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Chapter 3
Combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities,top,extreme point |
| acu/o | sharp,severe,sudden |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| amni/o | amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchaial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| chem/o | drug, chemical |
| chondro/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 | water,fluid |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| lapar/o | abdomen, abdominal wal |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| leuk/o | white |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| morph/o | shape,form |
| muc/o | mucus |
| my/o | myscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord,bone marrow |
| necr/o | death (of cells or whole body) |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| neutr/o | neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| necle/o | nucleus |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | to eat,swallow |
| phleb/p | vein |
| plas/o | formation,development |
| pleur/o | pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall) |
| pneumon/o | lungs |
| pulmon/o | lungs |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| rect/o | rectum |
| 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 |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| ven/o | vein |
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