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
nephr/o
kidney
26
neur/o
nerve
27
onc/o
tumor
28
ophthalm/o
eye
29
oste/o
bone
30
path/o
disease
31
ped/o
child
32
psych/o
mind
33
radi/o
x-rays; radioactivity;
radius (lateral lower arm bone)
34
ren/o
kidney
35
rhin/o
nose
36
sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
37
sect/o
to cut
38
thromb/o
clot
39
ur/o
urine; urinary tract
40
cyst/o
urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
