Medical Terminology - Roots/Combining Forms Flashcards
abdomin
abdomen
abort, abort/o
to miscarry
absorpt, absorpt/o
to suck in
acanth
thorn
acetabul, acetabul/o
acetabulum, hip socket
acid, acid/o
acid
acoust
hearing
acr, acr/o
extremity, point
act, act/o
acting, act
actin
ray
acute
sharp
aden, aden/o
gland
adhes
stuck to
adip, adip/o
fat
adren, adren/o
adrenal gland
agglutinat
clumping
agglutin/o
clumping
agon, agon/o
agony
agor/a
marketplace
albin, albin/o
white
albumin, albumin/o
protein
aliment, aliment/o
nourishment
all, all/o
other
alveol, alveol/o
small, hollow, air sac
aud/i, audi/o
to hear
aur, aur/i
ear
chol/e
gall or bile
cochle/o
land snail
electr/o
electricity
labyrinth/o
maze, inner ear
laryng/o
larynx, voice box
mast/o
mastoid process, breast-shaped
myring/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
neur/o
nerve
ot/o
ear
pharyng/e
pharynx
presby/o
old
py/o
pus
scler/o
hardening
staped/o
stapes, stirrup
steat/o
fat
tympan/o
eardrum, tympanic membrane
blephar, blephar/o
eyelid
anis/o
unequal
conjunctiv, conjunctiv/o
to join together, conjunctiva
cor/o
pupil
corne/o
cornea
cry/o
cold
cycl/o
ciliary body
dacry/o
tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct
fibr/o
fiber
goni/o
angle
irid/o
iris
kerat/o
cornea
lacrim/o
tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct
lent/o
lens
metr/o
measure
mi/o
less, small
my/o
muscle
ocul/o
eye
ophthalm/o
eye
opt/o
eye
phac/o
lens
phak/o
lentil, lens
photo/o
light
presby/o
old
pupill/o
pupil
rad/i
radiating out from a centre
retin/o
retina
scler/o
sclera, hardening
stigmat/o
point
ton/o
tone, tension
trich/o
hair
trop/o
turn
uve/o
uvea
xen/o
foreign material
xer/o
dry
ambly, ambly/o
dull
ambul
to walk
amni/o
amniotic fluid
ampere
ampere
amputat, amputat/o
to cut through
amyl, amyl/o
starch
anabol, anabol/o
building up
anastom
opening
andr, andr/o
man
ang, ang/i
vessel
ankyl, ankyl/o
crooked
an/o
anus
anter, anter/o
front
anthrac, anthrac/o
coal
aort, aort/o
aorta
append, append/o
appendix
appendic, appendic/o
appendix
arachn
spider
arche
beginning
arous
alertness, to rise
arter, arter/i, arteri/o
artery
arthr, arthr/o
joint
artific/i
not natural
aspirat, aspirat/o
to draw in
atel, atel/o
imperfect
ather, ather/o
fatty substance, porridge
atri, atri/o
atrium
auditor
hearing
auscultat, auscultat/o
listen to
aut
self
axill
armpit
bacter/i
bacteria
balan, balan/o
glans penis
bartholin
Bartholin’s glands
bas/o
base
bil, bil/i
bile, gall
bi/o
life
blast/o
germ cell
brach/i
arm
bronch, bronch/i, bronch/o
bronchi
bronchiol, bronchiol/o
bronchiole
bucc, bucc/o
cheek
burs, burs/o
pouch
calc, calc/i, calc/o
lime, calcium
calcan/e
heel bone
cancer, cancer/o
crab, cancer
capn
smoke
capsul, capsul/o
little box
carcin, carcin/o
cancer
card, card/i, cardi/o
heart
carp, carp/o
wrist
cartil
gristle
cartilagin/o
cartilage
castr
to prune
catabol, catabol/o
casting down
caud, caud/o
tail
caus, caus/o
heat
cavit
cavity
celi, celi/o
abdomen, belly
cellul, cellul/o
little cell
centr, centr/i, centr/o
center
centrat
center
cephal/o
head
cept
receive
cerebell, cerebell/o
little brain
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cervic, cervic/o
cervix, neck
cheil/o
lip
chem/o
chemical
chir/o
hand
chlor/o
green
chol, chole, chol/e
gall, bile
choledoch/o
common bile duct
chondr, chondr/o
cartilage
chord
cord
chori/o
chorion
choroid, choroid/o
choroid
chromat, chromat/o
color
chrom/o
color
chym
juice
cine
motion
cinemat/o
motion
circulat, circulat/o
circular
cirrh, cirrh/o
orange-yellow
cis, cis/o
to cut
claudicat, claudicat/o
to limp
clavicul, clavicul/o
collar bone
cleid/o
clavicle
clon/o
turmoil
coagul/o
to clot
coccyg/e, coccyg/o
coccyx, tailbone
coit, coit/o
coming together
col, col/o
colon
coll/a
glue
collis
neck
colon, colon/o
colon
colp/o
vagina
comat
a deep sleep
compensat
to make good
concuss
shaken violently
condyle
knuckle
con/i
dust
connect
to bind together
consci
aware
constipat
to press together
continence
to hold
cor, cor/o
pupil
cord/o
cord
coriat
corium
corne, corne/o
cornea
corpor, corpor/e
body
cortic, cortic/o
cortex
cortis
cortex
cost, cost/o
rib
cox
hip
crani, cran/i, crani/o
skull
creat
flesh
creatin
flesh, creatine
crine, crin/o
to secrete
crur
leg
cry/o
cold
crypt, crypt/o
hidden
cubit
elbow, to lie
culd/o
cul-de-sac
curie
curie
cutane, cutan/e, cutane/o
skin
cyan, cyan/o
dark blue
cycl, cycl/o
ciliary body of eye, circle, cycle
cyst, cyst/o
bladder, sac
cyt, cyt/o
cell
cyth
cell
dacry, dacry/o
tear, lacrimal duct, tear duct
dactyl, dactyl/o
finger or toe
defecat
to remove dregs
delus, delus/o
to cheat
dem
people
dendr/o
tree
dent, dent/i, dent/o
tooth
derm, derm/a, derm/o
skin
dermat, dermat/o
skin
dextr/o
to the right
diaphragmat/o
diaphragm, partition
didym, didym/o
testis
digit, digit/o
finger or toe
dilat, dilat/o
to widen
dipl/o
double
disk, disk/o
disk
dist, dist/o
away from the point of origin
diverticul, diverticul/o
diverticula
dors, dors/i, dors/o
backward
duct, duct/o
to lead
duoden, duoden/o
duodenum
dur, dur/o
dura, hard
dwarf
small
dynam, dynam/o
power
ech/o
echo, reflected sound
ectop
displaced
eg/o
I, self
ejaculat, ejaculat/o
to throw out
electr/o
electricity
embol, embol/o
throw
eme
to vomit
emulsificat
disintegrate
encephal, encephal/o
brain
enchyma
to pour
enter/o
intestines (usually small intestine)
enucleat
to remove the kernel of
eosin/o
rose-coloured
episi/o
vulva, pudenda
erget
work
erg/o
work
eructat
breaking out
erysi
red
erythr/o
red
esophag/e
esophagus
esophage/o
esophagus
esthesi/o
feeling, sensation
esthet
feeling, sensation
estr/o
mad desire
eti/o
cause
excret/o, excretor
sifted out
fasc, fasci/o
band (fascia)
febr
fever
femor, femor/o
femur, thigh bone
fenestrat
window
fibr, fibr/o
fibrous tissue, fiber
fibrillar
fibrils (small fibers)
fibrin/o
fiber
fibul, fibul/o
fibula
filtrat, filtrat/o
to strain through
fixat, fixat/o
fastened
flex
to bend
fluor/o
fluorescence, luminous
foc, foc/o
focus
follicul, follicul/o
little bag
format
shaping
fungat
mushroom, fungus
furc
fork
fus, fus/o
to pour
galact/o
milk
ganglion
knot
gastr, gastr/o
stomach
gen, gene
formation
genet
produce
genital
belonging to birth
gen//o
kind
ger, ger/o
old age
gester
to bear
gigant, gigant/o
giant
gingiv, gingiv/o
gums
glandul
little acorn