Combining Form - 2 Flashcards

1
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Abdomin/o

A

abdomen

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2
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Acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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3
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Acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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4
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Aden/o

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gland

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5
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Adip/o

A

Fat

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6
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Amni/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the urterus)

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7
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Angi/o

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vessel

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8
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Anter/o

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front

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9
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Arteri/o

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artery

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10
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Arthr/o

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joint

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11
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Axill/o

A

armpit

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12
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Bi/o

A

life

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13
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Blephar/o

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eyelid

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14
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Bronch/o

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bronchial tubes (teo tubes that branch from the trachea to lungs)

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15
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Carcin/o

A

cancer

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16
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Cardi/o

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heart

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17
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Chem/o

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drug, chemical

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18
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Chron/o

A

time

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19
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Col/o

A

Colon ( large intestine)

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20
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Cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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21
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Cervic/o

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neck (of the body or the uterus)

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22
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Chrom/o

A

color

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23
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Chondr/o

A

cartilage

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24
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Coccyg/o

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coccyx (tailbone)

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Crani/o
skull
26
Dist/o
far, distant
27
Dors/o
back portion of the body
28
Encephal/o
brain
29
Erythr/o
red
30
Hist/o
tissue
31
Hem/o
blood
32
Hepat/o
liver
33
Hydr/o
water, fluid
34
ili/o
ilium (upper hip hone)
35
ingrain/o
groin
36
isch/o
to hold back
37
Lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
38
Laryng/o
larynx
39
Lymph/o
Lymph - Clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessel and nodes throughout the body.
40
Leuk/o
white
41
Kary/o
nucleus
42
Later/o
side
43
Lumb/o
lower back
44
Medi/o
middle
45
Mamm/o
Breast
46
Mast/o
Brest
47
Morph/o
shape, form
48
Muc/o
musus
49
My/o
muscle
50
Myel/o
Spinal cord ; bone marrow
51
Nucle/o
nucleus
52
Necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
53
Nephr/o
kidney
54
Neur/o
nerves
55
Neutr/o
neutrophil (white blood cell)
56
Ophthalm/o
eye
57
Opi/o
opium
58
Oste/o
Bone
59
ot/o
ear
60
Path/o
disease
61
Peritone/o
Peritoneum
62
Phleb/o
vein
63
Phag/o
to eat, swallow
64
Pulmon/o
lungs
65
Pleur/o
Pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
66
Pneumon/o
lungs
67
Pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
68
Poster/o
back or behind
69
Ren/o
Kidney
70
Radi/o
X-rays
71
Sarc/o *
sacrum
72
Splen/o
spleen
73
Staphyl/o
clusters
74
Strepht/o
twisted chains
75
Scar/o
flesh
76
Thorac/o
chest
77
Trache/o
trachea, windpipe
78
Thromb/o
clot
79
Tonsill/o
tonsils
80
Ven/o
Vein
81
Ventr/o
belly side of body
82
Vertebr/o
vertebra, backbones
83
Viscer/o
internal organs