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A & P Combing A-K
A & P Medical Terms Combining Forms
Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
acr/o | extremity |
aden/o | gland |
aer/o | air |
albin/o | white |
ambly/o | dimness |
andr/o | male |
angi/o | vessel |
anis/o | unequal, dissimilar |
anter/o | front |
arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | joint |
asthen/o | lack of strength, weakness |
ather/o | plaque; fatty substance |
audi/o | hearing |
aur/o | ear |
bi/o | life |
blephar/o | eyelid |
brachi/o | arm |
carcin/o | cancerous, CA |
cardi/o | heart |
carp/o | wrist |
caud/o | tail |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | brain |
cervic/o | neck |
cheil/o | lip |
chem/o | drug; chemical |
chir/o | hand |
chlor/o | green |
chol/e | bile; gall |
cholangi/o | bile duct |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
chrom/o | color |
cis/o | to cut |
col/o, colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
colp/o | vagina |
coron/o | heart |
cost/o | rib |
crani/o | skull |
cutane/o | skin |
cyan/o | blue |
cyst/o | cyst, bladder, sac |
cyt/o | cell |
dacry/o | tear |
dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
dent/i, odont/o | tooth, teeth |
derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
dipl/o | double |
dips/o | thirst |
dors/o | back |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | small intestine |
eosin/o | red, rosy |
erythr/o | red |
estr/o | female |
gastr/o | stomach |
gen/o | producing; produced by |
glauc/o | gray |
gloss/o | tongue |
gluc/o | glucose; sugar |
glyc/o | sugar |
gynec/o | female |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hidr/o | sweat |
hist/o | tissue |
hydr/o | water |
hyster/o | uterus |
iatr/o | relationship to a physician or medicine |
ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
inguin/o | groin |
is/oo | equal |
kary/o | nucleus |
kinesi/o | movement |