Combining Forms Flashcards

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Crin/o

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To secrete

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Dermat/o

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Skin

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Esthesi

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Feeling or sensation

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Gastr/o

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Stomach

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Enter/o

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Intestines

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Ger/a, ger/o, geront/o

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Elderly

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Gynec/o

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Female

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Immun/o

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Immune

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Ne/o, nat/o

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New, birth

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Neur/o

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Nerve

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Obstetr/o

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Midwife

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Onc/o

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Tumor

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Ophthalm/o

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Eye

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Orth/o, ped/o

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Straight, child

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Ot/o, laryng/o

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Ear, larynx

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Path/o

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Disease

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Ped/o

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Child

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Psych/o

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Mind

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Radi/o

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Radiation

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Rheumat/o

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Rheumatism

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Rhin/o

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Nose

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Ur/o

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Urinary tract

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Aden/o

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Gland

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Angi/o

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Vessel

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Append/o, appendic/o

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Appendix

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Bi/o

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Life or living

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Blephar/o

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Eyelid

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Cerebr/o, encephal/o

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Brain

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Chir/o

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Hand

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Col/o

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Colon

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Cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o

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Skin

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Faci/o

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Face

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Hepat/o

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Liver

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Mamm/o, mast/o

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Breast

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Muscul/o, my/o

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Muscle

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Myel

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Bone marrow, spinal cord

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Oste/o

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Bone

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Pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o

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Lungs

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Tonsill/o

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Tonsil

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Trache/o

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Trachea

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Vas/o

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Vessel

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Adip/o, lip/o

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Fat

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Amyl/o

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Starch

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Glyc/o

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Sugar

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Hemat/o

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Blood

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Lact/o

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Milk

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Micro

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SmAll

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Muc/o

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Mucus

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Prote/o, protein/o

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Protein

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Pyr/o

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Fire

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Alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o

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White

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Chlor/o

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Green

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Cyan/o

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Blue

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Melan/o

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Black

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Xanth/o

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Yellow

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Aer/o

A

Air

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Blast/o

A

Embryonic form

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Cancer/o, carcin/o

A

Cancer

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Cephal/o

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Head

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Crypt/o

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Hidden

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Dips/o

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Thirst

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Fibr/o

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Fiber

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Hist/o

A

Tissue

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Myc/o

A

Fungus

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Narc/o

A

Stupor

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Necr/o

A

Dead

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Optic/o, opt/o

A

Vision

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Phon/o

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Voice

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Phot/o

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Light

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Py/o

A

Pus

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Therm/o

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Heat

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Top/o

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Position, place

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Trache/o

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Trachea, windpipe

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Ech/o, son/o

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Sound

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Fluor/o

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Emitting or reflecting light

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Radi/o

A

Radiant energy

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Tom/o

A

To cut

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Algesi/o

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Sensitivity to pain

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Chem/o

A

Chemical

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Pharmac/o

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Drugs, medicine

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Plast/o

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Repair

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Therapeut/o

A

Treatment

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Tox/o

A

Poison