CH 3 Combining Forms Flashcards
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
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acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
Q
adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
10
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left , that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs
14
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer, cancerous
15
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cardi/o
A
heart
16
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chem/o
A
drug, chemical
17
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
18
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chron/o
A
time
19
Q
col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
20
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
22
Q
erythr/o
A
red
23
Q
hem/o
A
blood
24
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hepat/o
A
liver
25
hydr/o
water, fluid
26
inguin/o
groin
27
isch/o
to hold back
28
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
29
laryng/o
larynx *voicebox*
30
leuk/o
white
31
lymph/o
lymph, a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body.
32
mamm/o
breast
33
mast/o
breast
34
morph/o
shape, form
35
muc/o
mucus
36
my/o
muscle
37
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
38
necr/o
death ( of cells or whole body)
39
nephr/o
kidney
40
neur/o
nerve
41
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
42
nucle/o
nucleus
43
ophthalm/o
eye
44
oste/o
bone
45
ot/o
ear
46
path/o
disease
47
peritone/o
peritoneum
48
phag/o
to eat, swallow
49
phleb/o
vein
50
plas/o
formation, development
51
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs & adjacent to chest wall
52
pneumon/o
lungs
53
pulmon/o
lungs
54
radi/o
xrays
55
rect/o
rectum
56
ren/o
kindey
57
rhin/o
nose
58
sarc/o
flesh
59
splen/o
spleen
60
staphyl/o
clusters
61
strept/o
twisted chains
62
thorac/o
chest
63
thromb/o
clot
64
tonsill/o
tonsils
65
trache/o
trachea *windpipe*
66
ven/o
vein
