Combining forms Flashcards by Loyda Torres | Brainscape

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abdomin/o

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abdomen

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acr/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acu/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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aden/o

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gland

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adip/o

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fat

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amin/o

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amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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axill/o

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armpit

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bi/o

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life

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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bronch/o

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bronchial tubes

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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chem/o

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drug, chemical

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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chron/o

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time

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col/o

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colon (large intestine)

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cyst/o

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urinary bladder

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encephal/o

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brain

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erythr/o

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red

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hem/o

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blood

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hepat/o

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liver

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hydr/o

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water, fluid

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inguin/o

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groin

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isch/o

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to hold back

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lapar/o

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abdomen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

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larynx

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leuk/o

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white

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lymph/o

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lymph (a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels & nodes throughout the body)

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mamm/o

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breast

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mast/o

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breast

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morph/o

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shape, form

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muc/o

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mucus

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my/o

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muscle

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myel/o

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spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o

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death (of cells or whole body)

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nephr/o

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kidney

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neur/o

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nerve

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neutr/o

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neutrophil (a white blood cell)

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nucle/o

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nucleus

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ophthalm/o

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eye

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oste/o

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bone

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ot/o

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ear