Combining forms Flashcards
abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o
abdomen
acromi/o
acromion
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
adip/o
fat
albin/o
white
all/o
other
angi/o
vessel
anter/o
front
apic/o
apex, pointed
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint, articulation
axill/o
axilla (armpit)
bacteri/o
bacteria
bas/o
base, bottom
bi/o
life, living
blephar/o
eyelid
bol/o
to throw
brachi/o
arm
bucc/o
cheek
capit/o
head
cardi/o
heart
carp/o
wrist
caud/o
tail
cauter/i
burning, to burn
cellul/o
cell
cephal/o
head
cervic/o
neck, cervix
chondr/o
cartilage
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time
chym/o
juice
col/o
large intestine, colon
coron/o
crown, heart
corpor/o
body
som/o, somat/o
body
cox/o
hip
crani/o
cranium (skull)
crur/o
leg
cry/o
extreme cold
crypt/o
hidden
cubit/o
elbow
cut/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
cutane/o
skin
cyst/o
sac, bladder
cyt/o, cellul/o
cell
delt/o
triangular
denti/o
tooth
derm/o
skin
dextr/o
right
diaphragm/o, diaphragmat/o, phren/o
diaphragm
digit/o
digitus (finger/toe)
dist/o
far
dors/o
back
duoden/o
duodenum
electr/o
electricity
entr/o
intestine, small intestine
epitheli/o
epithelium
eschar/o
scab
esophag/o
esophagus
exanthemat/o
exanthem (rash)
faci/o
face
femor/o
thigh, femur
fer/o
to bear, carry
fibr/o
fiber
follicul/o
follicle
fornic/o
fornix, arched structure
front/o
front
fund/o
fundus (base, bottom)
gastr/o
stomach
ger/o
old age
gloss/o
tongue
glute/o
gluteus (buttock)
glyc/o
sugar, glucose
graph/o
record
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hidr/o, sudor/i
sweat
hidraden/o
sudoriferous gland (sweat gland)
hil/o
hilum
hist/o
tissue
home/o
same
hyster/o
uterus
ichthy/o
fish
ile/o
ileum, third part of small intestine
ili/o
ilium, superior widest pelvic bone
infer/o
downward
inguin/o
groin
kerat/o
hard, horny
later/o
side
lingu/o
tongue
lip/o
fat
lipid/o
fat, lipid
lith/o
stone
lumb/o
lower back, loin
lumin/o
lumen, space within a vessel
lys/o
dissolve, breakdown, separate, loosen, free from adhesions
macul/o
macule (spot)
mamm/o
breast
mamm/o
breast
man/u
hand
medi/o
middle
mediastin/o
mediastinum, space between lungs
melan/o
black, dark
ment/o
chin
mitochondr/o
mitochondria
muscul/o
muscle
myocardi/o
heart muscle
my/o
muscle
myc/o
fungus
nas/o
nose
nat/o
birth, born
nercr/o
death, dead
neur/o
nerve
nev/o
nevus (birthmark)
nid/o
nest
nod/o
node, knot
nuch/o
neck
nucle/o, kary/o
nucleus
occlus/o
to close, closing
ocul/o
eye
olecran/o
elbow
onych/o, ungu/o
nail
ophthalm/o
eye
or/o
mouth
organ/o
organ, viscus
oste/o
bone
osse/o
bone
ot/o
ear
palm/o
palm
papill/o
papilla, nipple
papul/o
pimple
pariet/o
wall
patell/o, patell/a
kneecap, patella
path/o
disease
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
pedicul/i
lice
pelv/o, pelv/i
pelvis
perine/o
perineum
peritone/o
peritoneum
phil/o
attraction
physi/o
growth
plant/o
sole of foot
plast/o
formation
pleur/o
pleura, membrane surrounding lungs
pne/o
breathing
poplit/o
back of knee
poster/o
back
proxim/o
near
psych/o
mind
pub/o
pubis, anterior pelvis bone
purpur/o
purple
pustul/o
pustule
rhin/o
nose
rhytid/o
wrinkle
rib/o
ribose
sacr/o
sacrum (fused vertebrea in lower spine)
scapul/o
scapula, shoulder bone
seb/o, sebac/o
sebum, oil
sin/o, sinus/o
sinus (cavity)
sinistr/o
left
somn/o
sleep
spin/o
spine, backbone
spir/o
breathing
splen/o
spleen
squam/o
scaly
stern/o
sternum (breastbone)
strom/o
stroma (supportive tissue)
super/o
upward
system/o
system
tars/o
tarsus (ankle bone)
tel/e
end, distance
thel/e
nipple
therm/o
heat, temperature
thorac/o
chest, thorax
tonsill/o
tonsil
top/o
place, location
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
trich/o, pil/o
hair
troph/o
nourishment, development
troph/o
development, nourishment
umbilic/o, omphal/o
umbilicus, navel
urethr/o
urethra
valvul/o
valve
vascul/o
vessel
ven/o
vein
ventr/o
belly
vers/o
turning
vertebr/o
vertebra, spine, backbone
vesicul/o
vesicle, blister, small, sac
vestibul/o
vestibule
viscer/o
viscera, organs
vulgar/o
common
xen/o
foreign
