LOM7e-Chapter 4-Combining Forms
Terms
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- abdomin/o
- abdomen
- acr/o
- extremities, top, extreme point
- acu/o
- sharp, severe, sudden
- aden/o
- gland
- adip/o
- fat
- agor/A
-
marketplace
(open, crowded spaces) - amni/o
-
amnion
(sac surrounding embryo) - angi/o
-
vessel or the blood
(blood vessel) - anter/o
- anterior/front (before)
-
arteri/o
arter/o - artery
- aRTHR/o
- joint or joints
- aTHER/o
- fatty substance
- axill/o
- armpit
- bas/o
- 'base' or 'opposite of acid'
- bi/o
- life
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- bol/o
- to cast; throw
-
bronch/o
OR
bronch(i)/o -
bronchial tubes
(branch from trachea to enter lungs)
(windpipe) -
calci/o
OR
calc/i - calcium
- carcin/o
- cancer; cancerous
- cardi/o
- heart
- caud/o
- tail; lower part of the body
- cephal/o
- head
- cerebr/o
-
cerebrum
(largest part of the brain) - cervic/o
-
neck
(of the body or uterus) - chem/o
- chemical or drug
- chondr/o
- cartilage
- chrom/o
- color
- chron/o
- time
- cis/o
- to cut
- coccyg/o
-
coccyx
(tailbone) - col/o
-
colon
(large intestine) - crani/o
- skull
- crin/o
- secrete; to form and give off
- cyst/o
-
urinary bladder;
a sac or a cyst;
sac containing fluid - cyt/o
- cell
- derm/o
- skin
- dermat/o
- skin
- dist/o
- far; distant from origin
- dors/o
- back (of the body)
- electr/o
- electricity
- encephal/o
- (entire) brain
- enter/o
- intestines, usually the small intestines
- eosin/o
- rosy
- epitheli/o
-
skin;
epithelium
(the covering of internal/external surfaces of the body, including lining of vessels & other small cavities) - erythr/o
- red or erythrocyte
- gastr/o
- stomach
- glyc/o
- glucose; sugar
- gnos/o
- knowledge
- gon/o
- seed
- granul/o
- granule
- gynec/o
- women; female diseases
- hem/o
- blood
- hemat/o
- blood
- hepat/o
- liver
- hist/o
- tissue
- iatr/o
- treatment
- ili/o
-
ilium
(part of the pelvic bone) - inguin/o
- groin
- is/o
- 'same' or 'equal'
- isch/o
- back; to hold back
- kary/o
- nucleus
- lapar/o
- abdomen; abdominal wall; flank
- laryng/o
-
larynx
(voice box) - later/o
- side
-
leuk/o
leuc/o - white
- lith/o
- stone or calculus
- log/o
- study of
- lymph/o
-
lymph
(clear liquid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels & nodes throughout the body) - mamm/o
- breast
- mast/o
- breast
- medi/o
- middle
- mediastin/o
-
mediastinum
(located outside of & between lungs; part b. of the thoracic cavity) - mon/o
- one
- morph/o
- shape; form
- muc/o
- mucus
- my/o
- muscle
- myel/o
-
spinal cord and bone marrow
(context of usage indicates the meaning intended) - necr/o
-
death
(of cells or whole body) - nephr/o
-
kidney
(Greek form) - neur/o
- nerve
- neutr/o
-
'neither' or 'neutral'
OR
neutrophil (a white blood cell) - nucle/o
- nucleus
- onc/o
- tumor
- omphal/o
- umbilicus; navel
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- oste/o
- bone
- ot/o
- ear
- path/o
- disease
- ped/o
- child or foot
- pelv/o
- hip; pelvic cavity
- peritone/o
-
peritoneum
(double-folded membrane surrounding the abdominal cavity) - phag/o
- 'to eat' or 'to swallow'
- pharyng/o
-
pharynx
(throat) - phleb/o
- vein
- plas/o
- formation; development; growth
- pleur/o
-
pleura
(membranes surrounding lungs & adjacent to chest wall muscles) - pneum/o
- lung; air; gas
- poster/o
- posterior; back; behind
- proxim/o
- near; proximal; nearest point of origin
- psych/o
- mind
- pulmon/o
- lung
- radi/o
-
x-ray; radioactivity;
radius (lateral lower arm bone) - rect/o
- rectum
- ren/o
-
kidney
(Latin form) - reticul/o
- network
- rhin/o
- nose
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- sarc/o
- flesh
- seb/o
- sebum
- sebace/o
- sebum
- sect/o
- to cut
- spin/o
- spine; backbone
- splen/o
- spleen
- staphyl/o
- clusters; uvula
- strept/o
- twisted (chains)
- thel/o
- nipple
- thorac/o
- chest
- thromb/o
- clot, clotting, or thrombosis
- thym/o
-
thymus gland
(primary gland of the lymphatic system) - tonsill/o
- tonsils
- trache/o
-
trachea
(windpipe) - umbilic/o
- umbilicus; navel
- ur/o
- urinary tract; urine
- ureter/o
-
ureter
(1 pair fibromuscular tubes that transport urine from kidneys to bladder) - ven/o
- vein
- ventr/o
- front (side of the body)
- vertebr/o
- vertebrae or backbones
- viscer/o
- internal organs
- carp/o
- wrist bones (carpals)
- cib/o
- meals, food
- cost/o
- rib
- cutane/o
- skin
- dactyl/o
- fingers, toes
- duct/o
- to lead, carry
- flex/o
- bend
- furc/o
- forking, branching
- gloss/o
- tongue
- immun/o
- protection
- mort/o
- death
- nat/I
- birth
- nect/o
- to bind, tie, connect
- norm/o
- rule, order
- ox/o
- oxygen
- pub/o
-
pubis (pelvic bone);
anterior portion of the pelvic or hipbone - seps/o
- infection
- somn/o
- sleep
- son/o
- sound
- the/o
- to put, place
- thyr/o
-
'a shield';
OR
thyroid gland - top/o
- place, position, location
- tox/o
- poison
- metr/o
- measure OR uterus
- urethr/o
- urethra
- adenoid/o
- adenoid
- aer/o
- air
- alb/o
- white
- amyl/o
- starch
- albumin/o
- albumin
- ankyl/o
-
crooked; bent;
stiff; fused - aort/o
- aorta (largest artery)
- append (ic)/o
- appendix
- articul/o
- joint
- atel/o
- incomplete; imperfect
- aur/o
- ear
- bil/i
- bile
- brachi/o
- arm
- blast/o
- embryonic form
- bucc/o
- cheek
- burs/o
-
bursa
(sac of fluid near joints) - calcane/o
- calcaneus (heel bone)
- cec/o
- cecum
- chlor/o
- green
- chol/e
- bile or gall
- cholecyst/o
- gallbladder
- chori/o
- fetal covering
- clavicul/o
- clavicle
- colp/o
- vagina/hollow
- cry/o
- cold
- crypt/o
- hide; conceal
- cyan/o
- blue
-
dent/i
dent/o - teeth
- dextr/o
- right
- dips/o
- thrist
- disc/o
- disk/disc
- duoden/o
- duodenum
- esophag/o
- esophagus
-
esthesi/o
esthes/o - feeling
- femor/o
- femur
- fet/o
- fetus
- fibr/o
- fiber
- fibul/o
- fibula
- front/o [CS]
- forehead/front
- galact/o
- milk
- genit/o [CS]
- genitals
- ger/o
- old age; the aged
- glomerul/o
-
glomerulus
(a network of capillaries) - gnath/o
- jaw
- hom/o
- same; alike; common
- humer/o
- humerus (upper arm bone)
- hydr/o
- water
- hyster/o
- uterus/womb
- ile/o
- ileum (small intestine)
- salping/o
- tube (uterine; auditory)
- infer/o
- inferior
- intestin/o
- intestine
- irid/o
- colored circles/iris
- ischi/o
- ischium (hip bone/joint)
- jejun/o
- jejunum
- labi/o
- lip
- lacrim/o
- tear/crying
- lact/o
- milk
- lingu/o
- tongue
- lip/o
- fat
- lob/o
- lobe
- lumb/o
- lower back
- men/o
- menses; month
- mening/o
-
meninges
(membranes covering spinal cord & brain) - metri/o
- uterus (uterine tissue)
- myc/o
- fungus
- narc/o
- sleep; numbness; stupor
- nas/o
- nose
- odont/o
- teeth
- odyn/o
- pain; distress
- orth/o
- straight
- pancreat/o
- pancreas
- patell/o
- patella (kneecap)
- pharmac/o
- drugs/medicine
- pelv/i
- pelvic bone; hip
- phon/o
- sound; voice
- phot/o
- light
- phren/o
- diaphragm, phrenic nerves; mind
- proct/o
- rectum; anus
- prostat/o
- prostate
- coni/o
- dust
- py/o
- pus
- scrot/o
- scrotum
- semin/i
- semen
- ser/o
- serum; serous
- somat/o
- body
- spermat/o
- seed; spermatozoon
- sphen/o
- wedge-shaped; sphenoid bone or a wedge
- spondyl/o
- vertebra
- stern/o
- sternum
- tars/o
- tarsus; hindfoot; ankle
- tempor/o
-
temporal bone of the skull;
temporary - ten/o
- tendon; tight band
- synov/o
-
synovial fluid; synovial membrane;
synovial sheath around a tendon - therm/o
- heat