Combining Forms (ch. 1-7) Flashcards
aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancer
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
to secrete
cyst/o
urinary bladder
cyt/o
cell
derm/o or dermat/o
skin
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines
erythr/o
red
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
woman, female
hemat/o or hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
iatr/o
treatment, physician
leuk/o
white
log/o
study of
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerves
onc/o
tumor
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
psych/o
mind
radi/o
x-rays
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sacr/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 (of the body or uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage
chrom/o
color
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
crani/o
skull
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
far, distant
dors/o
back portion of the body
hist/o or histi/o
tissue
ili/o
ilium (of the pelvic bone)
inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back
medi/o
middle
nucle/o
nucleus
pelv/i
pelvis
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
nearest
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh
spin/o
spine, backbone
thel/o or 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
acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
amni/o
amnion
angi/o
vessel
arteri/o
artery
axill/o
armpit
blephar/o
eyelid
bronch/o
bronchial tubes
chem/o
drug, chemical
chron/o
time
col/o
colon (large intestine)
hydr/o
water, fluid
isch/o
to hold back
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
laryng/o
larynx
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 cells or whole body)
neutr/o
neutrophil
ot/o
ear
peritone/o
peritoneum
phag/o
to eat/swallow
phleb/o
vein
plas/o
formation, development
pleur/o
pleura
pneumon/o
lungs
pulmon/o
lungs
rect/o
rectum
splen/o
spleen
staphyl/o
clusters
strept/o
twisted chains
tonsill/o
tonsils
ven/o
vein
carp/o
wrist bones
cib/o
meals
cost/o
ribs
cutane/o
skin
dactyl/o
fingers, toes
duct/o
to lead, carry
flex/o
to bend
furc/o
forking, branching
gloss/o
tongue
immun/o
protection
mort/o
death
nat/i
birth
nect/o
to bind, tie, connect
norm/o
rule, order
ox/o
oxygen
pub/o
pubis, anterior portion of pelvic or hipbone
seps/o
infection
somn/o
sleep
son/o
sound
the/o
to put, place
thyr/o
thyroid gland, shield
top/o
place, position, location
tox/o
poison
urethr/o
urethra
an/o
anus
append/o or appendic/o
appendix
bucc/o
cheek
cec/o
cecum
celi/o
belly, abdomen
cheil/o
lip
cholescyst/o
gallbladder
choledoch/o
common bile duct
col/o or colon/o
colon
dent/i
tooth
duoden/o
duodenum
enter/o
intestines, usually small intestine
faci/o
face
gingiv/o
gums
gloss/o
tongue
ile/o
ileum
jejun/o
jejunum
labi/o
lip
lapar/o
abdomen
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
uvula
amyl/o
starch
bil/i
gall, bile
bilirubion/o
bilirubin (bile pigment)
chol/e
gall or bile
chlohydr/o
hydrochloric acid
gluc/o
sugar
glyc/o
sugar
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
lip/o
fat
lith/o
stone
prote/o
protein
py/o
pus
sial/o
saliva, salivary
steat/o
fat
herni/o
hernia
proct/o
anus and rectum
splen/o
spleen
cali/o or calic/o
calyx (calix); cup shaped
glomerul/o
glomerulus
meat/o
meatus
pyel/o
renal pelvis
ren/o
kidney
trigon/o
trigone
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
vesic/o
urinary bladder
albumin/o
albumin
azot/o
nitrogen
bacteri/o
bacteria
dips/o
thirst
kal/o
potassium
ket/o or keton/o
ketone bodies
natr/o
sodium
noct/o
night
olig/o
scanty
ur/o
urea
urin/o
urine
ogli/o
scanty
