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1
Q

Combining Form

aden/o

A

Meaning

gland

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Combining Form

arthr/o

A

Meaning

joint

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3
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Combining Form

bi/o

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Meaning

life

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4
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Combining Form

carcin/o

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Meaning

cancer, cancerous

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5
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Combining Form
cardi/o
coron/o

A

Meaning

heart

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6
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Combining Form

cephal/o

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Meaning

head

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7
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Combining Form

cerebr/o

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Meaning

cerebrum, largest part of the brain

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8
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Combining Form
cyst/o
vesic/o

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Meaning

urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst

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9
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Combining Form

cyt/o

A

Meaning

cell

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10
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Combining Forms
derm/o
dermat/o
cutane/o

A

Meaning

skin

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11
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Combining Form

electr/o

A

Meaning

electricity

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12
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Combining Form

encephal/o

A

Meaning

brain

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13
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Combining Form

enter/o

A 
Meaning
intestines (often the small intestine)
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14
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Combining Form

erythr/o

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Meaning

red

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15
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Combining Form

gastr/o

A

Meaning

stomach

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16
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Combining Form

gnos/o

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Meaning

knowledge

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17
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Combining Form

gynec/o

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Meaning

woman, female

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18
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Combining Form
hem/o
hemat/o

A

Meaning

blood

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19
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Combining Form

hepat/o

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Meaning

liver

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20
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Combining Form

lapar/o

A 
Meaning
abdomen (area between the chest and hip)
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21
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Combining Form

leuk/o

A

Meaning

white

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22
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Combining Form
nephr/o
ren/o

A

Meaning

kidney

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23
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Combining Form

neur/o

A

Meaning

nerve

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24
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Combining Form

onc/o

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Meaning

tumor (cancerous)

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25
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Combining Form
ophthalm/o
ocul/o

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Meaning

eye

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26
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Combining Form

oste/o

A

Meaning

bone

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27
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Combining Form

path/o

A

Meaning

disease

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28
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Combining Form

psych/o

A

Meaning

mind

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29
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Combining Form
rhin/o
nas/o

A

Meaning

nose

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30
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Combining Form

sarc/o

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Meaning

flesh

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31
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Combining Form

thromb/o

A

Meaning

clotting

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32
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Combining Form

abdomin/o

A

Meaning

abdomen

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33
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Combining Form

anter/o

A

Meaning

front

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34
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Combining Form

bronch/o

A 
Meaning
bronchial tubes (leading from the trachea to the lungs)
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35
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Combining Form

cervic/o

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Meaning

neck of the body or neck (cervix) of the uterus

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36
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Combining Form

chondr/o

A

Meaning

cartilage (connective tissue attached to bones)

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37
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Combining Form

coccyg/o

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Meaning

coccyx, tailbone

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38
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Combining Form

crani/o

A

Meaning

skull

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39
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Combining Form

epitheli/o

A

Meaning

skin, surface tissue

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40
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Combining Form

esophag/o

A

Meaning

esophagus (tube from the throat to the stomach)

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41
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Combining Form

laryng/o

A

Meaning

larynx (voice box)

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42
Q

Combining Form

later/o

A

Meaning

side

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43
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Combining Form

lumb/o

A

Meaning

loin (waist)

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44
Q

Combining Form

lymph/o

A

Meaning

lymph

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45
Q

Combining Form

mediastin/o

A

Meaning

mediatinum

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46
Q

Combining Form

pelv/o

A

Meaning

pelvis (bones of the hips)

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47
Q

Combining Form

peritone/o

A 
Meaning 
peritoneum (membrane surrounding the abdominal organs)
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48
Q

Combining Form

pharyng/o

A

Meaning

pharynx (throat)

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49
Q

Combining Form

pleur/o

A

Meaning

pleura

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50
Q

Combining Form

poster/o

A

Meaning

back; behind

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51
Q

Combing Form

radi/o

A

Meaning

x-rays

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52
Q

Combining Form

sacr/o

A

Meaning

sacrum (five fused bones in the lower back)

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53
Q

Combining Form

spin/o

A

Meaning

spine (backbone)

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54
Q

Combining Form

thorac/o

A

Meaning

chest

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55
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Combining Form

trache/o

A

Meaning

trachea (windpipe)

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56
Q

Combining Form
vertebr/o
spondyl/o

A

Meaning

vertebra (backbone)

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57
Q

Combining Form

amni/o

A

Meaning

amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

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58
Q

Combining Form

angi/o

A

Meaning

vessel (usually a blood vessel)

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59
Q

Combining Form

arteri/o

A

Meaning

artery

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60
Q

Combining Form

ather/o

A

Meaning

plaque (a yellow, fatty material)

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61
Q

Combining Form

axill/o

A

Meaning

armpit

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62
Q

Combining Form

chem/o

A

Meaning

drug; also chemical

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63
Q

Combining Form

cholecyst/o

A

Meaning

gallbladder

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64
Q

Combining Form

chron/o

A

Meaning

time

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65
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Combining Form

col/o

A 
Meaning
colon (large intestine or bowel)
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66
Q

Combining Form

crani/o

A

Meaning

skull

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67
Q

Combining Form

cry/o

A

Meaning

cold

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68
Q

Combining Form

hyster/o

A

Meaning

uterus

69
Q

Combining Form

inguin/o

A

Meaning

groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)

70
Q

Combining Form

isch/o

A

Meaning

to hold back

71
Q

Combining Form
mamm/o
mast/o

A

Meaning

breast

72
Q

Combining Form

men/o

A

Meaning

menses; month

73
Q

Combining Form

mening/o

A

Meaning

meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)

74
Q

Combining Form

my/o

A

Meaning

muscle

75
Q

Combining Form

myel/o

A

Meaning

spinal cord; bone marrow

76
Q

Combining Form

necr/o

A

Meaning

death (of cells)

77
Q

Combining Form
oophor/o
ovari/o

A

Meaning

ovary

78
Q

Combining Form
ot/o
aur/o

A

Meaning

ear

79
Q

Combining Form

pelv/o

A

Meaning

hip area

80
Q

Combining Form
phleb/o
ven/o

A

Meaning

vein

81
Q

Combining Form
pneumon/o
pulmon/o

A

Meaning

lung

82
Q

Combining Form

radi/o

A

Meaning

x-rays

83
Q

Combining Form

salping/o

A

Meaning

fallopian tube

84
Q

Combining Form

septic/o

A

Meaning

pertaining to infection

85
Q

Combining Form

tonsill/o

A

Meaning

tonsil

86
Q

Combining Form

ur/o

A

Meaning

urine or urea; urinary tract

87
Q

Combining Form

vascul/o

A

Meaning

blood vessel

88
Q

Combining Form

an/o

A

Meaning

anus

89
Q

Combining Form

carp/o

A

Meaning

carpals

90
Q

Combining Form

cis/o

A

Meaning

to cut

91
Q

Combining Form

cost/o

A

Meaning

ribs

92
Q

Combining Form

dur/o

A 
Meaning
dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord)
93
Q

Combining Form

gen/o

A

Meaning

to produce, to begin

94
Q

Combining Form

glyc/o

A

Meaning

sugar

95
Q

Combining Form

nat/i

A

Meaning

birth

96
Q

Combining Form

norm/o

A

Meaning

rule, order

97
Q

Combining Form

plas/o

A

Meaning

formation, growth, development

98
Q

Combining Form

scapul/o

A

Meaning

scapula

99
Q

Combining Form

son/o

A

Meaning

sound

100
Q

Combining Form

thyroid/o

A

Meaning

thyroid gland

101
Q

Combining Form

top/o

A

Meaning

to put, place, position

102
Q

Combining Form

troph/o

A

Meaning

development, nourishment

103
Q

Combining Form

urethr/o

A

Meaning

urethra

104
Q

Combining Form

uter/o

A

Meaning

uterus

105
Q

Combining Form

ven/o

A

Meaning

vein

106
Q

Combining Form

aort/o

A

Meaning

aorta

107
Q

Combining Form

arteriol/o

A

Meaning

arteriole

108
Q

Combining Form

venul/o

A

Meaning

venule

109
Q

Combining Form
append/o
appendic/o

A

Meaning

appendix

110
Q

Combining Form
col/o
colon/o

A

Meaning

colon

111
Q

Combining Form

duoden/o

A

Meaning

duodenum

112
Q

Combining Form

esophag/o

A

Meaning

esophagus

113
Q

Combining Form

gastr/o

A

Meaning

stomach

114
Q

Combining Form

ile/o

A

Meaning

ileum

115
Q

Combining Form

jejun/o

A

Meaning

jejunum

116
Q

Combining Form
or/o
stomat/o

A

Meaning

mouth

117
Q

Combining Form

pancreat/o

A

Meaning

pancreas

118
Q

Combining Form

pharyng/o

A

Meaning

pharynx

119
Q

Combining Form

proct/o

A

Meaning

anus and rectum

120
Q

Combining Form

rect/o

A

Meaning

rectum

121
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Combining Form

sigmoid/o

A

Meaning

sigmoid colon

122
Q

Combining Form
adren/o
adrenal/o

A

Meaning

adrenal gland

123
Q

Combining Form

hypophys/o

A

Meaning

pituitary gland

124
Q

Combining Form
oophor/o
ovari/o

A

Meaning

ovary

125
Q

Combining Form
orch/o
orchi/o
orchid/o

A

Meaning

testis; testicle

126
Q

Combining Form

pancreat/o

A

Meaning

pancreas

127
Q

Combining Form

parathyroid/o

A

Meaning

parathyroid gland

128
Q

Combining Form

pituitary/o

A

Meaning

pituitary gland

129
Q

Combining Form

thyroaden/o

A

Meaning

thyroid gland

130
Q

Combining Form

thyroid/o

A

Meaning

thyroid gland

131
Q

Combining Form

cervic/o

A

Meaning

cervix

132
Q

Combining Form
colp/o
vagin/o

A

Meaning

vagina

133
Q

Combining Form
hyster/o
metri/o
uter/o

A

Meaning

uterus

134
Q

Combining Form
mamm/o
mast/o

A

Meaning

breast

135
Q

Combining Form

o/o

A

Meaning

egg

136
Q

lymphaden/o

A

lymph node (gland)

137
Q

lymphangi/o

A

lymph vessel

138
Q

splen/o

139
Q

balan/o

140
Q

Combining Form

prostat/o

A

Meaning

prostate gland

141
Q

Combining Form

scrot/o

A

Meaning

scrotum

142
Q

Combining Form

vas/o

A

Meaning

vas deferens

143
Q

Combining Form

crypt/o

A

Meaning

hidden

144
Q

Combining Form

varic/o

A

Meaning

swollen veins

145
Q

Combining Form

hydr/o

A

Meaning

water

146
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Combining Form

ligament/o

A

Meaning

ligament

147
Q

Combining Form
muscul/o
my/o
myos/o

A

Meaning

muscle

148
Q

Combining Form
ten/o
tendin/o

A

Meaning

tendon

149
Q

Combining Form

rheumat/o

A

Meaning
flowing
-descriptive of swelling in joints

150
Q

Combining Form

cerebell/o

A

Meaning

cerebellum

151
Q

Combining Form

medull/o

A

Meaning

medulla oblongata

152
Q

Combining Form

blast/o

A

Meaning

immature

153
Q

Combining Form

adenoid/o

A

Meaning

adenoid

154
Q

Combining Form

alveol/o

A

Meaning

alveoli

155
Q

Combining Form

bronchiol/o

A

Meaning

bronchiole

156
Q

Combining Form

cyan/o

A

Meaning

blue

157
Q

Combining Form

epiglott/o

A

Meaning

epiglottis

158
Q

Combining Form

phren/o

A

Meaning

diaphragm

159
Q

Combining Form

tonsill/o

A

Meaning

tonsils

160
Q

Combining Form

atel/o

A

Meaning

incomplete

161
Q

Combining Form

coni/o

A

Meaning

abnormal condition of dust

162
Q

Combining Form
onych/o
ungu/o

A

Meaning

nail

163
Q

Combining Form
pil/o
trich/o

A

Meaning

hair

164
Q

Combining Form

phak/o

A

Meaning

lens of the eye

165
Q

Combining Form

retin/o

A

Meaning

retina

166
Q

Combining Form
myring/o
tympan/o

A

Meaning

eardrum

167
Q

Combining Form

pyel/o

A

Meaning

renal pelvis

168
Q

Combining Form

ureter/o

A

Meaning

ureter

Medical Terminology (9 decks)

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