Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
bi/o
A
life
4
Q
carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
5
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
6
Q
cephal/o
A
head
7
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum (the largest part of the brain)
8
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
9
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
10
Q
derm/o - dermat/o
A
skin
11
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
12
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
13
Q
enter/o
A
intestines (usually the small intestine)
14
Q
erythr/o
A
red
15
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
16
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
17
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
18
Q
gynec/o
A
woman/female
19
Q
hemat/o
A
blood
20
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
21
Q
iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
22
Q
leuk/o
A
white
23
Q
log/o
A
study of
24
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
25
nephr/o
kidney
26
onc/o
tumour (cancerous)
27
opthalm/o
eye
28
oste/o
bone
29
path/o
disease
30
ped/o
child
31
psych/o
mind
32
radi/o
x-rays
33
ren/o
kidney
34
rhin/o
nose
35
sarc/o
flesh
36
sect/o
to cut
37
thromb/o
clot, clotting
38
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
