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CF Basics
From the Language of Medicine Chapter 1
Combining Form | Medical Meaning |
---|---|
abdomen/o- | abdomen |
append/o- | appendix |
arteri/o- | artery |
arthr/0- | joint |
bi/0- | life;living organisms |
card/o- | heart |
cardi/0- | heart |
cholcyst/0- | gallbladder |
col/o- | colon |
colon/o- | colon |
communicat/o- | impart; transmit |
cost/o- | rib |
cutane/o- | skin |
derm/o- | skin |
digest/o- | break down food; digest |
enter/o- | intestine |
esthes/o- | sensation; feeling |
etym/o- | word origin |
gastr/o- | stomach |
gemin/o- | set or group |
hem/o- | blood |
hepat/o- | liver |
hyster/o- | uterus (womb) |
intestine/o- | intestine |
laper/o- | abdomen |
laryng/0 | larynx (voice box) |
later/o- | side |
mamm/o- | breast |
medic/o- | physician; meicine |
menstru/o- | monthly discharge of blood |
ment/o- | mind |
muscul/o- | muscle |
nas/o- | nose |
neur/o- | nerve |
nucle/o- | nucleus |
nutri/o- | nourichment |
pelv/o- | pelvis |
phag/o- | eating; swallowing |
pleg/o- | paralysis |
pneumon/o- | lung; air |
psych/o- | mind |
sperm/o- | sperm |
spir/o- | breathe |
tens/o- | pressure |
therap/o- | therapy |
thyroid/o- | thyroid gland |
tonsill/o- | tonsil |
trache/o- | trachea |
ven/o- | vein |