Combining Forms/Word Roots Flashcards
1
Q
or/o
A
mouth
2
Q
lingu/o
A
tongue
3
Q
hal/o
A
to breathe
4
Q
enter/o
A
intestine
5
Q
muscul/o
A
muscle
6
Q
thec/o
A
sheath (meninges)
7
Q
ven/o
A
vein
8
Q
cutane/o
derm/o
A
skin
9
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
10
Q
iatr/o
A
medicine
11
Q
idi/o
A
distinctive
12
Q
toxic/o
A
poison
13
Q
albin/o
A
white
14
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
15
Q
bas/o
A
the base
16
Q
bi/o
A
life
17
Q
chem/o
A
chemical
18
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
19
Q
cry/o
A
cold
20
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
21
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
22
Q
erythr/o
A
red
23
Q
esthesi/o
A
feeling
24
Q
hidr/o
A
sweat
25
myc/o
fungus
26
onych/o
nail
27
pedicul/o
lice
28
phot/o
light
29
py/o
pus
30
rhytid/o
wrinkle
31
sarc/o
flesh
32
scler/o
hard
33
seb/o
oil
34
trich/o
hair
35
ungu/o
nail
36
vesic/o
bladder
37
xer/o
dry
38
ankyl/o
stiff joint
39
arthr/o
| articul/o
joint
40
burs/o
bursa
41
carp/o
carpus
42
cervic/o
neck
43
chondr/o
cartilage
44
clavicul/o
clavicle
45
coccyg/o
coccyx
46
cortic/o
outer portion
47
cost/o
rib
48
crani/o
skull
49
femor/o
femur
50
fibul/o
fibula
51
humer/o
humerus
52
ili/o
ilium
53
ischi/o
ischium
54
kyph/o
hump
55
lamin/o
lamina, part of vertebra
56
lord/o
bent backwards
57
lumb/o
low back
58
mandibul/o
mandible
59
maxill/o
maxilla
60
medull/o
inner portion
61
metacarp/o
metacarpus
62
metatars/o
metatarsus
63
myel/o
bone marrow
64
orth/o
straight
65
oste/o
bone
66
patell/o
patella
67
path/o
disease
68
ped/o
child, foot
69
pelv/o
pelvis
70
phalang/o
phalanges
71
pod/o
foot
72
prosthet/o
addition
73
pub/o
pubis
74
radi/o
radius, ray (x-ray)
75
sacr/o
sacrum
76
sarc/o
flesh
77
scapul/o
scapula
78
scoli/o
crooked, bent
79
spin/o
spine
80
spondyl/o
vertebra
81
stern/o
sternum
82
synovi/o
| synov/o
synovial membrane
83
system/o
system
84
tars/o
tarsus
85
thorac/o
thorax
86
tibi/o
tibia
87
uln/o
ulna
88
vertebr/o
vertebra
