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Medical Terminology Combining Forms
A | B |
Abdomin/O | Abdomen |
acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
Acr/O | Extremities, Top, Extreme Point |
Acu/O | Sharp, Astringent, Sudden |
Aden/O | Gland |
adenoid/o | Adenoids |
Adip/O | Fat |
adren/o | adrenal glands |
adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
albin/o | white |
albumino/o | albumin (protein) |
alges/o, -algesia | excessive sensitivity to pain |
alveol/o | air sac, alveolus |
ambly/o | dull, dim |
Amni/O | Amnion (Sac Around Embryo) |
Amyl/o | Starch |
an/o | Anus |
ana- | again, anew |
andr/o | male |
angi/o | vessel |
anter/o | front |
aort/o | aorta |
suspend/o, appendic/o | Appendix |
aque/o | water |
arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
arthr/o | Joint |
at/i | Nascency |
ather/o | yellowish plaque |
atri/o | atrium |
Axill/O | Armpit |
azot/o | urea; nitrogen |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
balan/o | glans penis |
bas/o | base |
bi/o | Life |
Bil/i | Gall, bile |
Bilirubin/o | Bilirubin |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bol/o | to cast (throw) |
brachi/o | arm |
bronch/o, bronchi/o, bronchiol/o | bronchial tube, Bronchus |
bucc/o | Cheek |
calc/o | calcium |
calcane/o | calcaneus (heal) |
calci/o | calcium |
cali/o, calic/o | calyx (calix) |
capn/o | carbon dioxide |
carcin/o | Cancerous, cancer |
cardi/o | Heart |
carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
caus/o | burn, burning |
cauter/o | heat, burn |
cec/o | Cecum |
celi/o | Belly, abdomen |
cephal/o | Caput |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
cerebr/o | Cerebrum |
cervic/o | cervix, cervix |
cheil/o | Lip |
Chem/O | Drug/Chemic |
Chlorhydr/o | Hydrochloric acid |
Chol/e | Gall, bile |
cholangi/o | Gall bladder vessel |
cholecyst/o | Gall bladder |
choledoch/o | Common bile duct |
cholesterol/o | cholesterol |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
chrom/o | color |
Chron/P | Time |
cib/o | Meals |
cis/o | To cut |
clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
coagul/o | clotting |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
col/o, colon/o | Colon, large intestine |
colp/o | vagina |
comat/o | deep sleep |
coni/o | Grit |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |
cor/o | pupil |
corne/o | cornea |
coron/o | heart |
cortic/o | cortex, outer region |
cost/o | ribs |
crani/o | cranium (skull) |
crin/o | secrete |
crin/o | To secrete |
cry/o | cold |
crypt/o | hidden |
culd/o | cul-de-sac |
cutane/o | peel |
cutane/o | Skin |
cyan/o | Blue |
cycl/o | ciliary torso |
cyst/o | urinary bladder |
cyt/o | jail cell |
dacry/o | tears, tear duct |
dactyl/o | Fingers, toes |
dent/i | Tooth |
derm/o | skin |
dermat/o | pare |
diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
dipl/o | double |
dips/o | thirst |
dist/o | far, distant |
dors/o | dorsum portion of the trunk |
duct/o | To lead, bear |
duoden/o | Duodenum |
dur/o | dura mater |
electr/o | Electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | Intestines |
eosin/o | carmine, dawn, rosy |
epididym/o | epididymis |
epiglott/o | Epiglottis |
episi/o | vulva |
erythem/o | redness |
erythemat/o | redness |
erythr/o | red |
esophag/o | Esophagus |
esthesi/o, -esthesia | feeling, nervous awareness |
estr/o | female person |
faci/o | Face up |
femor/o | femur (thigh bones) |
fibul/o | fibula (smaller lower leg os) |
flex/o | To bend |
furc/o | Forking, branching |
galact/o | milk |
gastr/o | Stomach |
gingiv/o | Gums |
glauc/o | gray |
gli/o | glial cells |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
gloss/o | Tongue |
gluc/o, glyc/o, glycos/o | sugar, glucose |
gn/o | Knowledge |
gon/o | seed |
gonad/o | sexual practice glands (ovaries, testes) |
granul/o | granules |
gynec/o | Woman, Female |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
hemoglobin/o | hemoglobin |
hepat/o | Liver |
hidr/o | sweat |
hist/o | tissue |
abode/o | sameness |
hormon/o | hormone |
humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
hydr/o | h2o, fluid |
hyster/o | uterus, womb |
iatr/o | Treatment, Physician |
ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
ile/o | Ilium |
ili/o | ilium (upper part of pelvic bone) |
immun/o | protection |
inguin/o | groin |
ir/o | iris |
irid/o | iris |
is/o | same, equal |
isch/o | to hold back; back |
ischi/o | ischium (function of pelvic bone) |
jejun/o | Jejunum |
kal/i | potassium (an electrolyte) |
kary/o | nucleus |
kerat/o | cornea, difficult-horney tissue |
ket/o; keton/o | ketones; acetones |
kines/o | movement |
kyph/o | posterior curvature in thoracic region |
labi/o | Lip |
lacrim/o | tears |
lact/o | milk |
lamin/o | lamina |
Lapr/O | Abdomen, Intestinal wall |
laryng/o | larynx, vox box |
later/o | side |
lept/o | sparse, slender |
leuk/o | white |
lex/o | word, phrase |
lingu/o | Tongue |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone |
lob/o | lobe of the lung |
log/o | Study |
lord/o | bend |
lumb/o | loins, lower back |
lymph/o | lymph |
lymphaden/o | lymph node |
malleol/o | malleolus |
mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
mandibul/o | mandible (lower jaw bone) |
maxill/o | maxilla (upper jaw bone) |
meat/o | meatus |
medi/o | centre |
mediastin/o | Mediastinum |
melan/o | black |
men/o | period, menstruation |
mening/o, meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand basic) |
metatars/o | metatarsals (foot basic) |
metr/o | uterus |
mi/o | smaller, less |
monday/o | 1, single |
morph/o | shape, form |
mort/o | Decease |
Muc/O | Mucus |
my/o | muscle |
myc/o | fungus |
mydr/o | widen, enlarge |
myel/o | Spinal Cord, Bone Marrow |
myom/o | muscle tumor |
myx/o | mucus |
nas/o | nose |
nat/i | birth |
natr/o | sodium (an electrolyte) |
necr/o | death |
nect/o | To bind, tie, connect |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
neutr/o | neutral, Neutrophil (WBC) |
noct/o | nighttime |
norm/o | Rule, gild |
nucle/o | nucleus |
nyct/o | night |
o/o | egg |
obstetr/o | midwife |
ocul/o | eye |
odont/o | Tooth |
ogli/o | scanty |
olecran/o | olecranon (elbow) |
onc/o | Tumor |
onych/o | nail |
oophor/o | ovary |
ophthalm/o | eye |
opt/o | centre, vision |
optic/o | eye, vision |
or/o | Mouth |
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o | testis, testicle |
orth/o | straight, upright |
oste/o | bone |
ot/O | Ear |
ov/o | egg |
ovari/o | ovary |
ovul/o | egg |
ox/o | Oxygen |
palat/o | Palate |
palpebr/o | eyelid |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
papill/o | optic disc |
parathyroid/o | parathyroid gland |
patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
path/o | Illness |
pector/o | breast |
ped/o | Child |
pelv/i | pelvis |
Pen/i, Phall/i | Penis |
perine/o | perineum |
peritone/o | Peritoneum |
perone/o | fibula |
phac/o | lens of the eye |
phag/o | eat, eat |
phak/o | lens of the heart |
phalang/o | phalanges (finger, toe basic) |
pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
Phelb/O | Vein |
phon/o | voice |
phor/o | to bear |
phot/o | light |
phren/o | diaphragm |
phys/o | growing |
phyt/o | institute |
pil/o | pilus, hair follicle |
pituitar/o | pituitary gland; hypophysis |
Plas/O | Formation, Evolution |
pleur/o | Pleura |
Pleur/O | Pleura |
pneum/o, pneumon/o | air, lung |
poikil/o | varied, irregular |
pont/o | pons |
poster/o | back, behind |
presby/o | old historic period |
proct/o | Anus, rectum |
prostat/o | prostate gland |
Prote/o | Protein |
proxim/o | nearest |
psych/o | Listen |
pub/o | pubis |
pub/o | Pubis |
pulmon/o | lung |
pupill/o | educatee |
py/o | pus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
pylor/o | Pyloric sphincter |
radi/o | radius , 10-Ray |
radicul/o | nervus root |
rect/o | Rectum |
ren/o | kidney |
retin/o | retina |
rhin/o | Olfactory organ |
rhythid/o | wrinkle |
salping/o | fallopian tubes |
sarc/o | Flesh |
scapul/o | scapula (shoulder blade) |
scler/o | sclera (white of the eye) |
scoli/o | crooked |
scot/o | darkness |
seb/o | sebum |
sect/o | To Cutting |
semin/i | semen, seed |
seps/o | Infection |
Sial/o | Saliva, salivary |
sialaden/o | Salivary glands |
sider/o | iron |
sigmoid/o | Sigmoid colon |
sinus/o | sinus crenel |
somat/o | body |
somn/o | Sleep |
son/o | Sound |
sperm/o | spermatozoa, semen |
spher/o | earth, round |
sphygm/o | pulse. |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
spir/o | Animate |
splen/o | spleen |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
squam/o | calibration-like |
Staphyl/O | Clusters |
steat/o | fat |
Steat/o | Fat |
ster/o | solid structure |
stern/o | sternum (breastbone) |
steth/o | chest |
stomat/o | Mouth |
Strept/O | Twisted Chains |
syncop/o | cut off |
tars/o | tarsals |
tax/o | guild, coordination |
tel/o | complete |
terat/o | monster |
exam/o | testis, testicle |
thalam/o | thalamus |
the/o | To put, place |
thec/o | sheath (refers to meninges) |
thel/o | Nipple |
thorac/o | breast |
thromb/o | Clot, Clotting |
thym/o | thymus gland |
thyr/o | thyroid gland |
thyr/o | Thyroid gland |
thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
tibi/o | tibia (shin bone) |
toc/o | childbirth |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
summit/o | Place, position, location |
tox/o, toxic/o | poisonous substance |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
tri | 3 |
trich/o | hair |
trigon/o | trigone |
uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone) |
umbilic/o | belly button, umbilicus |
ungu/o | nail |
ur/o | Urinary tract, Urine |
ureter/o | ureter |
urethr/o | urethra |
urin/o | urine |
uter/o | uterus |
uve/o | uvea |
uvul/o | Uvula |
vag/o | vagus nerve |
vagin/o | vagina |
valvul/o, valv/o | valve |
varic/o | varicose veins |
vas/o | vessel, duct |
vascul/o | vessel |
Ven/O | Vein |
ven/o, ven/i | vein |
ventr/o | abdomen side of the body |
ventricul/o | ventricle |
vertebr/o | vertebra(east), courage(s) |
vesic/o | urinary bladder |
viscer/o | internal organs |
vitre/o | glassy |
vulv/o | vulva |
xanth/o | yellow |
xer/o | dry |
zo/o | animal life |
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