque |
atri/o | atrium |
cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
ech/o, son/o | sound |
lymph/o | lymph; lymphatics |
lymphat/o | lymphatics |
mediastin/o | mediastinum |
phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
phot/o | light |
scler/o | hard, hardening |
sept/o | septum; partition |
splen/o | spleen |
steth/o | chest |
thym/o | thymus |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
valv/o, valvul/o | valve |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
venul/o | venule |
acid/o | acid |
alkal/o | alkaline, basic |
alveol/o | alveoli |
anthrac/o | coal |
bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchi |
bronchiol/o | bronchioles |
coni/o | dust |
gen/o | origin or beginning |
fibr/o | fiber or fibrous |
lith/o | stone or calculus |
malac/o | softness; softening |
muc/o | mucus |
nas/o | nose |
or/o | mouth |
ox/o | oxygen |
palat/o | palate |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
phas/o | speech |
phon/o | voice |
phren/o | diaphragm or mind |
plas/o | formation or development |
pleg/o | paralysis |
pleur/o | pleura |
pneum/o | lungs or air |
pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneumon/o | lungs |
trache/o | trachea |
amyl/o | starch |
an/o | anus |
append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
cec/o | cecum |
cheil/o | lip |
chol/e | bile or gall |
col/o | colon; large intestine |
cyst/o | bladder or sac |
dent/i | teeth |
dips/o | thirst |
diverticul/o | diverticula |
duoden/o | duodenum |
enter/o | intestines; small intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gums |
gloss/o | tongue |
glyc/o | sugar |
hepat/o | liver |
ile/o | ileum |
jejun/o | jejunum |
lact/o | milk |
lingu/o | tongue |
lip/o | fat |
muc/o | mucus |
myc/o | fungus |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
pex/o | surgical fixation |
proct/o | anus, rectum |
prote/o | protein |
pylor/o | pylorus |
rect/o | rectum |
sial/o | saliva, salivary glands |
stomat/o | mouth |
vag/o | vagus nerve |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
dipl/o | double |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
glycos/o | sweet or sugar |
gon/o | genitals or reproduction |
nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
nos/o | disease |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
staphyl/o | grape-like cluster |
strept/o | twisted |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
urin/o | urine |
amni/o | amnion |
cervic/o | neck; cervix uteri |
chori/o | chorion |
colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
crypt/o | hidden |
fet/o | fetus |
genit/o | organs of reproduction |
hyster/o, uter/o | uterus |
lapar/o | abdominal wall |
men/o | month |
metr/o | measure; uterine tissue |
nat/i | birth |
o/o | egg |
oophor/o | ovary |
orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o | testicle |
par/o | bearing offspring |
prostat/o | prostate |
pseud/o | false |
salping/o | uterine tube |
spermat/o | sprmatozoa |
top/o | place |
vulv/o | vulva |
ankyl/o | stiff |
arthr/o | joint; articulation |
blast/o | embryonic form |
burs/o | bursa |
calc/i | calcium |
calcane/o | heel bone |
carp/o | wrist |
chondr/o | cartilage |
clavicul/o | calvicle |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium |
femor/o | femur |
fibul/o | fibula |
humer/o | humerus |
ili/o | ilium |
ischi/o | ischium |
lumb/o | lower back |
muscul/o | muscle |
myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
oste/o | bone |
patell/o | patella |
phalang/o | phalanges |
pub/o | pubis |
rach/i, rachi/o | spine |
radi/o | radius (sometimes radiant energy) |
sacr/o | sacrum |
scapul/o | scapula |
schis/o, schiz/o | split |
spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebrae |
stern/o | sternum |
tars/o | tarsus (sometimes edge of eyelid) |
ten/o, tend/o | tendon |
tibi/o | tibia |
troph/o | nutrition |
uln/o | ulna |
viscer/o | viscera |
algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
arachn/o | spider |
astr/o | star |
audi/o | hearing |
aut/o | self |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
chem/o | chemical |
dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear |
dendr/o | tree |
mening/o | meninges |
ment/o | mind |
narc/o | sleep |
ocul/o | eye |
olig/o | few |
pyr/o | fire |
adip/o | fat |
alb/o, albin/o | white |
axill/o | axilla (armpit) |
bacter/i | bacteria |
cry/o | cold |
cutane/o | skin |
heli/o | sun |
hidr/o | sweat |
ichthy/o | fish |
kerat/o | horney or cornea |
necr/o | dead or death |
onych/o | nail |
py/o | pus |
rhytid/o | wrinkle |
seb/o | sebum |
seps/o | infection |
sept/o | infection or septum |
therm/o | heat |
trich/o | hair |
xer/o | dry |
adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
adrenalin/o | adrenalin |
andr/o | male or masucline |
gigant/o | large |
gonad/o | gonad |
home/o | sameness or constant |
iod/o | iodine |
mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland |
thyr/o, thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
trop/o | to stimulate |
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