Combining Form Words Flashcards
Arc/o
Extremity, highest part
Acous
Hearing, sound
Aden/o
Gland
Adip/o
Fat
Albin/o
White
Alg/o
Pain
All/o
Other, strange
Andr/o
Male
Angi/o
Blood vessel
Aort/o
Aorta
Arter/o
Artery
Arthr/o
Joint
Audi/o
Hearing
Aur/i
Ear
Auscult/o
Listen
Bi/o
Life
Brachi/o
Arm
Burs/o
Pouch or sac, bursa
Carp/o
Wrist
Cardi/o
Heart
Caus/o
Burn
Cephal/o
Head
Cervical/o
Neck, cervix
Chol/e
Bile
Chondr/o
Cartilage
Chrom/o
Color
Cili/o
Hairlike structure
Cis/o
Out
Cost/o
Rib
Cry/o
Cold
Edem/o
Swelling
Digit/o
Finger, toe
Edem/o
Swelling
Enter/o
Intestines
Erythr/o
Red
Esthes/o
Sensation
Eti/o
Cause
Febr/o
Fever
Fibr/o
Fiber
Flex/o
Bend
Fract/o
Break up
Gastr/o
Stomach
Gnos/o
Knowledge
Gynec/o
Female
Hem/o
Blood
Hepat/o
Liver
Heter/o
Other, different
Home/o
Same
Humer/o
Upper arm
Hydr/o
Water
Hyster/o
Womb, uterus
Ini/o
Unknown, individual
Inguin/o
Groin
Lact/i
Milk
Later/o
Side
Leuk/o
White
Ligat/o
Tie, bind
Lith/o
Stone
Medi/o
Middle
Meg/a
Large
Melen/o
Black
Men/o
Monthly
Morb/o
Disease
Mort/o
Death
Myel/o
Bone marrow, spinal cord
My/o
Muscle
Nephr/o
Kidney
Neur/o
Nerve
Noct/o
Night
Ocul/o
Eye
Odont/o
Tooth
O/o, ov/I
Egg
Ophthalmo/o
Eye
Orch/o
Testis
Osse/o- oste/o
Bone
Ot/o
Ear
Palpat/o
Touch, feel
Par/o
Birth
Pariet/o
Wall of cavity
Path/o
Disease
Ped/o
Child
Percuss/o
Strike, tap
Phag/o
Eat, swallow
Phot/o
Light
Pleur/o
Pleura - lung membrane
Pne/o
Breathe
Pneum/o
Lung, air
Pod/o
Foot
Psycho/o
Mind
Pyel/o
Pelvis
Pyret/o
Fever
Ren/o
Kidney
Reticul/o
Network
Retin/o
Retina of the eye
Rhin/o
Nose
Rub/o
Red
Salping/o
Fallopian tube
Sphincter/o
Sphincter muscle
Seb/o
Sebum / oil
Sect/o
Cut
Sept/o
Wall
Ser/o
Serum
Sinus/o
Cavity or hollow / sinus
Somat/o
Body
Spir/o
Coil, breath
Stern/o
Sternum
Steth/o
Chest
Sthen/o
Strength
Stom/o
Opening, mouth
Tact/o
Touch
Tars/o
Ankle
Tele/o
Distance
Tempor/o
Time, temple of the head
Tetr/a
Four
Tom/o
Cut
Toxic/o
Poison
Trich/o
Hair
Viscer/o
Viscera - internal organs
Vol/o
Volume
Viscos/o
Thick
Xen/o
Foreign
Xer/o
Dry
a-, an-
Without, lack of
Ab-
Away from
Acr-
Pertaining to extremity
Ad-
To toward
Ante-
Before, forward
Anti-
Against, opposed to
Auto-
Self
Bi-
Two
Brady-
Slow
Circum-
Around, about
Contra-
Against, opposite
Di-
Twice, double
Dia-
Through, completely
Dys,
With pain, difficulty
e-, ex-
From, out of
ecto-
Out from
em-
In
Endo-
Within
Epi-
Upon, on
Eu-
Normal, good
Exo-
Outside
Extra-
Outside, in addition
Hemi-
Half
Hyper-
Excessive, above normal
Hypo-
Deficient, below normal
In-
Not
Infra-
Below
Inter-
Between
Iso-
Equal
Para,
By the side of
Per-
Through
Peri,
Around
Poly,
Many
Post-
After, behind
Pro-
Before
Quadri-
Four
Retro-
Backward
Semi-
Half
Sub-
Below, less than
Supra-
Above
Sym-
With, together
Tachy-
Fast
Trans-
Across
Tri-
Three
Uni-
One
-a
Condition of
-ac
Pertaining to
-al
Pertaining to
-algia
Pertaining to pain
-ary
Pertaining to
-blast
Germ of immature cell
-cele
Tumor, hernia
-centesis
Puncturing
-cyte
Cell
-eal
Pertaining to
-ectomy
A cutting out
-emia
Condition of the blood
-emic
Pertaining to the blood
-gram
Record or picture
-ic
Pertaining to
-itis
Inflammation
-logy
Study of
-lysis
Destruction or loosening
-meter
Measuring instrument
-oma
Tumor, swelling
-osis
Condition of
-ostomy
Creation of an opening
-ous
Pertaining to
-pathy
Disease
-plasty
Surgical repair of, tying of
-ptosis
Falling, drooping
-rrhagia
Excessive flow, bursting forth
-rrhea
Flowing or discharge
-scope
Instrument for examination
-scopy
Examination with an instrument
-stasis
Standing still
-taxia
Order, coordination
Cleid/o
Collarbone
Cochle/o
Cochlea of the inner ear
Coron/o
Encircling structure
Corpor/o
Body
Cyan/o
Blue
Derm/a
Skin
Embryon/o
Fetus
Abdomin/o
Abdomen
Articul/o
Joint
Belphar/o
Eyelid
Bronch/o
Bronchus
Bucc/o
Cheek
Calcane/o
Heel
Carcin/o
Cancer
Cor/o
Pupil
Cubit/o
Elbow
Cyst/o
Bladder / cyst
Placent/o
Placenta
Purul/o , pyl/o
Pus
Sang/o
Blood
Scler/o
Hard