Combining forms, prefixes, and suffixes Flashcards

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abdomin/o

A

abdomen

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adip/o

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fat

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anter/o

A

front

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cervic/o

A

neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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5
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chondr/o

A

cartilage (type of connective tissue)

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chrom/o

A

color

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (talebone)

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crani/o

A

skull (cranium)

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cyt/o

A

cell

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dist/o

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far, distant

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dors/o

A

back portion of body

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12
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hist/o

A

tissue

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13
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ili/o

A

ilium (upper part of the hip bone)

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14
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inguin/o

A

groin

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15
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kary/o

A

nucleus

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later/o

A

side

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lumb/o

A

lower back

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medi/o

A

middle

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nucle/o

A

nucleus

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pelv/i

A

pelvis

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pharyng/o

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pharynx (throat)

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poster/o

A

behind (back)

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proxim/o

A

nearest

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sacr/o

A

sacrum

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sarc/o

A

flesh

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spin/o

A

spine (backbone)

27
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thel/o
theli/o

A

nipple

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thorac/o

A

thorax (chest)

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trache/o

A

trachea (windpipe)

30
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umbilic/o

A

umbilibus (navel)

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ventr/o

A

belly side of the body

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vertebe/o

A

vertebra (e), (backbone(s))

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viscer/o

A

internal organs

34
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ana-

A

up

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cata-

A

down

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epi-

A

above

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hypo-

A

below

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inter-

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between

39
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intra-

A

within

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meta-

A

change

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-eal

A

pertaining to

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-iac

A

pertaining to

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-ior

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pertaining to

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-ism

A

process, condition

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-ose

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pertaining to, full of

46
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-plasm

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formation

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-somes

A

bodies

48
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-type

A

picture, classification