Combining Forms (Ch 1) Flashcards
1
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aden/o
A
gland
2
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arthr/o
A
joint
3
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carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
4
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
5
Q
cephal/o
A
head
6
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
7
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
8
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete (to form and give off)
9
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst containing fluid
10
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
11
Q
derm/o ; dermat/o
A
skin
12
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
13
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
14
Q
enter/o
A
intestines (usually the small intestine)
15
Q
erythr/o
A
red
16
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
17
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
18
Q
gnos/o
A
knowledge
19
Q
gynec/o
A
woman, female
20
Q
hemat/o ; hem/o
A
blood
21
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
22
Q
iatr/o
A
treatment, physician
23
Q
leuk/o
A
white
24
Q
log/o
A
study of
25
nephr/o
kidney
26
neur/o
nerve
27
onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
28
ophthalm/o
eye
29
oste/o
bone
30
path/o
disease
31
ped/o
child
32
psych/o
mind
33
radi/o
x-rays
34
ren/o
kidney
35
rhin/o
nose
36
sarc/o
flesh
37
sect/o
to cut
38
thromb/o
clot, clotting
39
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
40
albin/o
white
41
anthrac/o
black (as coal)
42
chlor/o
green
43
cirrh/o
tawny yellow
44
cyan/o
blue
45
eosin/o
rosy
46
jaund/o
yellow
47
lute/o
yellow
48
melan/o
black
49
poli/o
gray
50
xanth/o
yellow
