LOM Combining Forms
Terms
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- abdomin/o
- abdomin
- arthr/o
- joint
- acr/o
- extremities, top, extreme point
- aden/o
- gland
- acu/o
- sharp, severe, sudden
- bi/o
- life
- carcin/o
- cancer
- agor/a
- marketplace
- cardi/o
- heart
- amni/o
- amnion (sac surrounding embryo)
- angi/o
- vessel
- cerebr/o
- cerebrum
- arteri/o
- artery
- cis/o
- to cut
- crin/o
- secrete
- axill/o
- armpit
- cyst/o
- urinary bladder
- blephar/o
- eyelid
- cyt/o
- cell
- bronch/o
- bronchial tube
-
derm/o
dermat/o - skin
- electr/o
- electricity
- chem/o
- drug
- encephal/o
- brain
- chondr/o
- cartilage
- enter/o
- intestines (small)
- chron/o
- time
- erythr/o
- red
- col/o
- colon (large intestines)
- gastr/o
- stomach
- gnos/o
- knowledge
- gynec/o
- female
-
hemat/o
hem/o - blood
- hydr/o
- water, fluid
- hepat/o
- liver
- inguin/o
- groin
- iatr/o
- treatment
- isch/o
- to hold back
- lapar/o
- abdomen, abdominal wall
- leuk/o
- white
- laryng/o
- larynx (voice box)
- nephr/o
- kidney
- lymph/o
- lymph
- neur/o
- nerve
- mamm/o
- breast
- onc/o
- tumor
- mast/o
- breast
- ophthalm/o
- eye
- morph/o
- shape, form
- oste/o
- bone
- muc/o
- mucus
- path/o
- disease
- my/o
- muscle
- ped/o
- child
- myel/o
- bone marrow
- psych/o
- mind
- necr/o
- death (of cells or whole body)
- radi/o
- x-rays
- ren/o
- kidney
- rhin/o
- nose
- neutr/o
-
neutral
(neither base nor acid) - sarc/o
- flesh
- sect/o
- to cut
- thromb/o
- clot
- ot/o
- ear
- ur/o
- urinary tract, urine
- cephal/o
- head
- peritone/o
- peritoneum
- adip/o
- fat
- phag/o
- eat, swallow
- anter/o
- front
- phleb/o
- vein
- bol/o
- to cast (throw)
- plas/o
- formation, development
- cervic/o
- neck
- pleur/o
- pleura (membranes surrounding lungs)
- pneumon/o
- lungs
- chrom/o
- color
- pulmon/o
- lungs
- coccyg/o
- tailbone
- rect/o
- rectum
- crani/o
- skull
- dist/o
- far, distant
- splen/o
- spleen
- hist/o
- tissue
- staphyl/o
- clusters
- ili/o
- ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
- strept/o
- twisted chains
- thorac/o
- chest
- kary/o
- nucleus
- later/o
- side
- tonsill/o
- tonsils
- lumb/o
- lower back, flank region
- trache/o
- trachea, windpipe
- medi/o
- medical
- ven/o
- vein
- carp/o
- wrist bones
- nucle/o
- nucleus
- cib/o
- meals
- pelv/o
- hip, pelvic cavity
- poster/o
- back, behind
- cost/o
- rib
- proxim/o
- nearest
- cutane/o
- skin
- sacr/o
- sacrum
- dactyl/o
- fingers, toes
- spin/o
- spine, backbone
- duct/o
- to lead, carry
- thel/o
- nipple
- flex/o
- to bend
- furc/o
- forking, branching
- gloss/o
- tongue
- umbilic/o
- navel
- glyc/o
- sugar
- ventr/o
- belly
- immun/o
- protection
- vertebr/o
- backbones
- viscer/o
- internal organs
- mort/o
- death
- nat/i
- birth
- nect/o
- to bind, tie, connect
- norm/o
- rule, order
- ox/o
- oxygen
- pub/o
- pubis (pubic bone)
- seps/o
- infection
- somn/o
- sleep
- son/o
- sound
- the/o
- to put, place
- thyr/o
- shield (shape of the thyroid gland resembles a sheild)
- top/o
- place, position, location
- tox/o
- poison
- urethr/o
- urethra
- bas/o
-
base
(alkaline, the opposite of acid) - coagul/o
- clotting
- eosin/o
- red, dawn, rosy
- granul/o
- granules
- hem/o
- blood
- hemat/o
- blood
- hemoglobin/o
- hemoglobin
- is/o
- same, equal
- mon/o
- one, single
- poikil/o
- varied, irregular
- sider/o
- iron
- spher/o
- globe, round
- lymphaden/o
- lymph node, gland
- thym/o
- thymus gland
- albin/o
- white
- caus/o
- burn. burning
- cauter/o
- heat, burn
- derm/o
- skin
- dermat/o
- skin
- diaphor/o
- profuse sweating
- erythem/o
- redness
- erythemat/o
- redness
- hidr/o
- sweat
- ichthy/o
- scaly, dry
- kerat/o
- hard, horny tissue
- lip/o
- fat
- melan/o
- black
- myc/o
- mold, fungus
- onych/o
- nail
- phyt/o
- plant
- pil/o
- hair, hair follicle
- rhytid/o
- wrinkle
- seb/o
- sebum
- squam/o
- scale-like
- steat/o
- fat
- trich/o
- hair
- ungu/o
- nail
- xanth/o
- yellow
- xer/o
- dry
- aer/o
- air
- alges/o
- sensitivity to pain
- cras/o
- mixture
- erg/o
- work
- esthes/o
- feeling, sensation
- hypn/o
- sleep
- lingu/o
- tongue
- narc/o
- stupor
- or/o
- mouth
- pharmac/o
- drug
- prurit/o
- itching
- pyret/o
- fever
- thec/o
- sheath (of brain and spinal cord)
- vas/o
- vessel
- vit/o
- life