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Combining forms2
Chapter 3 combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Abdomin/o | Abdomen |
| Acr/o | Extremities, top, extreme point |
| Acu/o | Sharp, sudden, severe |
| Aden/o | Gland |
| Adip/o | Fat |
| Amin/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 | Bronchial 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 |
| Chrondr/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 |
| Hyrd/o | Water, fluid |
| Inguin/o | Groin |
| Isch/o | To hold back |
| Lapar/o | Abdomen, abdominal wall |
| Laryng/o | Larynx (voice box) |
| Leuk/o | White |
| Lymph/o | Lymph- a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained 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 chord, bone marrow |
| Necr/o | Death (of cells or whole body) |
| Nephr/o | Kidney |
| Neur/o | Nerve |
| Neutr/o | Neutrophil (a white blood cell) |
| Nucle/o | Nucleus |
| Ophthalm/o | Eye |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Ot/o | Ear |
| Path/o | Disease |
| Peritone/o | Peritoneum |
| Phag/o | To eat, swallow |
| Phleg/o | Vein |
| Plas/o | Formation, development |
| Pleur/o | Pleura (membrane surrounding lungs adn adgacent to the 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 |
| Trache/o | Trachea (windpipe) |
| Ven/o | Vein |