Combining Forms Flashcards

1
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Adenoid/o

A

Adenoids

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2
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Agglutin/o

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Clumping, gluing

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3
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Arthr/o

A

Joint

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4
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aden/o

A

Gland

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5
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axill/o

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(axilla, under arm)

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6
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bas/o

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(base (alkaline, opposite or acid))

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7
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blast/o

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(embryonic cell)

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8
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carcin/o

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(cancer)

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9
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chrom/o

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(color)

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10
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coagul/o

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(clotting)

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11
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cyt/o

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(cell)

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12
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electr/o

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(electricity)

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13
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embol/o

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(embolus (plug))

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14
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eosin/o

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(dawn (rose-colored))

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15
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erythr/o

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(red)

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16
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fibrin/o

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(fibers, fibrous)

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17
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fus/o

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(pouring)

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18
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granul/o

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(granule)

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19
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hemat/o, hem/o, sanguin/o

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(blood)

20
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immun/o

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(immune, immunity, safe)

21
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inguin/o

A

(groin region)

22
Q

kary/o, nucle/o

A

(nucleus)

23
Q

leuk/o

A

(white)

24
Q

lymph/o

A

(lymph)

25
Q

lymphaden/o

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(lymph gland (node))

26
Q

lymphangi/o

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(lymph vessel)

27
Q

morph/o

A

(form, shape, structure)

28
Q

myel/o

A

(bone marrow; spinal cord)

29
Q

neutr/o

A

(neutral; neither)

30
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path/o

A

(disease)

31
Q

phag/o

A

(swallowing, eating)

32
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plas/o

A

(formation, growth)

33
Q

plasm/a, plasm/o

A

(plasma or cytoplasm)

34
Q

poikil/o

A

(varied, irregular)

35
Q

pyret/o, pyr/o

A

(fever, fire)

36
Q

reticul/o

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(net, mesh)

37
Q

septic/o

A

(infection)

38
Q

ser/o

A

(serum)

39
Q

sider/o

A

(iron)

40
Q

splen/o

A

(spleen)

41
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therapeut/o

A

(treatment)

42
Q

thromb/o

A

(blood clot)

43
Q

thym/o

A

(thymus gland)

44
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tonsill/o

A

(tonsils)

45
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tox/o

A

(poison)

46
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xen/o

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(foreign, strange)