Combining Forms Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point acrobatics
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden acupuncture
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
albumin/o
albumin (a protein in the blood)
amni/o
amnion
amyl/o
starch
an/o
anus
angi/o
vessel
anter/o
front
append/o
appendix
append/o, appendic/o
appendix
appendic/o
appendix
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
axill/o
armpit
azot/o
nitrogen
bacteri/o
bacteria
bartholin/o
Bartholin gland
bi/o
life
bil/i
gall, bile
bilirubin/o
bilirubin (bile pigment)
blephar/o
eyelid
bol/o
to cast (throw)
bronch/o
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that brance from the trachea to enter the lungs)
bucc/o
cheek
cali/o, calic/o
calyx (calix); cup-shaped
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cardi/o
heart
carp/o
wrist bones
cec/o
cecum
celi/o
belly, abdomen
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
cervic/o
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
cervic/o
cervix, neck
cheil/o
lip
chem/o
drug, chemical
chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
chol/e
gall, bile
cholangi/o
bile vessel
cholecyst/o
gallbladder (Chol/e = gall, bile)
choledoch/o
common bile duct
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
chori/o, chorion/o
chorion
chrom/o
color
chron/o
time chronological
cib/o
food, meals
cirrh/o
“orange-yellow”
cis/o
to cut
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
col/o
colon (large intestine)
col/o, colon/o
colon
colon/o
colon
colp/o
vagina
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
culd/o
cul-de-sac
cutane/o
skin
cyst/o
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
cyt/o
cell
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
dent/i
tooth
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
dips/o
thirst
dist/o
far, distant
dors/o
back portion of the body
duct/o
to lead, carry
duoden/o
duodenum
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
episi/o
vulva
erythr/o
red
esophag/o
esophagus
eti/o
“cause”
faci/o
face
flex/o
to bend
furc/o
forking, branching
galact/o
milk
gastr/o
stomach
gingiv/o
gums
glomerul/o
glomerulus
gloss/o
tongue
gluc/o
sugar
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar
glyc/o
sugar
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
woman, female
hem/o
blood
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
herni/o
hernia
hist/o
tissue
hydr/o
water, fluid HYDRATE
hyster/o
uterus, womb
iatr/o
treatment, physician
idi/o
unknown, individual, distinct
ile/o
ileum
ili/o
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
immun/o
protection
inguin/o
groin
isch/o
to hold back
jejun/o
jejunum
kal/o
potassium
kary/o
nucleus
ket/o, keton/o
ketone bodies (ketoacids and acetone)
labi/o
lip
lact/o
milk
lapar/o
abdomen, abdomen wall laparoscopic
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
later/o
side
leuk/o
white
lingu/o
tongue
lip/o
fat, lipid
lith/o
stone
log/o
study of
lumb/o
lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o
breast
mandibul/o
lower jaw, mandible
mast/o
breast
meat/o
meatus
medi/o
middle
men/o
menses, menstruation
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
my/o, myom/o
muscle, muscle tumor
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
nat/i
birth
natr/o
sodium
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
nect/o
to bind, tie, conNECT
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
noct/o
night
norm/o
rule, order
nucle/o
nucleus
o/o
egg
obstetr/o
pregnancy and childbirth
odont/o
tooth
olig/o
scanty
onc/o
tumor
oophor/o
ovary
ophthalm/o
eye
or/o
mouth
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
ov/o
egg
ovari/o
ovary
ovul/o
egg
ox/o
oxygen
palat/o
palate
pancreat/o
pancreas
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
pelv/i
pelvis, hip region
perine/o
perineum
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat, swallow
pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
phleb/o
vein
phor/o
to bear
plas/o
formation, development
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
pneumon/o
lungs
poster/o
back, behind
proct/o
anus and rectum
prote/o
protein
proxim/o
nearest
psych/o
soul, mind
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone); anterior protion of the pelvic or hipbone
pulmon/o
lungs
py/o
pus
pyel/o
renal pelvis
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
radi/o
x-rays
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sacr/o
sacrum
salping/o
fallopian tubes
sarc/o
flesh
sarc/o
flesh
sect/o
to cut
seps/o
infection SEPSIS
sial/o
saliva, salivary
sialaden/o
salivary gland
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound SONOGRAM
spin/o
spine, backbone
splen/o
sleen
staphyl/o
clusters
steat/o
fat
stomat/o
mouth
strept/o
twisted chains
the/o
to put, place
thel/o
nipple
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
theli/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot, clotting
thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield (the shape of the thyroid gland resembled [-oid] a shield to those who named it)
tonsill/o
tonsills
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
trigon/o
trigone (region of the bladder)
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
urin/o
urine
uter/o
uterus
uvul/o
uvula
vagin/o
vagina
ven/o
vein
ventr/o
belly side of the body
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
vesic/o
urinary bladder
viscer/o
internal organs
vulv/o
vulva
