Root/Combining Forms Flashcards
Adhes
Stuck to
Axill
Armpit
Bi/o
Life
Chem/o
Chemical
Cis/o
To cut
Dem
People
Format
Shaping
Gen, gene
Formation, produce
Eti/o
Cause
Infect
To infect
kil/o
A thousand
Macr/o
Large
Malign/o
Bad kind
Maxim
Greatest
Minim
Least
Morbid
Sick
Mortal
Human
Necr/o
Death
Norm
Rule
Organ/o
Organ
Onc/o
Tumor
Palm
Palm
Path/o
Disease
Prophylact
Guarding
Pyr/o
Heat, fire
Pyret
Fever
Radi/o
Ray, X-ray
Scop
To examine
Sept
Purtrefaction
Therm/o
Hot, heat
Tuss
Cough
Act/o
Acting, act
cardi/o
Heart
Dactyl/o
Fingers or toes
Gynec/o
Female
Later/o
Side
Somn/o
Sleep
Ven/o
Vein
Comat
A deep sleep
Consci
Aware
Esthet
Feeling, sensation
Menstru
To discharge the menses
Palp
To touch
Ras
To scrape off
Ster
Solid
Symmetric
Symmetry
turg
Swelling
Infer/o
Below or in a downward direction
Anter/o
In front of or before
Poster/o
Towards the back
Cephal/o
the head
Caud/o
the tail
Medi/o
Middle
Proxim/o
Nearest, next to
Dist/o
Away from, far from
Abdomin/o
Abdomen (belly)
Tars/o
Ankle (tarsus)
Brach/i , brachi/o
Arm
Oste/o
Bones
Mast/o, mamm/o
Breast
Bucc/o
Cheek
Thorac/o
Chest
Aur/i, ot/o
Ear
Cubit/o, olecran/o
Elbow
Ophthalm/o, ocul/o, opt/o
Eye
Pod/o
Foot
Gingiv/o
Gums
Chir/o
Hand (manus)
Isch/i
Hip (ischium, coxa)
Crur/o
Leg
Hepat/o
Liver
Pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o
Lungs
Or/o
Mouth
Muscul/o, my/o
Muscles
Umbilic/o, omphal/o
Navel
Cervic/o
Neck
Neur/o
Nerves
Rhin/o, nas/o
Nose
Cost/o
Ribs
Derm/a, dermat/o, derm/o, cutane/o
Skin
Crani/o
Skull
Gastr/o
Stomach
Dent/i, dent/o
Tooth
Tempor/o
Temples
Femor/o
Thigh bone
Pharyng/o
Throat
Lingu/o, gloss/o
Tongue
Carp/o
Wrist (carpus)
Adip/o
Fat
Andr/o
Man
Dors/o
Backward
Filtrat/o
To strain through
Fus/o
To pour
Hist/o
Tissue
Hydr/o
Water
Inguin/o
Groin
Kary/o
Cell’s nucleus
Phen/o
To show
Physi/o
Nature
Somat/o
Body
System/o
Composite, whole
Ventr/o
Near or on the belly side of the body
Viscer/o
Body organs
Horizont
Horizon