Combining forms Flashcards
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
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acu/o
A
sharp, severe sudden
4
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aden/o
A
gland
5
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adip/o
A
fat
6
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amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
armpit
10
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bi/o
A
life
11
Q
belphar/o
A
eyelid
12
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
13
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
14
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cardi/o
A
heart
15
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chem/o
A
drug, chemical
16
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chondr/o
A
cartilage
17
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chron/o
A
time
18
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col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
19
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
20
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
21
Q
erythr/o
A
red
22
Q
hem/o
A
blood
23
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hepat/o
A
liver
24
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hydr/o
A
water, fluid
25
inguin/o
groin
26
isch/o
to hold back
27
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
28
laryng/o
larynx
29
leuk/o
white
30
lymph/o
lymph;
clear liquid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body
31
mamm/o
breast
32
mast/o
breast
33
morph/o
shape, form
34
muc/o
mucus
35
my/o
muscle
36
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
(context of usage indicates the meaning intended)
37
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
38
nephr/o
kidney
39
neur/o
nerve
40
neutr/o
neutrophil (white blood cell)
41
nucel/o
nucleus
42
ophthalm/o
eye
43
opi/o
opium
44
oste/o
bone
45
ot/o
ear
46
path/o
disease
47
peritone/o
peritoneum
48
phag/o
to eat, swallow
49
phleb/o
vein
50
plas/o
formation, development
51
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
52
pneumon/o
lungs
53
pulmon/o
lungs
54
radi/o
x-rays
55
rect/o
rectum
56
ren/o
kidney
57
rhin/o
nose
58
sarc/o
flesh
59
splen/o
spleen;
(focus on spelling)
60
thorac/o
thorax
61
thromb/o
clot
62
tonsill/o
tonsils;
(focus on spelling)
63
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
64
ven/o
vein;
(focus on spelling)
