Chapter 3-Combining Forms Flashcards by M Willis

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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 (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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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

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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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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laryng/o

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larynx

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lymph/o

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lymph (clear fluid contained in lymph vessels and nodes)

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mamm/o, mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

A

muscle

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myel/o

A

spinal cord; bone marrow (based on context)

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necr/o

A

death

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neutr/o

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neutrophil (a white blood cell)

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opi/o

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opium

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ot/o

A

ear

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peritone/o

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peritoneum

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phag/o

A

to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

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vein

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plas/o

A

formation, development

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pleur/o

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pleura

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pneumon/o, pulmon/o

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lungs

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rect/o

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rectum

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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

A

twisted chains

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tonsill/o

A

tonsils

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trache/o

A

trachea

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ven/o

A

vein