Medical Word Combining Forms Flashcards

1
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acous/o

A

hearing

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2
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aden/o

A

gland

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3
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adip/o, lip/o

A

fat

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4
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adren/o, adrenal/o

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adrenal gland

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5
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aer/o

A

air

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6
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albin/o, leuk/o

A

white

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7
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an/o

A

anus

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8
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angi/o

A

vessel

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9
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aort/o

A

aorta

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10
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append/o

A

appendix

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11
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arcin/o

A

cancer

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12
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arteri/o

A

artery

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13
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arthr/o

A

joint

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14
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ather/o

A

thick, fatty

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15
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atri/o

A

atria

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16
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audi/o

A

hearing

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17
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bacteri/o

A

bacteria

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18
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balan/o

A

glans penis

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19
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blephar/o

A

eye lid

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20
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bronch/o, bronchi/o

A

bronchus

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21
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calc/o

A

calcium

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22
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cardi/o

A

heart

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23
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carp/o

A

carpus

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24
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cerebr/o

A

brain

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25
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cervic/o

A

cervix (neck)

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26
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cholecyst/o

A

gallbladder

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27
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chondr/o

A

cartilage

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28
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col/o, colon/o

A

colon

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29
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colp/o

A

vagina

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30
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corne/o

A

cornea

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31
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cost/o

A

ribs

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32
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crani/o

A

cranium

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33
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cutane/o

A

skin

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34
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cyan/o

A

blue

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35
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cyt/o

A

cell

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36
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dent/o

A

teeth

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37
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derm/o, dermat/o

A

skin

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38
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dipl/o

A

double

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39
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duoden/o

A

duodenum

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40
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electr/o

A

electric

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41
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encephal/o

A

brain

42
Q

enter/o

A

small intestines

43
Q

epiglott/o

A

epiglottis

44
Q

episi/o

A

vulva

45
Q

erethem/o, erythr/o

A

red

46
Q

esophag/o

A

esophagus

47
Q

femor/o

A

femur

48
Q

fibul/o

A

fibula

49
Q

gastr/o

A

stomach

50
Q

gli/o

A

glue, gluelike

51
Q

glomerul/o

A

glomerulus

52
Q

gloss/o, lingu/o

A

tongue

53
Q

gluc/o, glyc/o

A

sugar

54
Q

gynec/o

A

woman, female

55
Q

hem/o, hemat/o

A

blood

56
Q

hepat/o

A

liver

57
Q

humer/o

A

humerus

58
Q

hydr/o

A

water

59
Q

hyster/o

A

uterus

60
Q

ile/o

A

ileum

61
Q

jejun/o

A

jejunum

62
Q

kerat/o

A

cornea, keratinized tissue

63
Q

lamin/o

A

lamina

64
Q

lapar/o

A

abdomen

65
Q

laryng/o

A

larynx

66
Q

lith/o

A

stone

67
Q

lumb/o

A

lumbar (low back)

68
Q

lymp/o

A

lymph

69
Q

mamm/o, mast/o

A

breast

70
Q

melan/o

A

black

71
Q

men/o

A

menses

72
Q

mening/o

A

meninges

73
Q

metacarp/o

A

metacarpus

74
Q

muc/o

A

mucus

75
Q

myc/o

A

fungus

76
Q

myel/o

A

spinal cord, bone marrow

77
Q

my/o

A

muscle

78
Q

onych/o

A

nail

79
Q

pil/o, trich/o

A

hair

80
Q

pneum/o, pneumon/o

A

lung, air

81
Q

proct/o

A

rectum, anus

82
Q

prostat/o

A

prostate

83
Q

pulmun/o

A

lung

84
Q

py/o

A

pus

85
Q

pyel/o

A

renal pelvis

86
Q

rect/o

A

rectal

87
Q

ren/o

A

kidney

88
Q

retin/o

A

retina

89
Q

rhin/o

A

nose

90
Q

salping/o

A

tubes (fallopian, eustachian)

91
Q

scler/o

A

hardening

92
Q

sigmoid/o

A

sigmoid colon

93
Q

sinus/o

A

sinus

94
Q

spin/o

A

spine

95
Q

splen/o

A

spleen

96
Q

stern/o

A

sternum

97
Q

stomat/o

A

mouth, mouthlike

98
Q

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

A

tendon

99
Q

xanth/o

A

yellow

100
Q

xer/o

A

dry