The human body - combining forms - ch 3 Flashcards
1
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
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aden/o
A
gland
3
Q
adip/o
A
fat
4
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aeti/o
A
cause
5
Q
anter/o
A
front
6
Q
bi/o
A
life
7
Q
blast/o
A
embryonic, developing cell
8
Q
caud/o
A
tail, downward
9
Q
cephal/o
A
head
10
Q
cervic/o
A
neck, cervix uteri
11
Q
chondr/o
A
cartilage
12
Q
coccyg/o
A
coccyx
13
Q
crani/o
A
cranium, skull
14
Q
dist/o
A
away, far, distant
15
Q
dors/o
A
back of body
16
Q
fibr/o
A
fibre
17
Q
granul/o
A
granules
18
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
19
Q
iatr/o
A
physician, medicine, treatment
20
Q
ili/o
A
ilium, hip
21
Q
infer/o
A
below
22
Q
inguin/o
A
groin
23
Q
kary/o
A
nucleus
24
Q
later/o
A
side
25
leuc/o
white
26
leuk/o
leukaemia
27
lip/o
fat
28
lumb/o
loins, lower back
29
lymph/o
lymphoid tissue, lymph gland
30
medi/o
middle
31
melan/o
black
32
my/o
muscle
33
necr/o
death, dead
34
neur/o
nerve
35
o/o
egg, ovum
36
ov/i
ovicide
37
ov/o
ovoid
38
oste/o
bone
39
path/o
disease
40
pelv/i
pelvis
41
poster/o
behind, back
42
proxim/o
near, nearest
43
sacr/o
sacrum
44
sarc/o
flesh
45
somat/o
body
46
sperm/o
spermatozoa, sperm
47
spermat/o
spermatolysis
48
spin/o
spine, thorn
49
super/o
above, excessive
50
thorac/o
thorax, chest
51
tox/o
poison, toxin
52
toxic/o
toxicology
53
troph/o
nourishment, development
54
umbilic/o
umbilicus, naval
55
ventr/o
front, belly side
56
vertebr/o
vertebra, spinal column
57
viscer/o
internal organs
