Combining Forms, Suffixes, and Prefixes Flashcards by Tara Beliles

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abdomin/o-

A

abdomen

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adip/o

A

fat

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anter/o

A

front

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bol/o

A

to cast (throw)

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cervic/o

A

neck (of the body or uterus)

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chondr/o

A

color

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coccyg/o

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coccyx (tail bone)

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crani/o

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skull

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cyt/o

A

cell

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dist/o-

A

far, distant

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dors/o

A

back portion of the body

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histo/o-, histi/o-

A

tissue

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ili/o-

A

ilium (of the pelvic bone)

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inguin/o-

A

groin

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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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poster/o-

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back, behind

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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

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thel/o-, theli/o-

A

nipple

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thorac/o

A

chest

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trache/o-

A

trachea, wind pipe

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umbilic/o-

A

navel, umbilicus

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ventr/o

A

belly side of the body

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vertebr/o-

A

vertabra(e), back bone

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viscer/o-

A

internal organs

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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-

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below

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inter-

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between

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meta-,

A

change

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-eal

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pertaining to

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-iac

A

pertaining to

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-ior

A

pertaining to

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-ism

A

process condition

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-ose

A

pertaining to, full of

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-plasm

A

formation

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-sumes

A

bodies

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-type

A

picture, classification

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acu/o-

A

sharp, severe, sudden

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amin/o-

A

amnion

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angi/o-

A

vessel

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arteri/o-

A

artery

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axill/o-

A

armpit

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blephar/o-

A

eyelid

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bronch/o-

A

bronchial tubes

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chem/o-

A

drug, chemical

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chondr/o-

A

cartilage

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chron/o-

A

time

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col/o-

A

colon (large intestine)

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cyst/o

A

urinary bladder

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encephal/o

A

brain

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hydr/o-

A

water, fluid

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inguin/o

A

groin

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isch/o

A

to hold back

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lapar/o

A

abdomen, abdominal wall

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lymph/o-

A

lymph

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mamm/o-

A

breast

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mast/o-

A

breast

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morph/o-

A

shape, form

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muc/o-

A

mucus

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my/o-

A

muscle

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myel/o-

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o-

A

death (of cells or whole body)

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nephr/o-

A

kidney

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neur/o-

A

nerve

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neutr/o-

A

neutrophil

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nucle/o-

A

nucleus

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opthalm/o-

A

eye

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oste/o-

A

bone

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ot/o-

A

ear

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path/o-

A

disease

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peritone/o-

A

peritoneum

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phag/o-

A

to eat, swallow

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phleb/o

A

vein

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plas/o-

A

formation, development

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pleur/o

A

pleura

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pnemon/o-

A

lungs

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pulmon/o-

A

lungs

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splen/o-

A

spleen

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staphyl/o-

A

clusters

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strept/o-

A

twisted chains