Unit 1 - Combining Forms Flashcards
1
Q
root
A
foundation of the term
2
Q
suffix
A
word ending
3
Q
prefix
A
word beginning
4
Q
combining vowel
A
vowel (usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root
5
Q
combining form
A
combination of the root and the combining vowel
6
Q
aden/o
A
gland
7
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
8
Q
bi/o
A
life
9
Q
carcin/o
A
cancerous, cancer
10
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
11
Q
cephal/o
A
head
12
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum / largest part of the brain
13
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
14
Q
crin/o
A
to secrete (to form & give off)
15
Q
cyst/o
A
urinary bladder; a sac or cyst (sac containing fluid)
16
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
17
Q
derm/o
A
skin
18
Q
dermat/o
A
skin
19
Q
electr/o
A
electricity
20
Q
encephal/o
A
brain
21
Q
enter/o
A
intestines (usually small intestine)
22
Q
erythr/o
A
red
23
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
24
Q
glyc/o
A
sugar
25
gnos/o
knowledge
26
gynec/o
woman, female
27
hemat/o
blood
28
hem/o
blood
29
hepat/o
liver
30
iatr/o
treatment, physician
31
leuk/o
white
32
log/o
study of
33
nephr/o
kidney
34
neur/o
nerve
35
onc/o
tumor
36
opthalm/o
eye
37
oste/o
bone
38
path/o
disease
39
ped/o
child
40
psych/o
mind
41
radi/o
x-rays
42
ren/o
kidney
43
rhin/o
nose
44
sarc/o
flesh
45
sect/o
to cut
46
thromb/o
clot, clotting
47
ur/o
urinary tract, urine
