Combining Forms: A - L Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
abort/o
premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus
abrad/o, abras/o
rub or scrape off
abrupt/o
broken away from
abscess/o
collection of pus, going away
absorpt/o
suck up, suck in
acanth/o
spiny, thorny
acetabul/o
acetabulum (hip socket)
acne/o
point or peak
acous/o, acoust/o
hearing, sound
acquir/o
get, obtain
acr/o
extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme point
acromi/o
acromion, point of shoulder blade
actin/o
light
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
acuit/o, acut/o
sharp, sharpness
acust/o
hearing, sense of hearing
aden/o
gland
adenoid/o
adenoids
adhes/o
stick to, cling to
adip/o
fat
adnex/o
bound to
adren/o, adrenal/o
adrenal glands
aer/o
air, gas
aesthet/o
sensation, sense of perception
affect/o
exert influence on
agglutin/o
clumping, stick together
aggress/o
attack, step forward
agor/a
marketplace
alb/i, alb/o, albin/o
white
albumin/o
albumin, protein
alg/e, algi/o, alg/o, algesi/o
relationship to pain
align/o
bring into line or correct position
aliment/o
to nourish
all/o
other, different from normal, reversal
alopec/o
baldness, mangy
alveol/o
alveolus, air sac, small sac
ambly/o
dull, dim
ambul/o, ambulat/o
walk
ametr/o
out of proportion
amni/o
amnion, fetal membrane
amput/o, amputat/o
cut away, cut off a part of the body
amyl/o
starch
an/o
anus, ring
andr/o
male, masculine
aneurysm/o
aneurysm
angi/o
blood or lymph vessel
angin/o
angina, choking, strangling
anis/o
unequal
ankyl/o
crooked, bent, stiff
anomal/o
irregularity
anter/o
before, front
anthrac/o
coal, coal dust
anxi/o, anxiet/o
anxiety, anxious, uneasy
aort/o
aorta
aphth/o
ulcer
apic/o
apex
aplast/o
defective development, lack of development
aponeur/o
aponeurosis (type of tendon)
apoplect/o
a stroke
append/o, appendic/o
appendix
aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o
water
arachn/o
spiderweb, spider
arc/o
bow, arc, or arch
areat/o
occuring in patches or circumscribed areas
areol/o
little open space
arrect/o
upright, lifted up, raised
arter/o, arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
articul/o
joint
asbest/o
asbestos
aspir/o, aspirat/o
to breathe in
asthmat/o
gasping, choking
astr/o
star, star-shaped
atel/o
incomplete, imperfect
ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
athet/o
uncontrolled
atop/o
strange, out of place
atres/i
without an opening
atri/o
atrium
attenuat/o
diluted, weakened
audi/o, audit/o
ear, hearing, the sense of hearing
aur/i, aur/o
ear, hearing
auscult/a, auscult/o
listen
aut/o
self
ax/o
axis, main stem
axill/o
armpit
bacill/o
rod-shaped bacterium
bacteri/o
bacteria
balan/o
glans penis
bar/o
pressure, weight
bartholin/o
bartholin’s gland
bas/o
base, opposite of acid
bi/o
life
bifid/o
split, divided into two parts
bifurcat/o
divide or fork into two branches
bil/i
bile, gall
bilirubin/o
bilirubin
blephar/o
eyelid
borborygm/o
rumbling sound
brachi/o
arm
brev/i, brev/o
short
bronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o
bronchial tube, bronchus
bronchiol/o
bronchiole, bronchiolus
brux/o
grind
bucc/o
cheek
burs/o
bursa, sac of fluid near joint
cadaver/o
dead body, corpse
calcane/o
calcaneus, heel bone
calc/i
calcium, lime, the heel
calc/i, calc/o
calcium
calcul/o
stone, little stone
cali/o, calic/o
cup, callyx
call/i, callos/o
hard, hardened and thickened
calor/i
heat
canalicul/o
little canal or duct
canth/o
corner of the eye
capill/o
hair
capit/o
head
capn/o
carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance
capsul/o
little box
carb/o
carbon
carbuncl/o
carbuncle
carcin/o
cancerous
cardi/o, card/o
heart
cari/o
rottenness, decay
carot/o
stupor, sleep
carp/o
wrist bones
cartilag/o
cartilage, gristle
caruncul/o
bit of flesh
catabol/o
a breaking down
cathart/o
cleansing, purging
cathet/o
insert, send down
caud/o
lower part of body, tail
caus/o, caust/o
burning, burn
cauter/o, caut/o
heat, burn
cav/i, cav/o
hollow, cave
cavern/o
containing hollow spaces
cec/o
cecum
celi/o, cel/o
abdomen, belly
cement/o
cementum, a rough stone
cephal/o
head
cerebell/o
cerebellum
cerebr/o
cerebrum, brain
cerumin/o
cerumen, earwax
cervic/o
neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
cheil/o
lip or lips
cheir/o
hand
chem/i, chem/o, chemic/o
drug, chemical
chir/o
hand
chlor/o
green
chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
chol/e
bile, gall
cholangi/o
bile duct
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
cholesterol/o
cholesterol
chondr/i, chondr/o
cartilage
chord/o
spinal cord, cord
chori/o, chorion/o
chorion, membrane
choroid/o
choroid layer of eye
chrom/o, chromat/o
color
chron/o
time
chym/o
to pour, juice
cib/o
meal
cicatric/o
scar
cili/o
eyelashes, microscopic hair-like projections
circ/i
ring or circle
circulat/o
circulate, go around in a circle
circumcis/o
cutting around
circumscrib/o
confined, limited space
cirrh/o
orange-yellow, tawny
cis/o
cut
claudicat/o
limping
claustr/o
barrier
clav/i
key
clavicul/o, cleid/o
clavicle, collar bone
clitor/o
clitoris
clus/o
shut or close
coagul/o, coagulat/o
clotting, coagulation
coarct/o, coarctat/o
press together, narrow
cocc/i, cocc/o
spherical bacteria
coccyg/o
coccyx, tailbone
cochle/o
spiral, snail, snail shell
coher/o, cohes/o
cling, stick together
coit/o
a coming together
col/o
colon, large intestine
colp/o
vagina
column/o
pillar
comat/o
deep sleep
comminut/o
break into pieces
communic/o
share, to make common
compatibil/o
sympathize with
concav/o
hollow
concentr/o
condense, intensify, remove excess water
concept/o
become pregnant
conch/o
shell
concuss/o
shaken, together, violently agitated
condyl/o
knuckle, knob
confus/o
confusion, disorder
coni/o
dust
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva, joined together, connected
consci/o
aware, awareness
consolid/o
become firm or solid
constipat/o
pressed together, crowded together
constrict/o
draw tightly together
contact/o
touched, infected
contagi/o
infection, unclean, touching of something
contaminat/o
render unclean by contact, pollute
contine/o, continent/o
keep in, contain, hold back, restrain
contracept/o
prevention of conception
contus/o
bruise
convalesc/o
recover, become strong
convex/o
arched, vaulted
convolut/o
coiled, twisted
convuls/o
pull together
copi/o
plentiful
copulat/o
joining together, linking