Combining forms

Question 1

Define carp/o

Answer 1

carples (wrist bone)

Question 2

Define cis/o

Answer 2

cut

Question 3

Define cost/o

Answer 3

rib

Question 4

Define cutane/o, derm/o

Answer 4

skin

Question 5

Define dactyl/o, phalang/o

Answer 5

fingers, toes

Question 6

Define duct/o

Answer 6

lead/carry

Question 7

Define flex/o

Answer 7

bend

Question 8

Define fruc/o

Answer 8

branching

Question 9

Define gloss/o

Answer 9

tongue

Question 10

Define glyc/o

Answer 10

sugar

Question 11

Define immun/o

Answer 11

protection

Question 12

Define morph/o

Answer 12

shape/form

Question 13

Define mort/o, necr/o

Answer 13

death

Question 14

Define nat/i

Answer 14

birth

Question 15

Define normal/o

Answer 15

rule/order

Question 16

Define ox/o

Answer 16

oxygen

Question 17

Define pub/o

Answer 17

pubis (pubic bone)
- anterior portion of pelvis

Question 18

Define steps/o

Answer 18

infection

Question 19

Define some/o, narc/o

Answer 19

sleep

Question 20

Define son/o

Answer 20

sound

Question 21

Define tens/o

Answer 21

force/strain/stretch

Question 22

Define the/o

Answer 22

put/place

Question 23

Define thel/o, theli/o

Answer 23

nipple

Question 24

Define thyr/o

Answer 24

thyroid gland/shield

Question 25

Define top/o

Answer 25

place/position/location

Question 26

Define tox/o

Answer 26

posion

Question 27

Define trache/o

Answer 27

trachea

Question 28

Define utrethr/o

Answer 28

urethra

Question 29

Define ceph

Answer 29

head

Question 30

Define enceph

Answer 30

brain

Question 31

Define opthalm, opt

Answer 31

eye

Question 32

Define cyst

Answer 32

urinary bladder

Question 33

Define ur

Answer 33

urinary tract

Question 34

Define bephar

Answer 34

eye lid

Question 35

Define chondr

Answer 35

cartilage

Question 36

Define hemat, hem

Answer 36

blood

Question 37

Define electr

Answer 37

electricity

Question 38

Define cardi

Answer 38

heart

Question 39

Define cele

Answer 39

hernia

Question 40

Define gastro

Answer 40

stomach

Question 41

Define carcin

Answer 41

cancer

Question 42

Define gen

Answer 42

origin of formation

Question 43

Define duoden

Answer 43

first part of intestine

Question 44

Define arthr

Answer 44

joint

Question 45

Define aden

Answer 45

gland

Question 46

Define myel

Answer 46

spinal cord/bone marrow

Question 47

Define sar

Answer 47

flesh

Question 48

Define cerebr

Answer 48

cerebrum/chest muscle

Question 49

Define cyt

Answer 49

cell

Question 50

Define erythr

Answer 50

red

Question 51

Define leuk

Answer 51

white

Question 52

Define lymph

Answer 52

lymph/lymph node

Question 53

Define globin

Answer 53

protein

Question 54

Define nephr, ren

Answer 54

kidney

Question 55

Define onc, oma

Answer 55

tumor

Question 56

Define oste

Answer 56

bone

Question 57

Define ped

Answer 57

child

Question 58

Define psych

Answer 58

mind/sole

Question 59

Define ot

Answer 59

ear

Question 60

Define iatr

Answer 60

treatment

Question 61

Define rhin

Answer 61

nose

Question 62

Define thromb

Answer 62

clot

Question 63

Define adip

Answer 63

fat

Question 64

Define crani

Answer 64

cranium/skull

Question 65

Define laryng

Answer 65

larynx

Question 66

Define pharyng

Answer 66

pharynx

Question 67

Define acr

Answer 67

extremities

Question 68

Define gynec

Answer 68

woman

Question 69

Define later

Answer 69

side

Question 70

Define medi

Answer 70

middle

Question 71

Define superfic

Answer 71

surface

Question 72

Define coccyg

Answer 72

coccyx (tailbone)

Question 73

Define ili

Answer 73

ilium (part of hip bone)

Question 74

Define ile

Answer 74

ileum (part of intestine)

Question 75

Define inguin, inguinin

Answer 75

groin

Question 76

Define lumb

Answer 76

lower back

Question 77

Define pelv

Answer 77

pelvis

Question 78

Define thorac

Answer 78

chest

Question 79

Define neur

Answer 79

nerve

Question 80

Define hydro

Answer 80

water

Question 81

Define amni

Answer 81

sac around embryo

Question 82

Define pnea

Answer 82

breathing

Question 83

Define hist

Answer 83

tissue

Question 84

Define rect

Answer 84

rectum

Question 85

Define pleur

Answer 85

pleura

Question 86

Define angio

Answer 86

blood vessel

Question 87

Define tonsill

Answer 87

tonsils

Question 88

Define phleb

Answer 88

vein

Question 89

Define spen

Answer 89

spleen

Question 90

Define agora

Answer 90

open space

Question 91

Define lapar

Answer 91

abdominal wall

Question 92

Define colo

Answer 92

colon

Question 93

Define nuc

Answer 93

nucleus

Question 94

Define drom

Answer 94

illness

Question 95

Define arteri

Answer 95

artery

Question 96

Define axill

Answer 96

armpit

Question 97

Define bronch

Answer 97

bronchial tubes

Question 98

Define bronch

Answer 98

bronchial tubes

Question 99

Define hepat

Answer 99

liver

Question 100

Define opi

Answer 100

opium

Question 101

Define pneumon, pulmon

Answer 101

lung

Question 102

Define radio

Answer 102

x-ray

Question 103

Define strept

Answer 103

twisted chain

Question 104

Define staphy

Answer 104

cluster

Question 105

Define omphal

Answer 105

umbilicus

Question 106

Define gon

Answer 106

seed

Question 107

Define eosin

Answer 107

rosy

Question 108

Define bas

Answer 108

basic

Question 109

Define cervic

Answer 109

cervix

Question 110

Define alges

Answer 110

sensitivity to pain

Question 111

Define hex

Answer 111

condition

Question 112

Define retin/o

Answer 112

retina

Question 113

Define blast

Answer 113

eye

Question 114

Define an/o

Answer 114

anus

Question 115

Define append, appendic

Answer 115

appendix

Question 116

Define bucc

Answer 116

cheek

Question 117

Define cec

Answer 117

cecum

Question 118

Define celi

Answer 118

stomach

Question 119

Define cheil

Answer 119

lip

Question 120

Define cholecyst

Answer 120

gallbladder

Question 121

Define choledoch

Answer 121

bile duct

Question 122

Define colo

Answer 122

colon

Question 123

Define duoden

Answer 123

duodenum

Question 124

Define enter

Answer 124

small intestine

Question 125

Define fac

Answer 125

face

Question 126

Define jejun

Answer 126

jejunum

Question 127

Define lab

Answer 127

lip

Question 128

Define subling

Answer 128

tongue

Question 129

Define dont

Answer 129

• gums
• teeth
• surrounding bone

Question 130

Define or/o

Answer 130

mouth

Question 131

Define palat

Answer 131

palate

Question 132

Define pancrea

Answer 132

pancreas

Question 133

Define periton

Answer 133

peritoneum

Question 134

Define proct

Answer 134

anus and rectum

Question 135

Define pylor

Answer 135

pyloric sphincter

Question 136

Define stoma

Answer 136

mouth

Question 137

Define steat

Answer 137

fall

Question 138

Define prandial

Answer 138

meal

Question 139

Define submandibul

Answer 139

lower jaw

Question 140

Define peps

Answer 140

digestion

Question 141

Define men/o

Answer 141

menses

Question 142

Define pylor/o

Answer 142

pyloric sphincter

Question 143

Define cerebell/o

Answer 143

cerebellum

Question 144

Define cerebr/o

Answer 144

cerebrum

Question 145

Define dur/o

Answer 145

dura mater

Question 146

Define gli/o

Answer 146

gial cells

Question 147

Define blast

Answer 147

embryonic cell

Question 148

Define mening/i

Answer 148

meninges

Question 149

Define radicul/o

Answer 149

nerve root

Question 150

Define vag/o

Answer 150

vagus nerves

Question 151

Define alges

Answer 151

pain

Question 152

Define caus/o

Answer 152

burning

Question 153

Define combat/o

Answer 153

deep sleep

Question 154

Define abrasion

Answer 154

scraping away in removal of

Question 155

Define diaphor

Answer 155

sweating

Question 156

Define hidr

Answer 156

sweat

Question 157

Define kerat/o

Answer 157

hard, overgrowth

Question 158

Define onych/o

Answer 158

nail

Question 159

Define myc/o

Answer 159

fungi

Question 161

Define py/o

Answer 161

pus

Question 162

Define Xer/o

Answer 162

dry skin