Combining Forms P88 Flashcards
1
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Aden/o
A
Gland
2
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Amni/o
A
Amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
3
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Angi/o
A
Vessel (usually a blood vessel)
4
Q
Arteri/o
A
Artery
5
Q
Arthr/o
A
Joint
6
Q
Ather/o
A
Plaque
7
Q
Axill/o
A
Armpit (underarm)
8
Q
Bronchi/o
A
Bronchial tube
9
Q
Bronch/o
A
Bronchial tube
10
Q
Carcin/o
A
Cancerous
11
Q
Cardi/o
A
Heart
12
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Chem/o
A
Drug; also chemical
13
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Cholecyst/o
A
Gallbladder
14
Q
Chron/o
A
Time
15
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Col/o
A
Colon (large intestine or bowel)
16
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Coron/o
A
Heart; crown
17
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Crani/o
A
Skull
18
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Cry/o
A
Cold
19
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Cyst/o
A
Urinary bladder; also a sac o fluid or a cyst
20
Q
Electr/o
A
Electricity
21
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Encephal/o
A
Brain
22
Q
Erythr/o
A
Red
23
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Esophag/o
A
Esophagus (tube leading from the throats to the stomach)
24
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Hem/o; hemat/o
A
Blood
25
Hepat/o
Liver
26
Hyster/o
Uterus
27
Inguin/o
Groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)
28
Such/o
To hold back
29
Lapar/o
Abdomen (abdominal wall)
30
Laryng/o
Voice box (larynx)
31
Leuk/o
White
32
Mamm/o
Breast (use with -art, -graphs, -gram, and -plasty)
33
Mast/o
Breast (use with -ectomy and -itis)
34
Men/o
Menses (menstruation); month
35
Mening/o
Meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
36
My/o
Muscle
37
Myel/o
Spinal cord; bone marrow
38
Necr/o
Death (of cells)
39
Nephr/o
Kidney (use with all suffixes except -al and -gram)
40
Neur/o
Nerve
41
Oophor/o
Ovary
42
Oste/o
Bone
43
Ot/o
Ear
44
Pelv/o
Hip area
45
Peritone/o
Peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)
46
Phleb/o
Vein
47
Ppneumon/o; pulmon/o
Lung
48
Radi/o
X-rays
49
Ren/o
Kidney (use with -al and -gram)
50
Rhin/o
Nose
51
Salping/o
Fallopian (uterine) tube
52
Sarc/o
Flesh
53
Septic/o
Pertaining to infection
54
Thorac/o
Chest
55
Tonsill/o
Tonsil
56
Trache/o
Windpipe; trachea
57
Ur/o
Urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract
58
Vascul/o
Blood vessel
