Combining Forms (T-Z) Flashcards
1
Q
tax/o
A
order, coordination
2
Q
tele/o
A
distant
3
Q
ten/o , tend/o , tendin/o
A
tendon
4
Q
test/o
A
testis
5
Q
thalam/o
A
thalamus
6
Q
thalass/o
A
sea
7
Q
thec/o
A
sheath (usually referring to the meninges)
8
Q
thel/o
A
nipple
9
Q
therapeut/o
A
treatment
10
Q
therm/o
A
heat
11
Q
thorac/o
A
chest
12
Q
thromb/o
A
blood clot
13
Q
thym/o
A
thymus gland
14
Q
thyr/o , thyroid/o
A
thyroid gland
15
Q
tibi/o
A
tibia
16
Q
tom/o
A
to cut
17
Q
ton/o
A
tension
18
Q
tonsill/o
A
tonsils
19
Q
tox/o , toxic/o
A
poison
20
Q
trabecul/o
A
trabecula (supporting bundles of fiber)
21
Q
trache/o
A
trachea
22
Q
trich/o
A
hair
23
Q
trigon/o
A
trigone (triangular region at base of bladder)
24
Q
tubercul/o
A
a little swelling
25
tympan/o
tympanic membrane (eardrum)
26
uln/o
ulna
27
umbilic/o
umbilicus, navel
28
ungu/o
nail
29
ur/o , urin/o
urine, urinary tract
30
ureter/o
ureter
31
urethr/o
urethra
32
uter/o
uterus
33
uvul/o
uvula
34
vagin/o
vagina
35
valv/o , valvul/o
valve
36
varic/o
dilated vein
37
vas/o , vascul/o
vessel
38
ven/o
vein
39
ventr/o
belly, belly side
40
ventricul/o
ventricle (or the heart or brain)
41
vertebr/o
vertebrae
42
vesic/o
bladder
43
vesicul/o
seminal vesicle
44
vest/o
clothes
45
viscer/o
internal organs
46
vitr/o
vitreous body (of the eye)
47
vitre/o
glassy
48
vol/o
volume
49
voyeur/o
to see
50
vulv/o
vulva
51
xanth/o
yellow
52
xen/o
foreign, strange
53
xer/o
dry
54
xiph/o
sword
