Medical Word Combining Forms Flashcards by Jen Ludwig

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acous/o

A

hearing

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aden/o

A

gland

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adip/o, lip/o

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fat

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adren/o, adrenal/o

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adrenal gland

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aer/o

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air

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albin/o, leuk/o

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white

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an/o

A

anus

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angi/o

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vessel

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aort/o

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aorta

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append/o

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appendix

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arcin/o

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cancer

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arteri/o

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artery

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arthr/o

A

joint

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ather/o

A

thick, fatty

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atri/o

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atria

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audi/o

A

hearing

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bacteri/o

A

bacteria

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balan/o

A

glans penis

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blephar/o

A

eye lid

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bronch/o, bronchi/o

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bronchus

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calc/o

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calcium

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cardi/o

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heart

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carp/o

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carpus

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cerebr/o

A

brain

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cervic/o

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cervix (neck)

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cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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chondr/o

A

cartilage

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col/o, colon/o

A

colon

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colp/o

A

vagina

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corne/o

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cornea

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cost/o

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ribs

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crani/o

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cranium

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cutane/o

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skin

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cyan/o

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blue

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cyt/o

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cell

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dent/o

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teeth

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derm/o, dermat/o

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skin

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dipl/o

A

double

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duoden/o

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duodenum

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electr/o

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electric

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encephal/o

A

brain

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enter/o

A

small intestines

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epiglott/o

A

epiglottis

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episi/o

A

vulva

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erethem/o, erythr/o

A

red

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esophag/o

A

esophagus

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femor/o

A

femur

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fibul/o

A

fibula

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gastr/o

A

stomach

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gli/o

A

glue, gluelike

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glomerul/o

A

glomerulus

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gloss/o, lingu/o

A

tongue

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gluc/o, glyc/o

A

sugar

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gynec/o

A

woman, female

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hem/o, hemat/o

A

blood

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hepat/o

A

liver

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humer/o

A

humerus

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hydr/o

A

water

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hyster/o

A

uterus

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ile/o

A

ileum

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jejun/o

A

jejunum

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kerat/o

A

cornea, keratinized tissue

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lamin/o

A

lamina

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lapar/o

A

abdomen

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laryng/o

A

larynx

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lith/o

A

stone

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lumb/o

A

lumbar (low back)

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lymp/o

A

lymph

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mamm/o, mast/o

A

breast

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melan/o

A

black

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men/o

A

menses

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mening/o

A

meninges

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metacarp/o

A

metacarpus

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muc/o

A

mucus

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myc/o

A

fungus

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myel/o

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

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my/o

A

muscle

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onych/o

A

nail

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pil/o, trich/o

A

hair

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pneum/o, pneumon/o

A

lung, air

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proct/o

A

rectum, anus

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prostat/o

A

prostate

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pulmun/o

A

lung

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py/o

A

pus

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pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

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rect/o

A

rectal

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ren/o

A

kidney

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retin/o

A

retina

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rhin/o

A

nose

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salping/o

A

tubes (fallopian, eustachian)

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scler/o

A

hardening

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sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

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sinus/o

A

sinus

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spin/o

A

spine

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splen/o

A

spleen

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stern/o

A

sternum

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stomat/o

A

mouth, mouthlike

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ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

A

tendon

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xanth/o

A

yellow

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xer/o

A

dry