Chapter 3 combining forms Flashcards
1
Q
Abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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Arc/o
A
Extremities, top, extreme point
3
Q
Acu/o
A
Sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
Aden/o
A
gland
5
Q
Adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
Amni/o
A
Amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
Q
Angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
Arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
Arthr/o
A
joint
10
Q
Axill/o
A
armpit
11
Q
bi/o
A
life
12
Q
Blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
Bronch/o
A
Bronchial tubes
14
Q
Carcin/o
A
cancer
15
Q
Cardi/o
A
heart
16
Q
Chem/o
A
Drug, chemical
17
Q
chrondr/o
A
cartilage
18
Q
chron/o
A
time
19
Q
col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
20
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
Q
Encephal/o
A
brain
22
Q
erythr/o
A
red
23
Q
hem/o
A
blood
24
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
25
hydr/o
water, fluid
26
Inguin/o
groin
27
isch/o
to hold back
28
Lapar/o
Abdomen, abdominal wall
29
Laryng/o
larynx
30
leuk/o
white
31
lymph/o
lymph
32
mamm/o
breast
33
mast/o
breast
34
morph/o
shape, form
35
muc/o
mucus
36
my/o
muscle
37
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
38
necr/o
death
39
nephr/o
kidney
40
neur/o
nerve
41
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
42
nucle/o
nucleus
43
Ophthalm/o
eye
44
oste/o
bone
45
ot/o
ear
46
path/o
disease
47
peritone/o
peritoneum
48
phag/o
to eat, swallow
49
phleb/o
vein
50
plas/o
formation, development
51
pleur/o
pleura
52
pneumon/o
lungs
53
pulmon/o
lungs
54
55
radi/o
x -ray
56
rect/o
rectum
57
Ren/o
kidney
58
rhin/o
nose
59
sarc/o
flesh
60
splen/o
spleen
61
staphyl/o
clusters
62
strept/o
twisted chains
63
thorac/o
chest
64
thromb/o
clot
65
tonsill/o
tonsils
66
trace/o
trachea
67
ven/o
vein
