Chapter 1 Combining Forms Flashcards
Divide medical words into their component parts. Use combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes to build medical words. Identify the meaning of word parts using combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes.
1
Q
aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
bi/o
A
life
4
Q
carcin/o
A
cancerous; cancer
5
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
6
Q
cephal/o
A
head
7
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
8
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
9
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete (to form and give off)
10
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
11
Q
derm/o
dermat/o
A
skin
12
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
13
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
14
Q
enter/o
A
intestines
(usually small intestine)
15
Q
erythr/o
A
red
16
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
17
Q
glyc/o
A
glucose; sugar
18
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
19
Q
gynec/o
A
woman; female
20
Q
hem/o
hemat/o
A
blood
21
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
22
Q
iatr/o
A
physician; treatment
23
Q
leuk/o
A
white
24
Q
log/o
A
study
25
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
26
Q
neur/o
A
nerve
27
Q
onc/o
A
tumor
28
Q
ophthalm/o
A
eye
29
Q
oste/o
A
bone
30
Q
path/o
A
disease
31
Q
ped/o
A
child
32
Q
psych/o
A
mind
33
Q
radi/o
A
x-rays; radioactivity;
radius (lateral lower arm bone)
34
Q
ren/o
A
kidney
35
Q
rhin/o
A
nose
36
Q
sarc/o
A
flesh (connective tissue)
37
Q
sect/o
A
to cut
38
Q
thromb/o
A
clot
39
Q
ur/o
A
urine; urinary tract
40
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
