Combining Forms A-C Flashcards

1
Q

acous/o-

A

hearing, sound

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2
Q

Combining form

A

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

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3
Q

A combining form has 2 parts:

A

root= contains medical meaning

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

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4
Q

Suffix

A

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

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5
Q

Prefix

A

word part that comes before a combining form

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6
Q

hypo

A

below normal

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7
Q

hyper

A

above normal

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8
Q

a-

A

without, no

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9
Q

tachy

A

fast

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10
Q

brady

A

slow

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11
Q

acr/o

A

extremity, highest part

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12
Q

aden/o

A

gland

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13
Q

adip/o

A

fat

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14
Q

albin/o

A

white

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15
Q

alg/o

A

pain

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16
Q

all/o

A

other/ strange

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17
Q

andr/o

A

male

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18
Q

angi/o

A

blood vessel

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19
Q

aort/o

A

aorta

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20
Q

arter/o

A

artery

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21
Q

arthr/o

A

joint

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22
Q

articul/o

A

joint

23
Q

audi/o

A

hearing

24
Q

aur/o

A

ear

25
Q

auscult/o

A

listen

26
Q

bi/o

A

life

27
Q

blephar/o

A

eyelid

28
Q

brachi/o

A

arm

29
Q

bronch/o

A

bronchus

30
Q

bucc/o

A

cheek

31
Q

burs/o

A

pouch or sac, bursa

32
Q

calcane/o

A

heel

33
Q

carcin/o

A

cancer

34
Q

cardi/o

A

heart

35
Q

carp/o

A

wrist

36
Q

caus/o

A

burn

37
Q

cephal/o

A

head

38
Q

cervic/o

A

neck, cervix

39
Q

chol/o

A

bile

40
Q

chondr/o

A

cartilage

41
Q

chrom/o

A

color

42
Q

cili/o

A

hairlike structure

43
Q

cis/o

A

cut

44
Q

cleid/o

A

collarbone (clavicle)

45
Q

cochle/o

A

cochlea of the inner ear

46
Q

cor/o

A

pupil

47
Q

coron/o

A

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

48
Q

corpor/o

A

body

49
Q

cost/o

A

rib

50
Q

cry/o

A

cold

51
Q

cubit/o

A

elbow

52
Q

cyan/o

A

blue

53
Q

cyst/o

A

bladder, cyst

54
Q

abdomen/o

A

abdomen