Combining Forms - Chapter 1 Flashcards
1
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bacill/o
A
Bacilli, bacteria
2
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bacteri/o
A
Bacteria
3
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carcin/o
A
Cancer
4
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kyph/o
A
Humpback
5
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onch/o, onc/o
A
Tumor
6
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path/o
A
Disease
7
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pyr/o
A
Fever, fire, heat
8
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schiz/o
A
Split, division
9
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spasm/o
A
Spasm
10
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anteri/o
A
Front
11
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dextr/o
A
Right, toward the right
12
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dors/o
A
Back
13
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goni/o
A
Angle
14
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later/o
A
Lateral, to one side
15
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medi/o
A
Middle, medial plane
16
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mes/o
A
Middle, median
17
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orth/o
A
Straight, normal
18
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top/o
A
Place, topical
19
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crin/o
A
Secrete
20
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gen/o
A
Producing, being born
21
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hypn/o
A
Sleep
22
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log/o
A
Speech, words, thought
23
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narc/o
A
Sleep, numbness
24
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Phag/o
A
Eating, devouring, swallowing
25
somn/o, somni
Sleep
26
spir/o
Breath, breathe
27
actin/o
Light
28
amyl/o
Starch
29
bar/o
Weight, pressure
30
bas/o, basi/o
Base
31
bio
Life
32
chem/o
Chemical
33
chrono
Time
34
coni/o
Dist
35
cycl/o
Circle, cycle
36
dyna, dynam/o
Force, energy
37
echo
Reflected sound
38
electr/o
Electricity
39
eti/o
Cause
40
fibr/o
Fiber
41
fluor/o
Light, luminous, fluorine
42
fungi
Fungus
43
galact/o
Milk
44
ger/o, geront/o
Old age
45
lact/o, lacti
Milk
46
lith/o
Stone
47
lys/o
Dissolution, destruction
48
necr/o
Death, dying
49
noct/i
Night
50
nyct/o
Night
51
pharmaco
Drugs, medicine
52
phyt/o
Plant
53
py/o
Pus
54
radio
Radiation, x-ray, radius
55
stere/o
Three-dimensional
56
tel/o, tele/o
Distant, end, complete
57
ton/o
Tension, pressure
58
toxi, toxic/o, tox/o
Poison, toxin
59
troph/o
Food, nutrition
60
kardia
cardi/o
61
are/o
Air, gas
62
ather/o
Plague, fatty substance (inside of a blood vessel)
63
blast/o
Immature cells
64
calc/o, calci/o
Calcium
65
chondrio, chondro
Cartilage, grainy, gritty
66
chyl/o
Chyle, a digestive juice.
67
chym/o
Chyme, a semi-fluid production of chyme in the stomach.
68
cyst/o, cysti
Bladder, cyst, cystic duct.
69
cyt/o
Cell.
70
ethm/o
Ethmoid bone.
71
gluc/o
Sugar.
72
hydr/o
Hydrogen, water.
73
ket/o, keton/o
Ketone, acetone.
74
plasma, plasmo
Formative, plasma.
75
salping/o
Tube.
76
sider/o
Iron.
77
somat/o
Body.
78
squam/o
Scale, squamous.
79
syring/o
Tube.
80
acanth/o
Spiny, thorny.
81
andr/o
Masculine.
82
chlor/o
Chlorine, green.
83
chrom/o, chromat/o
Color.
84
crypt/o
Hidden, obscure.
85
cyan/o
Blue.
86
eosin/o
Red.
87
erythr/o
Red, redness.
88
granul/o
Granular.
89
gyn/o, gyne, gynec/o
Women, feminine.
90
home/I, hom/o
Same, constant.
91
ichthy/o
Dry, scaly, fishy.
92
idi/o
Distinct, unknown.
93
macr/o
Large, long.
94
meg/a
Large, million.
95
micr/o
Small, tiny.
96
mio
Smaller, less.
97
esthesi/o
Sensation, perception.
98
dips/o
Thirst.
99
scoli/o
Bent, crooked.
100
kyph/o
Humpback.
101
them/o
Heat.
102
cry/o
Cold.
103
son/o
Sound.
104
phon/o
Sound, voice, speech.
105
pseud/o
False.
106
phag/o
Eating.
107
aden/o
Gland
108
adren/o, adrenal/o
Adrenal glands
109
gluc/o
Glucose.
110
glyc/o
Glycogen.
111
gonad/o
Sex glands
112
pancreat/o
Pancreas.
113
parathyroid/o
Parathyroid
114
thyr/o, thyroid/o
Thyroid gland
