Combining Forms P88 Flashcards

1
Q

Aden/o

A

Gland

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2
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Amni/o

A

Amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

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3
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Angi/o

A

Vessel (usually a blood vessel)

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4
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Arteri/o

A

Artery

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5
Q

Arthr/o

A

Joint

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6
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Ather/o

A

Plaque

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7
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Axill/o

A

Armpit (underarm)

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8
Q

Bronchi/o

A

Bronchial tube

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9
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Bronch/o

A

Bronchial tube

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10
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Carcin/o

A

Cancerous

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11
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Cardi/o

A

Heart

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12
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Chem/o

A

Drug; also chemical

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13
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Cholecyst/o

A

Gallbladder

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14
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Chron/o

A

Time

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15
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Col/o

A

Colon (large intestine or bowel)

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16
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Coron/o

A

Heart; crown

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17
Q

Crani/o

A

Skull

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18
Q

Cry/o

A

Cold

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19
Q

Cyst/o

A

Urinary bladder; also a sac o fluid or a cyst

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20
Q

Electr/o

A

Electricity

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21
Q

Encephal/o

A

Brain

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22
Q

Erythr/o

A

Red

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23
Q

Esophag/o

A

Esophagus (tube leading from the throats to the stomach)

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24
Q

Hem/o; hemat/o

A

Blood

25
Q

Hepat/o

A

Liver

26
Q

Hyster/o

A

Uterus

27
Q

Inguin/o

A

Groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)

28
Q

Such/o

A

To hold back

29
Q

Lapar/o

A

Abdomen (abdominal wall)

30
Q

Laryng/o

A

Voice box (larynx)

31
Q

Leuk/o

A

White

32
Q

Mamm/o

A

Breast (use with -art, -graphs, -gram, and -plasty)

33
Q

Mast/o

A

Breast (use with -ectomy and -itis)

34
Q

Men/o

A

Menses (menstruation); month

35
Q

Mening/o

A

Meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)

36
Q

My/o

A

Muscle

37
Q

Myel/o

A

Spinal cord; bone marrow

38
Q

Necr/o

A

Death (of cells)

39
Q

Nephr/o

A

Kidney (use with all suffixes except -al and -gram)

40
Q

Neur/o

A

Nerve

41
Q

Oophor/o

A

Ovary

42
Q

Oste/o

A

Bone

43
Q

Ot/o

A

Ear

44
Q

Pelv/o

A

Hip area

45
Q

Peritone/o

A

Peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)

46
Q

Phleb/o

A

Vein

47
Q

Ppneumon/o; pulmon/o

A

Lung

48
Q

Radi/o

A

X-rays

49
Q

Ren/o

A

Kidney (use with -al and -gram)

50
Q

Rhin/o

A

Nose

51
Q

Salping/o

A

Fallopian (uterine) tube

52
Q

Sarc/o

A

Flesh

53
Q

Septic/o

A

Pertaining to infection

54
Q

Thorac/o

A

Chest

55
Q

Tonsill/o

A

Tonsil

56
Q

Trache/o

A

Windpipe; trachea

57
Q

Ur/o

A

Urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract

58
Q

Vascul/o

A

Blood vessel