Combining Words Flashcards
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
adrenal/o
A
adrenal glands
3
Q
aer/o
A
air
4
Q
dors/o
A
back portion of the body
5
Q
poster/o
A
back, behind
6
Q
bacteri/o
A
bacteria
7
Q
ventr/o
A
belly side of the body
8
Q
choler/o
A
bile
9
Q
anthrac/o
A
black; coal
10
Q
hemat/o or hem/o
A
blood
11
Q
corpor/o
A
body
12
Q
somat/o
A
body
13
Q
oste/o
A
bone
14
Q
myel/o
A
bone marrow
15
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
16
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchial tube
17
Q
calc/o, calici/o
A
calcium
18
Q
carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
19
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
20
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
21
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
22
Q
mut/a
A
change
23
Q
thorac/o
A
chest
24
Q
ped/o
A
child
25
toc/o
childbirth
26
thromb/o
clot, clotting
27
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
28
chrom/o
color
29
sarc/o
connective tissue, flesh
30
cortic/o
cortex, outer region
31
terat/o
deformity
32
path/o
disease
33
path/o
disease, having characteristics of or produced by
34
chem/o
drug
35
pharmac/o
drug
36
pharmaceut/o
drug
37
chem/o
drug, chemical
38
duoden/o
duodenum
39
ot/o
ear
40
electr/o
electricity
41
blast/o
embryonic
42
esohpag/o
esophagus
43
ophthalm/o
eye
44
dist/o
far, distant
45
adip/o
fat
46
esthes/o
feeling, sensation
47
estr/o
female
48
pyret/o
fever
49
sarc/o
flesh
50
ped/i
foot
51
anter/o
front
52
pyl/o
gate
53
aden/o
gland
54
vitr/o
glass
55
poli/o
gray
56
inguin/o
groin
57
phys/o
growing
58
trich/o
hair
59
man/u
hand
60
capit/o
head
61
cephal/o
head
62
cardi/o
heart
63
crypt/o
hidden or covered
64
hormon/o
hormone
65
ili/o
ilium (of the hip bone)
66
viscer/o
internal organs
67
enter/o
intestines
68
prurit/o
itching
69
arthr/o
joint
70
nephr/o
kidney
71
ren/o
kidney
72
gnos/o
knowledge
73
col/o
large intestines
74
megal/o
large
75
crur/o
leg
76
bi/o
life
77
viv/o
life
78
viv/o
life
79
hepat/o
liver
80
lumb/o
lower back
81
fluor/o
luminous
82
andr/o
male
83
medi/o
middle
84
lact/o
milk
85
psych/o
mind
86
cras/o
mixture
87
myc/o
mold, fungus
88
or/o
mouth
89
myx/o
mucus
90
ungu/o
nail
91
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
92
proxim/o
nearest
93
cervic/o
neck (of the body or uterus)
94
neur/o
nerve
95
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
96
nod/o
nodule
97
rhin/o
nose
98
kary/o
nucleus
99
nucle/o
nucleus
100
mon/o
one, single, alone
101
pancreat/o
pancreas
102
parathyroid/o
parathyroid gland
103
parot/o
parotid gland
104
pelv/i
pelvis
105
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
106
pituitar/o
pituitary gland; hypophysis
107
plasm/o
plasma
108
toxic/o
poison
109
tox/o
poison
110
tox/o
poisonous : poison
111
kal/i
potassium (an electrolyte)
112
erythr/o
red
113
sacr/o
sacrum
114
is/o
same
115
home/o
sameness
116
botul/u
sausage
117
crin/o
secrete
118
spor/i
seed, spore
119
gon/o
seed; semen
120
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
121
gonad/o
sex glands (ovaries, testes)
122
thec/o
sheath (of brain and spinal cord)
123
later/o
side
124
cutane/o
skin
125
derm/o or dermat/o
skin
126
derm/o
skin
127
crani/o
skull
128
hypn/o
sleep
129
enter/o
small intestines
130
tubercul/e
small nodular lesion; swelling
131
natr/o
sodium (an electrolyte)
132
ster/o
solid structure
133
son/o
sound
134
myel/o
spinal chord
135
clostr/o
spindle
136
spin/o
spine, backbone
137
gastr/o
stomach
138
log/o
study of
139
narc/o
stupor
140
glyc/o
sugar
141
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar
142
dips/o
thirst
143
thyr/o
thyroid gland
144
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
145
hist/o
tissue
146
hist/o, histi/o
tissue
147
cis/o
to cut
148
sect/o
to cut
149
crin/o
to secrete
150
lingu/o
tongue
151
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
152
therapeut/o
treatment
153
iatr/o
treatment
154
iatr/o
treatment, physician
155
onc/o
tumor
156
cyst/o
urinary bladder
157
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
158
ur/o
urine
159
ven/o
vein
160
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
161
vas/o
vessel
162
leuk/o
white
163
gynec/o
woman, female
164
erg/o
work
165
radi/o
x-rays
166
roentgen/o
x-rays
167
