Combining Forms Flashcards
aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
to secrete (to form and give off)
cyst/o
urinary bladder;
a sac or cyst (sac containing fluid)
cyt/o
cell
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
woman, female
hemat/o
blood
hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
iatr/o
treatment, physician
leuk/o
white
log/o
study of
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
psych/o
mind
radi/o
x-ray
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
sect/o
to cut
thromb/o
clot, clotting
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
anter/o
front
bol/o
to cast (throw)
cervic/o
neck;
cervix (neck of the uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
chrom/o
colour
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
crani/o
skull
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
far, distant
dors/o
back portion of the body
hist/o
tissue
ili/o
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
medi/o
middle
nucle/o
nucleus
pelv/i
pelvis, hip region
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
nearest
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh
spin/o
spine, backbone
thel/o
nipple
theli/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
ventr/o
belly side of the body
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
viscer/o
internal organs
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe sudden
aden/o
gland
adip/o
fat
amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
axill/o
under arm, arm pit
bi/o
life
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cardi/o
heart
chem/o
drug, chemical
chron/o
time
col/o
colon (large intestine)
cyst/o
urinary bladder;
sac or cyst (sac containing fluid)
encephal/o
brain
erythr/o
red
hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hydr/o
water, fluid
inguin/o
groin
isch/o
to hold back
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng/o
larynx, voice box
leuk/o
white
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o
breast
mast/o
breast
morph/o
shape, form
muc/o
mucus
my/o
muscle
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
necr/o
death (of cell or whole body)
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
nucle/o
nucleus
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
path/o
disease
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat, swallow
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
formation, development, growth
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
pulmon/o
lung
pneumon/o
lung
radi/o
x-ray
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
clot, clotting
tonsill/o
tonsils
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
ven/o
vein
carp/o
wrist bone
cib/o
meals
cis/o
to cut
cost/o
rub
cutane/o
skin
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
to lead, carry
flex/o
to bend
furc/o
forking, branching
gloss/o
tongue
glyc/o
sugar
immun/o
protection
later/o
side
morph/o
shape, form
mort/o
death
nat/i
birth
necr/o
death (of cell or whole body)
nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
norm/o
rule, order
ophthalm/o
eye
ox/o
oxygen
pub/o
pubis (pubic bone);
anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone
ren/o
kidney
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
the/o
to put, place
thel/o
nipple
theli/o
nipple
thry/o
thyroid gland; sheild
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
urethr/o
urethra
ven/o
vein
an/o
anus
append/o
appendix
appendic/o
appendix
bucc/o
cheek
cec/o
cecum
celi/o
belly, abdomen
cheil/o
lip
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
col/o
colon (large intestine)
dent/i
tooth, teeth
duoden/o
duodenum
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
esophag/o
esophagus
faci/o
face
gastr/o
stomach
gingiv/o
gums
gloss/o
tongue
hepat/o
liver
ile/o
ileum
jejun/o
jejunum
labi/o
lip
lapar/o
abdomen, abdomen wall
lingu/o
tongue
mandibul/o
lower jaw, mandible
odont/o
tooth
or/o
mouth
palat/o
palate
pancreat/o
pancreas
peritone/o
peritoneum
pharyng/o
throat
proct/o
anus and rectum
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
rect/o
rectum
sialaden/o
salivary gland
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
stomat/o
mouth
uvul/o
uvual
amyl/o
starch
bil/i
gall, bile
bilirubin/o
bilirubin (bile pigment)
chol/e
gall, bile
chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
gluc/o
sugar
glyc/o
sugar
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
lip/o
fat, lipid
lith/o
stone
prote/o
protein
py/o
pus
sial/o
saliva, salivary
steat/o
fat
abdomin/o
abdomen
amyl/o
starch
an/o
anus
append/o
appendix
appendic/o
appendix
bil/i
gall, bile
bilirubin/o
bilirubin (bile pigment)
bucc/o
cheek
cec/o
cecum
celi/o
belly, abdomen
cervic/o
neck;
cervix (neck of the uterus)
cheil/o
lip
chlorhydr/o
hypochloric acid
chol/e
gall, bile
cholangi/o
bile vessel
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
cib/o
meals
cirrh/o
orange-yellow
col/o
colon (large intestine)
colon/o
colon
dent/i
tooth
duoden/o
duodenum
enter/o
intestines (usually the small intestine)
esophag/o
esophagus
eti/o
cause
gastr/o
stomach
gingiv/o
gums
gloss/o
tongue
gluc/o
sugar
glyc/o
sugar
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
hem/o
blood
hemat/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
herni/o
hernia
idi/o
unknown
ile/o
ileum
jejun/o
jejunum
labi/o
lip
lith/o
stone
odont/o
tooth
or/o
mouth
palat/o
palate
pancreat/o
pancreas
peritone/o
peritoneum
pharyng/o
throat (pharynx)
proct/o
anus and rectum
prote/o
protein
py/o
pus
pylor/o
pyloric sphincter
rect/o
rectum
sialaden/o
salivary gland
splen/o
spleen
steat/o
fat
stomat/o
mouth
tonsill/o
tonsils
angi/o
vessel
cali/o
calyx (calix);
cup-shaped
calic/o
calyx (calix);
cup-shaped