Combining Form - 2 Flashcards
1
Q
Abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
Acr/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 urterus)
7
Q
Angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
Anter/o
A
front
9
Q
Arteri/o
A
artery
10
Q
Arthr/o
A
joint
11
Q
Axill/o
A
armpit
12
Q
Bi/o
A
life
13
Q
Blephar/o
A
eyelid
14
Q
Bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (teo tubes that branch from the trachea to lungs)
15
Q
Carcin/o
A
cancer
16
Q
Cardi/o
A
heart
17
Q
Chem/o
A
drug, chemical
18
Q
Chron/o
A
time
19
Q
Col/o
A
Colon ( large intestine)
20
Q
Cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
21
Q
Cervic/o
A
neck (of the body or the uterus)
22
Q
Chrom/o
A
color
23
Q
Chondr/o
A
cartilage
24
Q
Coccyg/o
A
coccyx (tailbone)
25
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