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Chapter3 LOM
combining forms LOM chapter 3
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extermeties, top, extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp, severe, sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion ( sac currounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | jiont |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi/o | life |
| blemphar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes (two tubes one right and one left that branch from the trachea to enterr the lungs) |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | chemical, drug |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| encephal/o | brain |
| erythr/o | red |
| hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hydr/o | fluid,water |
| inguin/o | grion |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx, vioce box |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph -a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body. |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cell of whole body) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutrophi (white blood cell) |
| nucle/o | nucleus |
| opthamal/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat, swallow |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | formation, development |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding the lungs and adjacented to chest wall) |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| splen/o | spleen |
| staphyl/o | clusters |
| strept/o | twisted chains |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| trach/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| ven/o | vein |
| -algia | pain |
| -cele | hernia |
| -centisis | surgical puncture to remove fluid |
| -coccus | berry-shaped bacterium |
| -cyte | cell |
| -dynia | pain |
| -ectomy | excision, removal resection |
| -emia | blood condition |
| -genesis | condition of producing, forming |
| -gram | record |
| -graph | instrument for recording |
| -graphy | process of recording |
| -itis | inflamation |
| -lysis | breakdown, destruction, seperation |
| -logy | study of |
| -malacia | softening |
| -megaly | enlargement |
| -oma | tumor, mass, swelling |
| -opsy | to view |
| -osis | condition, usually abnormal |
| -pathy | disease condition |
| -penia | deficiency |
| -phobia | fear |
| -plasia | developement, formation, growth |
| -plasty | surgical repair |
| -ptosis | drooping, sagging, prolapse |
| -sclerosis | hardening |
| -scope | instrument used for visual examination |
| -scopy | process of visual examination with an endoscope |
| -stasis | stopping, controlling |
| -stomy | opening to form a mouth (stoma) |
| -theropy | treatment |
| -tomy | incision, cutting into |
| -trophy | developement, nurishment |
| -er | one who |
| -ia | condition |
| -ist | specialist |
| -ole | little, small |
| -ule | little, small |
| -um, -ium | structure, tissue |
| -y | process, condition |
| -ac, -iac | pertaining to |
| -al | pertaining to |
| -ar, -ary | pertaining to |
| -eal | pertaining to |
| -genic | pertaining to producing, produced by, or in |
| -ic, _ical | pertaining to |
| -iod | resembling |
| -ous | pertaining to, full of |
| -tic | pertaining to |
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