Combining Forms: A - L Flashcards by B -

abdomin/o

abdomen

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abort/o

premature expulsion of a nonviable fetus

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abrad/o, abras/o

rub or scrape off

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abrupt/o

broken away from

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abscess/o

collection of pus, going away

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absorpt/o

suck up, suck in

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acanth/o

spiny, thorny

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acetabul/o

acetabulum (hip socket)

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acne/o

point or peak

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acous/o, acoust/o

hearing, sound

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acquir/o

get, obtain

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acr/o

extremities (hands and feet), top, extreme point

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acromi/o

acromion, point of shoulder blade

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actin/o

light

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acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden

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acuit/o, acut/o

sharp, sharpness

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acust/o

hearing, sense of hearing

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aden/o

gland

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adenoid/o

adenoids

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adhes/o

stick to, cling to

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adip/o

fat

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adnex/o

bound to

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adren/o, adrenal/o

adrenal glands

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aer/o

air, gas

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aesthet/o

sensation, sense of perception

affect/o

exert influence on

agglutin/o

clumping, stick together

aggress/o

attack, step forward

agor/a

marketplace

alb/i, alb/o, albin/o

white

albumin/o

albumin, protein

alg/e, algi/o, alg/o, algesi/o

relationship to pain

align/o

bring into line or correct position

aliment/o

to nourish

all/o

other, different from normal, reversal

alopec/o

baldness, mangy

alveol/o

alveolus, air sac, small sac

ambly/o

dull, dim

ambul/o, ambulat/o

walk

ametr/o

out of proportion

amni/o

amnion, fetal membrane

amput/o, amputat/o

cut away, cut off a part of the body

amyl/o

starch

an/o

anus, ring

andr/o

male, masculine

aneurysm/o

aneurysm

angi/o

blood or lymph vessel

angin/o

angina, choking, strangling

anis/o

unequal

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

anomal/o

irregularity

anter/o

before, front

anthrac/o

coal, coal dust

anxi/o, anxiet/o

anxiety, anxious, uneasy

aort/o

aorta

aphth/o

ulcer

apic/o

apex

aplast/o

defective development, lack of development

aponeur/o

aponeurosis (type of tendon)

apoplect/o

a stroke

append/o, appendic/o

appendix

aqu/i, aqu/o, aque/o

water

arachn/o

spiderweb, spider

arc/o

bow, arc, or arch

areat/o

occuring in patches or circumscribed areas

areol/o

little open space

arrect/o

upright, lifted up, raised

arter/o, arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

asbest/o

asbestos

aspir/o, aspirat/o

to breathe in

asthmat/o

gasping, choking

astr/o

star, star-shaped

atel/o

incomplete, imperfect

ather/o

plaque, fatty substance

athet/o

uncontrolled

atop/o

strange, out of place

atres/i

without an opening

atri/o

atrium

attenuat/o

diluted, weakened

audi/o, audit/o

ear, hearing, the sense of hearing

aur/i, aur/o

ear, hearing

auscult/a, auscult/o

listen

aut/o

self

ax/o

axis, main stem

axill/o

armpit

bacill/o

rod-shaped bacterium

bacteri/o

bacteria

balan/o

glans penis

bar/o

pressure, weight

bartholin/o

bartholin's gland

bas/o

base, opposite of acid

bi/o

life

bifid/o

split, divided into two parts

bifurcat/o

divide or fork into two branches

bil/i

bile, gall

bilirubin/o

bilirubin

blephar/o

eyelid

borborygm/o

rumbling sound

brachi/o

arm

brev/i, brev/o

short

bronch/i, bronchi/o, bronch/o

bronchial tube, bronchus

bronchiol/o

bronchiole, bronchiolus

brux/o

grind

bucc/o

cheek

burs/o

bursa, sac of fluid near joint

cadaver/o

dead body, corpse

calcane/o

calcaneus, heel bone

calc/i

calcium, lime, the heel

calc/i, calc/o

calcium

calcul/o

stone, little stone

cali/o, calic/o

cup, callyx

call/i, callos/o

hard, hardened and thickened

calor/i

heat

canalicul/o

little canal or duct

canth/o

corner of the eye

capill/o

hair

capit/o

head

capn/o

carbon dioxide, sooty or smoky appearance

capsul/o

little box

carb/o

carbon

carbuncl/o

carbuncle

carcin/o

cancerous

cardi/o, card/o

heart

cari/o

rottenness, decay

carot/o

stupor, sleep

carp/o

wrist bones

cartilag/o

cartilage, gristle

caruncul/o

bit of flesh

catabol/o

a breaking down

cathart/o

cleansing, purging

cathet/o

insert, send down

caud/o

lower part of body, tail

caus/o, caust/o

burning, burn

cauter/o, caut/o

heat, burn

cav/i, cav/o

hollow, cave

cavern/o

containing hollow spaces

cec/o

cecum

celi/o, cel/o

abdomen, belly

cement/o

cementum, a rough stone

cephal/o

head

cerebell/o

cerebellum

cerebr/o

cerebrum, brain

cerumin/o

cerumen, earwax

cervic/o

neck, cervix (neck of uterus)

cheil/o

lip or lips

cheir/o

hand

chem/i, chem/o, chemic/o

drug, chemical

chir/o

hand

chlor/o

green

chlorhydr/o

hydrochloric acid

chol/e

bile, gall

cholangi/o

bile duct

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

choledoch/o

common bile duct

cholesterol/o

cholesterol

chondr/i, chondr/o

cartilage

chord/o

spinal cord, cord

chori/o, chorion/o

chorion, membrane

choroid/o

choroid layer of eye

chrom/o, chromat/o

color

chron/o

time

chym/o

to pour, juice

cib/o

meal

cicatric/o

scar

cili/o

eyelashes, microscopic hair-like projections

circ/i

ring or circle

circulat/o

circulate, go around in a circle

circumcis/o

cutting around

circumscrib/o

confined, limited space

cirrh/o

orange-yellow, tawny

cis/o

cut

claudicat/o

limping

claustr/o

barrier

clav/i

key

clavicul/o, cleid/o

clavicle, collar bone

clitor/o

clitoris

clus/o

shut or close

coagul/o, coagulat/o

clotting, coagulation

coarct/o, coarctat/o

press together, narrow

cocc/i, cocc/o

spherical bacteria

coccyg/o

coccyx, tailbone

cochle/o

spiral, snail, snail shell

coher/o, cohes/o

cling, stick together

coit/o

a coming together

col/o

colon, large intestine

colp/o

vagina

column/o

pillar

comat/o

deep sleep

comminut/o

break into pieces

communic/o

share, to make common

compatibil/o

sympathize with

concav/o

hollow

concentr/o

condense, intensify, remove excess water

concept/o

become pregnant

conch/o

shell

concuss/o

shaken, together, violently agitated

condyl/o

knuckle, knob

confus/o

confusion, disorder

coni/o

dust

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva, joined together, connected

consci/o

aware, awareness

consolid/o

become firm or solid

constipat/o

pressed together, crowded together

constrict/o

draw tightly together

contact/o

touched, infected

contagi/o

infection, unclean, touching of something

contaminat/o

render unclean by contact, pollute

contine/o, continent/o

keep in, contain, hold back, restrain

contracept/o

prevention of conception

contus/o

bruise

convalesc/o

recover, become strong

convex/o

arched, vaulted

convolut/o

coiled, twisted

convuls/o

pull together

copi/o

plentiful

copulat/o

joining together, linking

cor/o

pupil

cord/o

cord, spinal cord

cordi/o

heart

core/o

pupil

cori/o

skin, leather

corne/o

cornea

coron/o

coronary, crown, heart

corp/u, corpor/o

body

corpuscul/o

little body

cortic/o

cortex, outer region

cost/o

rib

cox/o

hip, hip joint

crani/o

skull

creatin/o

creatinine

crepit/o, crepitat/o

crackling, rattling

crin/o,

secrete

cris/o, critic/o

turning point

cry/o

cold

crypt/o

hidden

cubit/o

elbow

culd/o

cul-de-sac, blind pouch

cult/o

cultivate

cusp/i

point, pointed flap

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cycl/o

ciliary body of eye, cycle

cyst/o

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

cyt/o

cell

dacry/o

tear, lacrimal duct (tear duct)

dacryocyst/o

lacrimal sac (tear sac)

dactyl/o

fingers, toes

debrid/e

open a wound

decidu/o

shedding, falling off

decubit/o

lying down

defec/o, defecat/o

to free from waste, clear

defer/o

carrying down or out

degenerat/o

gradual impairment, breakdown, diminished function

deglutit/o

swallow

deliri/o

wandering of the mind

delt/o

Greek letter delta, triangular shape

delus/o

delude, mock, cheat

dem/i, dem/o

people, population

dendr/o

branching, resembling a tree

dent/i, dent/o

tooth, teeth

depilate/o

hair removal

depress/o

press down, lower, pressed or sunk down

dermat/o, derm/o

skin

desic/o

drying

deteriorat/o

worsening or gradual impairment

dextr/o

right side

diaphor/o

sweat

diaphragmat/o

diaphragm, wall across

diastole/o

standing apart, expansion

didym/o

testes, twins, double

diffus/o

pour out, spread apart

digest/o

divide, distribute

digit/o

finger or toe

dilat/o, dilatat/o

spread out, expand

dilut/o

dissolve, separate

diphther/o

membrane

dipl/o

double

dips/o

thirst

dislocat/o

displacement

dissect/o

cutting apart

disseminat/o

widely scattered

dist/o

far

distend/o, distent/o

stretch apart, expand

diur/o, diuret/o

tending to increase urine output

divert/i

turning aside

domin/o

controlling, ruling

don/o

give

dors/i, dors/o

back of body

duct/o

to lead, carry

duoden/i, duoden/o

duodenum, first part of small intestine

ecchym/o

pouring out of juice

ech/o

sound

eclamps/o, eclampt/o

flashing or shining forth

eczemat/o

eruption

edemat/o

swelling, fluid, tumor

edentul/o

without teeth

effect/o

bring about a response, activate

effus/o

pouring out

ejaculat/o

throw or hurl out

electr/o

electricity, electric

elliminat/o

expel from the body

emaciat/o

wasted by disease

embol/o

something inserted or thrown in

embry/o

fertilized ovum, embryo

emet/o

vomit

emmetr/o

in proper measure

emolli/o

make soften, soften

encephal/o

brain

endocrin/o

secrete within

enem/o

end in, inject

enter/o

small intestine

epidemi/o

among the people, an epidemic

epididym/o

epididymis

epiglott/o

epiglottis

episi/o

vulva

epithel/i, epitheli/o

epithelium

equin/o

pertaining to a horse

erect/o

upright

erg/o

work

erot/o

sexual love

eruct/o, eructat/o

belch forth

erupt/o

break out, burst forth

erythem/o, erythemat/o

flushed, redness

erythr/o

red

esophag/o

esophagus

esthesi/o

sensation, feeling

esthet/o

feeling, nervous sensation, sense of perception

estr/o

female

ethm/o

sieve

eti/o

cause

evacu/o, evacuat/o

empty out

exacerbat/o

aggravate, irritate

exanthemat/o

rash

excis/o

cutting out

excori/o, excoriat/o

abrade or scratch

excret/o

separate, discharge

excruciat/o

intense pain, agony

exhal/o, exhalat/o

breathe out

exocrin/o

secrete out of

expector/o

cough up

expir/o, expirat/o

breathe out

exstroph/o

turned or twisted out

extern/o

outside, outer

extreme/o, extremit/o

extremity, outermost

extrins/o

from the outside, contained outside

exud/o, exudat/o

to sweat out

faci/o

face, form

fasci/o

fascia, fibrous band

fascicul/o

little bundle

fatal/o

pertaining to fate, death

fauc/i

narrow pass, throat

febr/i

fever

fec/i, fec/o

dregs, sediment, waste

femor/o

femur, thigh bone

fenestr/a

window

fer/o

bear, carry

fertil/o

fertile, fruitful, productive

fet/i, fet/o

fetus, unborn child

fibr/o

fibrous tissue, fiber

fibrill/o

muscular twitching

fibrin/o

fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot

fibros/o

fibrous connective tissue

fibul/o

fibula

fic/o

making, producing, forming

filtr/o, filtrat/o

filter, to strain through

fimbri/o

fringe

fiss/o, fissur/o

crack, split, cleft

fistul/o

tube or pipe

flat/o

flatus, breaking wind, rectal ras

flex/o

bend

flu/o

flow

fluor/o

glowing, luminous

foc/o

focus, point

foll/i

bag, sac

follicul/o

follicle, small sac

foramin/o

opening, foramen

form/o

resembling, in the shape of

fove/o

pit

fract/o

break, broken

frigid/o

cold

front/o

forehead, brow

funct/o, function/o

perform, function

fund/o

bottom, base, ground

fung/i

fungus

furc/o

forking, branching

furuncul/o

furunculus, a boil, an infection

galact/o

milk

gamet/o

wife or husband, egg or sperm

gangli/o, ganglion/o

ganglion

gangren/o

eating sore, gangrene

gastr/o

stomach, belly

gastrocnemi/o

gastrocnemius, calf muscle

gemin/o

twin, double

gen/o

producing, forming

genit/o

produced by, birth, reproductive organs

ger/i

old age

germin/o

bud, sprout, germ

geront/o

old age

gest/o, gestat/o

bear, carrying young or offspring

gigant/o

giant, very large

gingiv/o

gingival tissue, gums

glauc/o

gray

glen/o

socket or pit

gli/o

neurologic tissue, supportive tissue or nervous system

globin/o

protein

globul/o

little ball

glomerul/o

glomerulus

glott/i, glott/o

back of the tongue

gluc/o

sugar

glute/o

buttocks

glyc/o, glycos/o

glucose, sugar

glycer/o

sweet

glycogen/o

glycogen, animal starch

goitr/o

goiter, enlargement of the thyroid

gon/e, gon/o

seed

gonad/o

gonad, sex glands

goni/o

angle

grad/i

move, go, step, walk

granul/o

granule(s)

gravid/o

pregnancy

gynec/o

woman, female

gyr/o

turning, folding

hal/o, halit/o

breath

hallucin/o

hallucination, to wander in the mind

hem/e

deep red iron-containing pigment

hem/o, hemat/o

blood, relating to the blood

hemoglobin/o

hemoglobin

hepat/o

liver

hered/o, heredit/o

inherited, inheritance

herni/o

hernia

herpet/o

creeping

hiat/o

opening

hidr/o

sweat

hirsut/o

hair, rough

hist/o, histi/o

tissue

hom/o

same, like, alike

home/o

sameness, unchanging, constant

hormon/o

hormone

humer/o

humerus (upper arm bone)

hygien/o

healthy

hymen/o

a membrane, hymen

hypn/o

sleep

hyster/o

uterus

iatr/o

physician, treatment

ichthy/o

dry, scaly

icter/o

jaundice

idi/o

peculiar to the individual or organ, one, distinct

ile/o

ileum, small intestine

ili/o

ilium, hip bone

illusi/o

deception

immun/o

immune, protection, safe

impact/o

pushed against, wedged against, packed

impress/o

pressing into

impuls/o

pressure or pushing force, drive, urging on

incis/o

cutting into

incubat/o

incubation, hatch

indurat/o

hardened

infarct/o

filled in, stuffed

infect/o

infected, tainted

infer/o

below, beneath

infest/o

attack, assail, molest

inflammat/o

flame within, set on fire

infundibul/o

funnel

ingest/o

carry or pour in

inguin/o

groin

inhal/o, inhalat/o

breathe in

inject/o

to force or throw in

innominat/o

unnamed, nameless

inocul/o

implant, introduce

insipid/o

tasteless

inspir/o, inspirat/o

breathe in

insul/o

island

insulin/o

insulin

intact/o

untouched, whole

intermitt/o

not continuous

intern/o

within, inner

interstiti/o

the space between things

intestin/o

intestine

intim/o

innermost

intoxic/o

put poison in

intrins/o

contained within

introit/o

extrance or passage

intussuscept/o

take up or receive within

involut/o

rolled up, curled inward

iod/o

iodine

ion/o

ion, to wander

ir/i, ir/o, irid/o, irit/o

iris, colored part of eye

is/o

same, equal

isch/o

to hold back

ischi/o

ischium

jejun/o

jejunum

jugal/o

throat

kary/o

nuclues, nut

kel/o

growth, tumor

kerat/o

horny, hard, cornea

ket/o, keton/o

ketones, acetones

kines/o, kinesi/o

movement

klept/o

to steal

koil/o

hollow or concave

kraur/o

dry

kyph/o

bent, hump

labi/o

lip

labyrinth/o

maze, labyrinth, the inner ear

lacer/o, lacerat/o

torn, mangled

lacrim/o

tear, tear duct, lacrimal duct

lact/i, lact/o

milk

lactat/o

secrete milk

lamin/o

lamina

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

laps/o

slip, fall, slide

laryng/o

larynx, throat

lat/i, lat/o

broad

later/o

side

lav/o, lavat/o

wash, bath

lax/o, laxat/o

loosen, relax

leiomy/o

smooth (visceral) muscle

lent/i

the lens of the eye

lenticul/o

shaped like a lens; pertaining to a lens

lept/o

thin, slender

letharg/o

drowsiness, oblivion

leuk/o

white

lev/o, levat/o

raise, lift up

lex/o

word phrase

libid/o, libidin/o

sexual drive, desire, passion

ligament/o

ligament

ligat/o

binding or tying off

lingu/o

tongue

lipid/o, lip/o

fat

lith/o

stone, calculus

lob/i, lob/o

lobe, well-defined part of an organ

loc/o

location

loch/i

childbirth, confinement

longev/o

long-lived, long life

lord/o

curve, swayback, bent

lumb/o

lower back, loin

lumin/o

light

lun/o, lunat/o

moon

lunul/o

crescent

lup/i, lup/o

wolf

lute/o

yellow

lux/o

to slide

lymph/o

lymph lymphatic tissue

lymphaden/o

lymph node or gland

lymphangi/o

lymph vessel

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