Module Combining Forms Flashcards
aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cardi/o
heart
aden/o
gland
arthr/o
joint
bi/o
life
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cardi/o
heart
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
cerebrum
cis/o
to cut
crin/o
to secrete
cyst/o
urinary bladder
cyt/o
cell
derm/o or dermat/o
skin
duoden/o
duodenum
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
intestines
erythr/o
red
esohpag/o
esophagus
gastr/o
stomach
glyc/o
sugar
gnos/o
knowledge
gynec/o
woman, female
hemat/o or hem/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
iatr/o
treatment, physician
leuk/o
white
log/o
study of
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
onc/o
tumor
ophthalm/o
eye
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
path/o
disease
ped/o
child
psych/o
mind
radi/o
x-rays
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
sarc/o
flesh
sect/o
to cut
thromb/o
clot, clotting
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
abdomin/o
abdomen
adip/o
fat
anter/o
front
cervic/o
neck (of the body or uterus)
chondr/o
cartilage
chrom/o
color
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
crani/o
skull
cyt/o
cell
dist/o
far, distant
dors/o
back portion of the body
hist/o, histi/o
tissue
ili/o
ilium (of the hip bone)
inguin/o
groin
kary/o
nucleus
later/o
side
lumb/o
lower back
medi/o
middle
nucle/o
nucleus
pelv/i
pelvis
pharyng/o
pharynx (throat)
poster/o
back, behind
proxim/o
nearest
sacr/o
sacrum
sarc/o
flesh
spin/o
spine, backbone
thel/o, theli/o
nipple
thorac/o
chest
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
umbilic/o
navel, umbilicus
ventr/o
belly side of the body
vertebr/o
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
viscer/o
internal organs
anthrac/o
black; coal
bacteri/o
bacteria
botul/u
sausage
capit/o
head
choler/
bile
clostr/o
spindle
col/o
large intestines
corpor/o
body
crur/o
leg
crypt/o
hidden or covered
cyt/o
cell
enter/o
small intestines
gon/o
seed; semen
hepat/o
liver
man/u
hand
megal/o
large intestines
mon/o
one, single, alone
myel/o
spinal chord
nucle/o
nucleus
parot/o
parotid gland
path/o
disease, having characteristics of or produced by
ped/i
foot
plasm/o
plasma
poli/o
gray
pyl/o
gate
spor/i
seed, spore
tox/o
poisonous : poison
trich/o
hair
tubercul/e
small nodular lesion; swelling
ungu/o
nail
Lapr/o
Abdomin
aer/o
air
alges/o
sensitivity to pain
bronch/o
bronchial tube
chem/o
drug
cras/o
mixture
erg/o
work
esthes/o
feeling, sensation
fluor/o
luminous
hypn/o
sleep
iatr/o
treatment
is/o
same
myc/o
mold, fungus
narc/o
stupor
or/o
mouth
pharmac/o
drug
pharmaceut/o
drug
prurit/o
itching
pyret/o
fever
radi/o
x-rays
roentgen/o
x-rays
son/o
sound
thec/o
sheath (of brain and spinal cord)
therapeut/o
treatment
toxic/o
poison
vas/o
vessel
ven/o
vein
vit/o
life
vitr/o
glass
viv/o
life
aden/o
gland
adrenal/o
adrenal glands
gonad/o
sex glands (ovaries, testes)
pancreat/o
pancreas
parathyroid/o
parathyroid gland
pituitar/o
pituitary gland; hypophysis
thyr/o
thyroid gland
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
pituitar/o
pituitary gland; hypophysis
thyr/o
thyroid gland
thyroid/o
thyroid gland
andr/o
male
calc/o, calici/o
calcium
cortic/o
cortex, outer region
crin/o
secrete
dips/o
thirst
estr/o
female
gluc/o, glyc/o
sugar
home/o
sameness
hormon/o
hormone
kal/i
potassium (an electrolyte)
lact/o
milk
myx/o
mucus
natr/o
sodium (an electrolyte)
phys/o
growing
somat/o
body
ster/o
solid structure
toc/o
childbirth
toxic/o
poison
ur/o
urine
tri
three
anxi/o
uneasy, anxious
auto-
self
hallucin/o
hallucination
hypn/o
sleep
iatr/o
treatment
ment/o
mind
neur/o
nerve
phil/o
attraction to, love
phren/o
mind
psych/o
mind
schiz/o
split
somat/o
body
adip/o
fat
albin/o
white
caus/o
burn, burning
cauter/o
heat, burn
cutane/o
skin
derm/o
skin
dermat/o
skin
diaphor/o
profuse sweating
erythem/o
redness
erythemat/o
redness
hidr/o
sweat
ichthy/o
scaly, dry
kerat/o
hard, horny tissue
leuk/o
white
lip/o
fat
melan/o
black
myc/o
fungus
onych/o
nail
phyt/o
plant
pil/o
hair, hair follicle
py/o
pus
rhythid/o
wrinkle
seb/o
sebum
squam/o
scale-like
steat/o
fat
trich/o
hair
ungu/o
nail
xanth/o
yellow
xer/o
dry
albin/o
white
anthrac/o
black (as coal)
chlor/o
green
cirrh/o
tawny yellow
cyan/o
blue
eosin/o
rosy
erythr/o
redness
jaund/o
yellow
leuk/o
white
lute/o
yellow
melan/o
black
poli/o
gray
xanth/o
yellow