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Mrs. Brown A & P
Mrs. Brown comb. 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; aur/i | 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 |
chondr/o | cartilage |
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 intestines |
eosin/o | red, rosy |
erythr/o | red |
estr/o | female |
gastr/o | stomach |
gen/o | producing; procduced by |
glauc/o | gray |
gloss/o | tounge |
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/o | equal |
kary/o | nucleus |
kinesi/o | movement |
lacrim/o | tear |
lapar/o | abdominal wall |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone; calculus |
lumb/o | lower back |
lymph/o | lymph |
mamm/o mast/o | breast |
medi/o | middle |
melan/o | black |
lening/o | membrane |
men/o | menses, menstruation |
ment/o | mind |
metr/o | uterus |
mon/o | one |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
ocul/o | eye |
olig/o | scanty |
onc/o | tumor |
onych/o | nail |
oophor/o | ovary |
opthalm/o | eye |
orchid/o | testes |
orth/o | straight, upright |
oste/o | bone |
ot/o | ear |
pachy/o | thick, heavy |
ped/o | child, foot |
phag/o | eat |
phleb/o | vein |
phren/o | diaphragm, mind, phrenic nerve |
pod/o | foot |
port/o | liver |
poster/o | back (of body); behind |
proct/o | rectum |
poiki/o | variable, irregular |
proxim/o | toward; nearer to |
presby/o | old, old age |
pseud/o | false |
psych/o | mind |
py/o | pus |
pyr/o | fever; fire |
rachi/o | spine |
radi/o | x-rays |
rect/o | rectum |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
salping/o | tube |
sarc/o | flesh |
scler/o | hard |
sept/o | wall |
somat/o | body |
spri/o | breath |
spondyl/o | vertebrae |
steth/o | chest |
thorac/o | chest |
top/o | place, position, location |
trich/o | hair |
ungu/o | nail |
ur/o | urine |
vas/o | vessel |
ven/o | vein |
ventr/o | belly side of body |
vesic/o | bladder |
viscer/o | internal organs |