Deck 1 - /o Combining Form Flashcards

1
Q

adip/o

A

fat

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2
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aden/o

A

glandular

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3
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amyl/o

A

starches, carbohydrate

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4
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blast/o

A

budding, creating

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5
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abdomin/o

A

abdomen, stomach

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6
Q

brachi/o

A

arm

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7
Q

carcin/o

A

cancer

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8
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acr/o

A

extremity, tip

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9
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celi/o

A

abdomen

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10
Q

cephal/o

A

head

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11
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cervic/o

A

neck

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12
Q

cheir/o

A

hand

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13
Q

cyst/o

A

bladder, sac

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14
Q

cyt/o

A

cell

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15
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dactyl/o

A

fingers, toes

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16
Q

fibr/o

A

tissue, fiber

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17
Q

gen/o

A

origin, beginning, start

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18
Q

gluc/o

A

sugar

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19
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glyc/o

A

sugar, glycogen

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20
Q

hist/o

A

tissue, fiber

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21
Q

histi/o

A

tissue, fiber

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22
Q

hydr/o

A

water

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23
Q

kary/o

A

nucleus, nucleos (plural)

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24
Q

kerat/o

A

cornea, horny substance

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25
Q

lapar/o

A

abdomen

26
Q

lip/o

A

fat, lipid

27
Q

lumb/o

A

lower back, lumbar

28
Q

morph/o

A

Form, shape, combining shape

29
Q

muc/o

A

mucus

mucus

30
Q

myx/o

A

mucus

31
Q

nucle/o

A

nucleus

32
Q

onc/o

A

tumor

33
Q

onych/o

A

nails

34
Q

papill/o

A

small nipple like projection

35
Q

blast/o

A

budding, creating

36
Q

path/o

A

disease

37
Q

ped/o

A

foot

38
Q

periton/o

A

peritoneum

39
Q

peritone/o

A

peritoneum

40
Q

phag/o

A

cellular: eating or devouring

41
Q

phil/o

A

affinity for, love for

42
Q

pin/o

A

cellular drinking

43
Q

plas/o

A

formation, growth, nourishment

44
Q

pod/o

A

foot

45
Q

prote/o

A

protein

46
Q

pyr/o

A

fire, fever, hot

47
Q

py/o

A

pus

48
Q

pyret/o

A

fire, fever, hot

49
Q

reticul/o

A

tissue or fiber networktissue or fiber network

50
Q

scler/o

A

hardening of

51
Q

celi/o

A

abdomen

52
Q

somat/o

A

physical body

53
Q

som/osom/o

A

little body

54
Q

steat/o

A

fatty, fat

55
Q

thorac/o

A

thorax, chest

56
Q

tox/o

A

toxin or poison

57
Q

toxic/o

A

toxin or poison

58
Q

trich/o

A

hair

59
Q

troph/o

A

food, nutrition

60
Q

tropic/otropic/o

A

having an effect on

61
Q

tropin/o

A

having an effect on, or stimulating

i.e. stimulating a hormone

62
Q

genesis

A

origin, cause (bible: the beginning)