Combining Forms A-C

Question 1

acous/o-

Answer 1

hearing, sound

Question 2

Combining form

Answer 2

the foundation of the word and gives the word its essential meaning.

Question 3

A combining form has 2 parts:

Answer 3

root= contains medical meaning

combining vowel= (usually o but sometimes a, e, or i) helps join the root to another word part

Question 4

Suffix

Answer 4

word part added to the end of a combining form that modifies or gives additional meaning to the combining form

Question 5

Prefix

Answer 5

word part that comes before a combining form

Question 6

hypo

Answer 6

below normal

Question 7

hyper

Answer 7

above normal

Question 8

a-

Answer 8

without, no

Question 9

tachy

Answer 9

fast

Question 10

brady

Answer 10

slow

Question 11

acr/o

Answer 11

extremity, highest part

Question 12

aden/o

Answer 12

gland

Question 13

adip/o

Answer 13

fat

Question 14

albin/o

Answer 14

white

Question 15

alg/o

Answer 15

pain

Question 16

all/o

Answer 16

other/ strange

Question 17

andr/o

Answer 17

male

Question 18

angi/o

Answer 18

blood vessel

Question 19

aort/o

Answer 19

aorta

Question 20

arter/o

Answer 20

artery

Question 21

arthr/o

Answer 21

joint

Question 22

articul/o

Answer 22

joint

Question 23

audi/o

Answer 23

hearing

Question 24

aur/o

Answer 24

ear

Question 25

auscult/o

Answer 25

listen

Question 26

bi/o

Answer 26

life

Question 27

blephar/o

Answer 27

eyelid

Question 28

brachi/o

Answer 28

arm

Question 29

bronch/o

Answer 29

bronchus

Question 30

bucc/o

Answer 30

cheek

Question 31

burs/o

Answer 31

pouch or sac, bursa

Question 32

calcane/o

Answer 32

heel

Question 33

carcin/o

Answer 33

cancer

Question 34

cardi/o

Answer 34

heart

Question 35

carp/o

Answer 35

wrist

Question 36

caus/o

Answer 36

burn

Question 37

cephal/o

Answer 37

head

Question 38

cervic/o

Answer 38

neck, cervix

Question 39

chol/o

Answer 39

bile

Question 40

chondr/o

Answer 40

cartilage

Question 41

chrom/o

Answer 41

color

Question 42

cili/o

Answer 42

hairlike structure

Question 43

cis/o

Answer 43

cut

Question 44

cleid/o

Answer 44

collarbone (clavicle)

Question 45

cochle/o

Answer 45

cochlea of the inner ear

Question 46

cor/o

Answer 46

pupil

Question 47

coron/o

Answer 47

encircling structure (like the vessels that encircle & support the heart)

Question 48

corpor/o

Answer 48

body

Question 49

cost/o

Answer 49

rib

Question 50

cry/o

Answer 50

cold

Question 51

cubit/o

Answer 51

elbow

Question 52

cyan/o

Answer 52

blue

Question 53

cyst/o

Answer 53

bladder, cyst

Question 54

abdomen/o

Answer 54

abdomen