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Combining Forms P88 Flashcards

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Aden/o

A

Gland

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Amni/o

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Amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

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Angi/o

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Vessel (usually a blood vessel)

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Arteri/o

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Artery

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Arthr/o

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Joint

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Ather/o

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Plaque

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Axill/o

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Armpit (underarm)

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Bronchi/o

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Bronchial tube

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Bronch/o

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Bronchial tube

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Carcin/o

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Cancerous

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Cardi/o

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Heart

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Chem/o

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Drug; also chemical

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Cholecyst/o

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Gallbladder

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Chron/o

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Time

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Col/o

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Colon (large intestine or bowel)

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Coron/o

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Heart; crown

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Crani/o

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Skull

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Cry/o

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Cold

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Cyst/o

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Urinary bladder; also a sac o fluid or a cyst

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Electr/o

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Electricity

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Encephal/o

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Brain

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Erythr/o

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Red

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Esophag/o

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Esophagus (tube leading from the throats to the stomach)

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Hem/o; hemat/o

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Hepat/o

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Hyster/o

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Inguin/o

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

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Such/o

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To hold back

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Lapar/o

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Abdomen (abdominal wall)

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Laryng/o

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Voice box (larynx)

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Leuk/o

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Mamm/o

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

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Mast/o

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Breast (use with -ectomy and -itis)

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Men/o

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Menses (menstruation); month

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Mening/o

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Meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)

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My/o

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Myel/o

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Spinal cord; bone marrow

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Necr/o

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Death (of cells)

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Nephr/o

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

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Neur/o

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Oophor/o

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Oste/o

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Ot/o

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Pelv/o

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Peritone/o

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Peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)

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Phleb/o

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Ppneumon/o; pulmon/o

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Radi/o

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Ren/o

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Kidney (use with -al and -gram)

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Rhin/o

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Salping/o

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Fallopian (uterine) tube

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Sarc/o

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Septic/o

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Pertaining to infection

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Thorac/o

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Tonsill/o

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Trache/o

A

Windpipe; trachea

57
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Ur/o

A

Urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract

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Vascul/o

A

Blood vessel

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