Combining Forms & Word Roots Flashcards
act/o
acting, act
cardi/o
heart
dactyl/o
fingers or toes
gynec/o
female
later/o
side
somn/o
sleep
ven/o
vein
comat
a deep sleep
consci
aware
esthet
feeling, sensation
infect
to infect
menstru
to discharge the mensus
palp
touch
ras
to scrape off
ster
solid
symmetric
symmetry
turg
swelling
abdomin/o
abdomen (belly)
tars/o
ankle (tarsus)
brach/i, brachi/o
arm
poster/o
back
oste/o
bones
mast/o, mamm/o
breast
bucc/o
cheek
thorac/o
chest
aur/i, ot/o
ear
cubit/o, olecran/o
elbow
ophthalm/o, ocul/o, opt/o
eye
dactyl/o
finger
pod/o
foot
gingiv/o
gums
chir/o
hand (manus)
cephal/o
head
cardi/o
heart
isch/i
hip (ischium, coxa)
crur/o
leg
hepat/o
liver
pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o
lungs
or/o
mouth
muscul/o, my/o
muscles
umbilic/o, omphal/o
navel (belly button)
cervic/o
neck
neur/o
nerves
rhin/o, nas/o
nose
cost/o
ribs
derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, cutane/o
skin
crani/o
skull
gastr/o
stomach
dent/i, dent/o
tooth
tempor/o
temples
femor/o
thigh bone
pharyng/o
throat
lingu/o, gloss/o
tongue
carp/o
wrist (carpus)