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Combining Form
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer, cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| crin/o | secrete |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| leuk/o | white |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| psych/o | mind |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| thromb/o | clotting |
| amni/o | amnion |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | plaque, collection of fatty material |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chron/o | time |
| col/o | colon |
| crani/o | skull |
| cry/o | cold |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| leuk/o | white |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| men/o | menstruation |
| mening/o | meninges |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow |
| necr/o | death |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ot/o | ear |
| pelv/o | hip area |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney |
| salping/o | fallopian tube |
| septic/o | pertaining to infection |
| thorac/o | chest |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| an/o | anus |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| cis/o | to cut |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| gen/o | to produce |
| later/o | side |
| nat/i | birth |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| plas/o | formation, growth |
| scapul/o | shoulder blade |
| son/o | sound |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| top/o | to put, place |
| troph/o | development |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ven/o | vein |
| vertebr/o | vertebra |
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