Combining Forms (T-Z) Flashcards
tax/o
order, coordination
tele/o
distant
ten/o , tend/o , tendin/o
tendon
test/o
testis
thalam/o
thalamus
thalass/o
sea
thec/o
sheath (usually referring to the meninges)
thel/o
nipple
therapeut/o
treatment
therm/o
heat
thorac/o
chest
thromb/o
blood clot
thym/o
thymus gland
thyr/o , thyroid/o
thyroid gland
tibi/o
tibia
tom/o
to cut
ton/o
tension
tonsill/o
tonsils
tox/o , toxic/o
poison
trabecul/o
trabecula (supporting bundles of fiber)
trache/o
trachea
trich/o
hair
trigon/o
trigone (triangular region at base of bladder)
tubercul/o
a little swelling
tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
uln/o
ulna
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
ungu/o
nail
ur/o , urin/o
urine, urinary tract
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
uter/o
uterus
uvul/o
uvula
vagin/o
vagina
valv/o , valvul/o
valve
varic/o
dilated vein
vas/o , vascul/o
vessel
ven/o
vein
ventr/o
belly, belly side
ventricul/o
ventricle (or the heart or brain)
vertebr/o
vertebrae
vesic/o
bladder
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
vest/o
clothes
viscer/o
internal organs
vitr/o
vitreous body (of the eye)
vitre/o
glassy
vol/o
volume
voyeur/o
to see
vulv/o
vulva
xanth/o
yellow
xen/o
foreign, strange
xer/o
dry
xiph/o
sword