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Medical Terminology Combining Forms
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| Abdomin/O | Abdomen |
| acetabul/o | acetabulum (hip socket) |
| Acr/O | Extremities, Top, Extreme Point |
| Acu/O | Sharp, Severe, 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 | alveolus, air sac |
| 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 |
| append/o, appendic/o | Appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | Joint |
| at/i | Birth |
| 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 | Head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | Cerebrum |
| cervic/o | cervix, neck |
| cheil/o | Lip |
| Chem/O | Drug/Chemical |
| 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 | Dust |
| 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 | skin |
| cutane/o | Skin |
| cyan/o | Blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary body |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tears, tear duct |
| dactyl/o | Fingers, toes |
| dent/i | Tooth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| diaphor/o | profuse sweating |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | back portion of the body |
| duct/o | To lead, carry |
| duoden/o | Duodenum |
| dur/o | dura mater |
| electr/o | Electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | Intestines |
| eosin/o | red, 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 sensation |
| estr/o | female |
| faci/o | Face |
| femor/o | femur (thigh bones) |
| fibul/o | fibula (smaller lower leg bone) |
| 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 | sex 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 |
| home/o | sameness |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| hydr/o | water, 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 (part of pelvic bone) |
| jejun/o | Jejunum |
| kal/i | potassium (an electrolyte) |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kerat/o | cornea, hard-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, Abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx, voice box |
| later/o | side |
| lept/o | thin, 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 | curve |
| 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 | middle |
| mediastin/o | Mediastinum |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| mening/o, meningi/o | membranes, meninges |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals (hand bones) |
| metatars/o | metatarsals (foot bones) |
| metr/o | uterus |
| mi/o | smaller, less |
| mon/o | one, single |
| morph/o | shape, form |
| mort/o | Death |
| 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 | night |
| norm/o | Rule, order |
| 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 | eye, 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 | Disease |
| pector/o | chest |
| 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, swallow |
| phak/o | lens of the eye |
| phalang/o | phalanges (finger, toe bones) |
| 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 | plant |
| pil/o | hair, hair follicle |
| pituitar/o | pituitary gland; hypophysis |
| Plas/O | Formation, Development |
| 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 age |
| proct/o | Anus, rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate gland |
| Prote/o | Protein |
| proxim/o | nearest |
| psych/o | Mind |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pub/o | Pubis |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| pupill/o | pupil |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pylor/o | Pyloric sphincter |
| radi/o | radius , X-Ray |
| radicul/o | nerve root |
| rect/o | Rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | Nose |
| 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 Cut |
| 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 cavity |
| somat/o | body |
| somn/o | Sleep |
| son/o | Sound |
| sperm/o | spermatozoa, semen |
| spher/o | globe, round |
| sphygm/o | pulse. |
| spin/o | spine, backbone |
| spir/o | Breathing |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| squam/o | scale-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 | order, coordination |
| tel/o | complete |
| terat/o | monster |
| test/o | testis, testicle |
| thalam/o | thalamus |
| the/o | To put, place |
| thec/o | sheath (refers to meninges) |
| thel/o | Nipple |
| thorac/o | chest |
| 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 |
| top/o | Place, position, location |
| tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
| tri | three |
| trich/o | hair |
| trigon/o | trigone |
| uln/o | ulna (lower arm bone) |
| umbilic/o | navel, 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 | belly side of the body |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(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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