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C1-Medical Terms
combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden/o | glands |
| arthr/0 | joints |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| root | foundation of the word |
| combining vowel | vowel(usually o) that links the root to the suffix or the root to another root |
| combining forms | combination of the root and the combining vowel |
| cis/o | to cut |
| crin/o | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman;female |
| hemat/o hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study of |
| nephr/o;ren/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| shin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract,urine |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| adip/o | fat |
| anter/o | front |
| bol/o | to cast (throw) |
| cervic/o | neck (of the body or of the uterus) |
| chondr/o | cartilage (type of connective tissue) |
| chrom/o | color |
| coocyg/o | coocyx (tailbone) |
| crani/o | skull |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| ili/o | ilium (part of the pelvic bone) |
| inguin/o | groin |
| kary/o; nucle/o | nucleus |
| later/o | side |
| lumb/o | lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis) |
| medi/o | middle |
| pelv/i | pelvis, hip region |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| sacr/o | sacrum |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| thel/o | nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
| ventr/o | vertebra(e), backbones |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
Created by:
RomeliaL.
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