Root Words/Combining forms (June 7) Flashcards
abdomin/o
abdomen
acr/o
extremity
aden/o
gland
aer/o
air
albin/o
white
ambly/o
dimness
andr/o
male
angi/o
vessel
anis/o
unequal, dissimilar
anter/o
front
arteri/o
artery
arthr/o
joint
asthen/o
lack of strength, weakness
ather/o
plaque; fatty substance
audi/o
hearing
aur/o, aur/i
ear
bacteri/o
bacteria
bi/o
life
blephar/o
eye lid
brachi/o
arm
carcin/o
cancerous, cancer
cardi/o
heart
carp/o
wrist
caud/o
tail
cephal/o
head
cerebr/o
brain
cervic/o
neck
cheil/o
lip
chem/o
drug; chemical
chir/o
hand
chlor/o
green
chol/e
bile; gall
cholangi/o
bile duct
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
chondr/o
cartilage
chrom/o
colour
cis/o
to cut
col/o, colon/o
colon
colp/o
vagina
coron/o
heart
cost/o
rib
crani/o
skull
cry/o
cold
cutane/o
skin
cyan/o
blue
cyst/o
cyst, bladder, sac
cyt/o
cell
dacry/o
tear
dactyl/o
fingers; toes
dent/o
tooth, teeth
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
dextr/o
right
dipl/o
double
dips/o
thirst
dors/o
back
electr/o
electricity
encephal/o
brain
enter/o
small intestine
eosin/o
red, rosy
erythr/o
red
estr/o
female
gastr/o
stomach
gen/o
producing; produced by
glauc/o
gray
gloss/o
tongue
gluc/o
glucose
glyc
sugar
gynec/o
female
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
hepat/o
liver
hidr/o
sweat
hist/o
tissue
home/o
same
hydr/o
water
hyster/o
uterus
iatr/o
relationship to a physician or medicine
ichty/o
scaly, dry
inguin/o
groin
is/o
equal
kary/o
nucleus
kinesi/o
movement
lacrim/o
tear
lapar/o
abdominal wall
later/o
side
leuk/o
white
lip/o
fat
lith/o
stone; calculus
lumb/o
lower back
lymph/o
lymph
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
medi/o
middle
melan/o
black
mening/o
membrane
men/o
menses, menstration
ment/o
mind
metr/o
uterus
mon/o
one
morph/o
form, shape, structure
my/o
muscle
myc/o
fungus
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
nas/o
nose
nephr/o
kidney
neur/o
nerve
ocul/o
eye
odont/o
teeth
olig/o
scanty
onc/o
tumor
onych/o
nail
oophor/o
ovary
opthalm/o
eye
orchid/o
testes
orth/o
straight, upright
oste/o
bone
ot/o
ear
pachy/o
thick, heavy
path/o
disease
ped/i, ped/o
foot, child
phag/o
eat
phleb/o
vein
phren/o
diaphragm, mind, phrenic nerve
pod/o
foot
port/o
liver
poster/o
back (of body); behind
poikil/o
varied, irregular
preby/o
old age
proct/o
rectum
proxim/o
toward; nearer to
pseud/o
false
psych/o
mind
py/o
pus
pyr/o
fever; fire
rachi/o
spine
radi/o
x-ray, radiation
rect/o
rectum
ren/o
kidney
rhin/o
nose
salping/o
tube
sarc/o
flesh
scler/o
hard
sept/o
wall, septum
sinistr/o
left sid
somat/o
body
spir/o
breath
spondyl/o
vertebrae
steth/o
chest
thorac/o
chest
top/o
place, position, location
trich/o
hair
ungu/o
nail
ur/o
urine
vas/o
vessel
ven/o
vein
ventr/o
belly side of body
vesic/o
bladder
viscer/o
internal organs