Chapter 2 Combining Forms Flashcards
1
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integument/o
A
skin
2
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adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
coll/a
A
fibers that hold together
4
Q
cut/i
A
skin
5
Q
derm/o
A
skin
6
Q
phot/o
A
bear; carry; range
7
Q
spir/o
A
breathe; coil
8
Q
elast/o
A
flexing; stretching
9
Q
squam/o
A
scale-like cell
10
Q
bas/o
A
alkaline; base of a structure
11
Q
theli/o
A
cellular layer
12
Q
foli/o
A
leaf
13
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ex/o
A
away from; external; outward
14
Q
folli/o
A
sac-like structure
15
Q
follicul/o
A
follicle
16
Q
pil/o
A
hair
17
Q
trich/o
A
hair
18
Q
kerat/o
A
cornea; hard, fibrous protein
19
Q
lip/o
A
fat
20
Q
lun/o
A
moon
21
Q
melan/o
A
black
22
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onych/o
A
fingernail, toenail
23
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ungu/o
A
fingernail, toenail
24
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erect/o
A
stand up
25
seb/o
oil; sebum
26
sebace/o
oil; sebum
27
cutane/o
skin
28
sudor/i
sweat
29
fer/o
bear
30
hidr/o
sweat
31
nosocomi/o
hospital
32
home/o
same
33
protect/o
defend; protect
34
sens/o
feeling
35
synth/o
put together
36
therm/o
heat
37
regulat/o
control
38
hem/o
blood
39
vas/o
blood vessel
40
contus/o
bruising
41
ecchym/o
blood in the tissue
42
hemat/o
blood
43
fiss/o
splitting
44
vesic/o
bladder; fluid filled sac
45
vesicul/o
fluid filled sac
46
ne/o
new
47
malign/o
cancer
48
prurit/o
itching
49
xer/o
dry
50
albin/o
white
51
cyan/o
blue
52
erythemat/o
redness
53
jaund/o
yellow
54
icter/o
jaundice
55
necr/o
dead body; dead tissue
56
gangren/o
gangrene
57
pigment/o
pigment
58
abras/o
scrape off
59
esthes/o
feeling; sensation
60
excori/o
take out skin
61
kel/o
tumor
62
lacer/o
tearing
63
cellul/o
cell
64
pedicul/o
lice
65
dermat/o
skin
66
actin/o
rays of the sun
67
sol/o
sun
68
angi/o
blood vessel; lymphatic vessel
69
papill/o
elevated structure
70
sen/o
old age
71
cancer/o
cancer
72
carcin/o
cancer
73
sarc/o
connective tissue
74
squam/o
scale like cell
75
psor/o
itching
76
scler/o
hard; sclera
77
system/o
body as a whole
78
rhin/o
nose
79
seb/o
oil; sebum
80
phor/o
bear; carry; range
81
alopec/o
bald
82
hirsut/o
hairy
83
onych/o
fingernail; toenail
84
myc/o
fungus
85
sensitiv/o
affected by; sensitive to
86
exud/o
oozing fluid
87
cry/o
cold
88
surg/o
operative procedure
89
cis/o
cut
90
abras/o
scrape off
91
micr/o
one millionth; small
92
bi/o
living organism; living tissue
93
fung/o
fungus
94
vir/o
virus
95
cortic/o
cortex; outer region
96
phot/o
light
97
dynam/o
movement; power
98
suct/o
suck
99
rhytid/o
wrinkle
100
blephar/o
eyelid
101
all/o
other; strange
102
aut/o
self
103
coll/a
fibers that hold together
104
elast/o
flexing; stretching
105
ex/o
away from; external; outward
106
sudor/i
sweat
107
ungu/o
fingernail; toenail;
