Combining Forms (Ch 3) Flashcards
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
3
Q
acu/o
A
sharp, severe, sudden
4
Q
aden/o
A
gland
5
Q
adip/o
A
fat
6
Q
amni/o
A
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
artery
10
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
11
Q
axill/o
A
armpit
12
Q
bi/o
A
life
13
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
14
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
15
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
16
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cardi/o
A
heart
17
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chem/o
A
drug, chemical
18
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
19
Q
chron/o
A
time
20
Q
col/o
A
colon (large intestine)
21
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder
22
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
23
Q
erythr/o
A
red
24
Q
hem/o
A
blood
25
hepat/o
liver
26
hydr/o
water, fluid
27
inguin/o
groin
28
isch/o
to hold back
29
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
30
laryng/o
larynx
31
leuk/o
white
32
lymph/o
lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces and is contained in lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body
33
mamm/o
breast
34
mast/o
breast
35
morph/o
shape, form
36
muc/o
mucus
37
my/o
muscle
38
myel/o
spinal cord; bone marrow
39
necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
40
nephr/o
kidney
41
neur/o
nerve
42
neutr/o
nerve
43
neutr/o
neutrophil (a white blood cell)
44
nucle/o
nucleus
45
ophthalm/o
eye
46
opi/o
opium
47
oste/o
bone
48
ot/o
ear
49
path/o
disease
50
peritone/o
peritoneum
51
phag/o
to eat, swallow
52
phleb/o
vein
53
plas/o
formation, development
54
pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
55
pneumon/o
lungs
56
pulmon/o
lungs
57
radi/o
x-rays
58
rect/o
rectum
59
ren/o
kidney
60
rhin/o
nose
61
sarc/o
flesh
62
splen/o
spleen
63
staphyl/o
clusters
64
strept/o
twisted chains
65
thorac/o
chest
66
thromb/o
clot
67
tonsill/o
tonsils
68
trache/o
trachea (windpipe)
69
ven/o
vein
