Combining forms ch3 Flashcards
ACR/O
Extremities, top extreme point
ABDOMIN/O
Abdomen
ACU/O
Sharp, severe, sudden
ADEN/O
GLAND
ADIP/O
Fat
AMNI/O
Amnion ( sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
ANGI/O
Vessel
ARTERI/O
Artery
ARTHR/O
Joint
AXILL/O
Armpit
BI/O
Life
BLEPHAR/O
Eyelid
BRONCH/O
Bronchial tubes( two tubes one right and one left that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs
CARCIN/O
Cancer
CARDI/O
Heart
CHEM/O
Drug, chemical
CHONDR/O
Cartilage
CHRON/O
Time
COL/O
Colon( large intestine)
CYST/O
Urinary bladder
ENCEPHAL/O
Brain
ERYTHR/O
Red
HEM/O
Blood
HEPAT/O
Liver
HYDR/O
Water, fluid
INGUIN/O
Groin
ISCH/O
To hold back
LAPAR/O
Abdomen, abdominal wall
LARYNG/O
Larynx voice box
LEUK/O
White
LYMPH/O
Lymph, lymph a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body
MAMM/O
Breast
MAST/O
Breast
MORPH/O
shape, form
Muc/o
Mucus
My/o
Muscle
Myel/o
Spinal cord,bone marrow
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Necr/o
Death ( of cells or whole body)
Nephr/o
Kidney
Neur/o
Nerve
Neutr/o
Neutrophil a white blood cell
Nucle/o
Nucleus
Ophthalm/o
Eye
Oste/o
Bone
Ot/o
Ear
Path/o
Disease
Peritone/o
Peritoneum
Phag/o
To eat, swallow
Phleb/o
Vein
Plas/o
Formation, development
Pleur/o
Pleura - membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall
Pneumon/o
Lungs
Pulmon/o
Lungs
Radi/o
X rays
Rect/o
Rectum
Ren/o
Kidney
Rhin/o
Nose
Sarc/o
Flesh
Splen/o
Spleen
Staphyl/o
Clusters
Strept/o
Twisted chain
Thorac/o
Chest
Thromb/o
Clot
Tonsill/o
Tonsils
Trache/o
Trachea (windpipe) p
Ven/o
Vein