Chapter 3 combining forms Flashcards by Adriana Rivera

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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amni/o

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amnion

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angi/o

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vessel

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axill/o

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armpit

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon (large intestine)

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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inguin/o

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groin

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o

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death (of cells or whole body)

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neutr/o

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neutrophil (a white blood cell)

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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ot/o

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ear

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

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to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

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vein

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plas/o

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formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura(membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)

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pneumon/o

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lungs

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ren/o

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kidney

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staphyl/o

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clusters

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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thorac/o

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chest

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ven/o

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vein

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trache/o

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trachea (windpipe)

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aden/o

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gland

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adip/o

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fat

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arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

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joint

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carcin/o

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cancer

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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encephal/o

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brain

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erythr/o

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red

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hem/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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lymph/o

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lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)

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nephr/o

A

kidney

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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opi/o

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opium

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oste/o

A

bone

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path/o

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disease

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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pulmon/o

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lungs

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radi/o

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x-ray

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rect/o

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rectum

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ren/o

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kidney

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rhin/o

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nose

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splen/o

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spleen

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staphyl/o

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clusters

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strept/o

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twisted chains

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thorac/o

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chest