Combining Forms: M - Z Flashcards by Curious Canadian

macul/o

spot

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magn/o

great, large

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major/o

larger

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malign/o

bad, evil,

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malle/o

malleus, hammer

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malleol/o

malleolus, little hammer

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mamm/o

breast

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man/i

madness, rage

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man/i, man/o

hand

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mandibul/o

mandible, lower jaw

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manipul/o

use of hands

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manubri/o

handle

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masset/o

chew

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mast/o

breast

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mastic/o, masticat/o

chew

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mastoid/o

mastoid process

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matern/o

maternal, of a mother

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matur/o

ripe

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maxill/o

maxilla (upper jaw)

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maxim/o

largest, greatest

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meat/o

opening or passageway

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medi/o

middle

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mediastin/o

mediastinum, middle

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medic/o

medicine, physician, healing

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medicat/o

medication, healing

medull/o

medulla (inner section), middle, soft, marrow

megal/o

large, great

mei/o

less, meiosis

melan/o

black, dark

mellit/o

honey, honeyed

membran/o

membrane, thin skin

men/o

menstruation, menses

mening/o, meningi/o

membranes, meninges

menisc/o

meniscus, crescent

mens/o

menstuate, menstruation, menses

menstr/o, menstruat/o

occuring monthly

ment/o

mind, chin

mesenter/o

mesentery

mesi/o

middle, median plane

metabol/o

change

metacarp/o

metacarpals, bones of the hand

metatars/o

bones of the foot between the tarsus and toes

metr/i, metr/o, metri/o

uterus

micr/o

small

mictur/o, micturit/o

urinate

midsagitt/o

from front to back, at the middle

mineral/o

mineral

minim/o

smallest, least

minor/o

smaller

mit/o

a thread

mitr/o

a miter, having two points on top

mobil/o

capable of moving

monil/i

string of beads, genus of parasitic mold or fungus

morbid/o

disease, sickness

moribund/o

dying

morph/o

shape, form

mort/i, mort/o, mort/u

death, dead

mortal/i

pertaining to death, subject to death

mot/o, motil/o

motion, movement

mu/o

close, shut

muc/o, mucus/o

mucus

muscul/o

muscle

mut/a

genetic change

mut/o

unable to speak, inarticulate

mutagen/o

causing genetic change

my/o

muscle

myc/e, myc/o

fungus

mydria/o

wide

mydrias/i

dilation of the pupil

myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

myocardi/o

myocardium, heart muscle

myom/o

muscle tumor

myos/o

muscle

myring/o

tympanic membrane, eardrum

myx/o

mucus

nar/i

nostril

narc/o

numbness, stupor

nas/i, nas/o

nose

nat/i

birth

natr/o

sodium

nause/o

nasuea, seasickness

necr/o

death

ne/o

new, strange

nephr/o

kidney

nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o

nerve, nerve tissue

neutr/o

neither, neutral

nev/o

birthmark, mole

nid/o

noct/i

night

nod/o

knot, swelling

nodul/o

little knot

nom/o

law, control

norm/o

normal or usual

nuch/o

the nape

nucle/o

nucleus

nucleol/o

little nucleus, nucleolus

numer/o

number, count

nunc/o

messenger

nutri/o, nutrit/o

nourishment, food, nourish, feed

nyct/o, nyctal/o

night

obes/o

obese, extremely fat

obliqu/o

slanted, sideways

oblongat/o

oblong, elongated

obstetr/i, obstetr/o

midwife, one who stands to receive

occipit/o

back of the skull, occiput

occlud/o, occlus/o

shut, close up

occult/o

hidden, concealed

ocul/o

eye

odont/o

tooth

olfact/o

smell, sense of smell

olig/o

santy, few

om/o

shoulder

oment/o

omentum, fat

omphal/o

umbilical cord, the navel

onc/o

tumor

onych/o

fingernail or toenail

o/o, oo/o

egg

oophor/o

ovary

opac/o, opacit/o

shaded, dark, impenetrable to light

oper/o, operat/o

perform, operate, work

opercul/o

cover or lid

ophthalm/o

eye, vision

opisth/o

backward, dorsal

opt/i, opt/o, optic/o

eye, vision

or/o

mouth, oral cavity

orbit/o

orbit, bony cavity or socket

orch/o, orchid/o, orchi/o

testicles, testis, testes

organ/o

organ

orgasm/o

swell, be excited

orth/o

straight, normal, correct

osm/o

pushing, thrusting

oss/e, oss/i

bone

ossicul/o

ossicle (small bone)

oste/o, ost/o

bone

ot/o

ear, hearing

ov/i, ov/o

egg, ovum

ovari/o

ovary

ovul/o

egg

ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

oxygen

oxid/o

containing oxygen

oxy/o

the presence of oxygen in a compound

palat/o

plate, roof of mouth

pall/o, pallid/o

pale, lacking or drained of color

palliat/o

cloaked, hidden

palpat/o

touch, feel, stroke

palpebr/o

eyelid

palpit/o

throbbing, quivering

pancreat/o

pancreas

papill/i, papill/o

nipple-like

papul/o

pimple

par/o

to bear, bring forth, labor

paralys/o, paralyt/o

disable

parasit/o

parasite

parathyroid/o

parathyroid glands

pares/i

to disable

paret/o

to disable

pariet/o

wall

parotid/o

parotid gland

paroxysm/o

sudden attack

parturit/o

childbirth, labor

patell/a, patell/o

patella, kneecap

path/o

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

paus/o

stopping

pector/o

chest

ped/o

child, foot

pedi/a

child

pedicul/o

louse (singular), lice (plural)

pelv/i, pelv/o

pelvic bone, pelvic cavity, hip

pen/i

penis

pend/o

to hang

peps/i, pept/o

digest, digestion

percept/o

become aware, perceive

percuss/o

strike tap, beat

perine/o

perineum

peristals/o, peristalt/o

constrict around

peritone/o

peritoneum

perme/o

to pass or go through

pernici/o

destructive, harmful

perone/o

fibula

perspirat/o

perspiration

pertuss/i

intensive cough

petechi/o

skin spot

phac/o

lens of eye

phag/o

eat, swallow

phak/o

lens of eye

phalang/o

phalanges, finger and toe

phall/i, phill/o

penis

pharmac/o, pharmaceut/o

drug

pharyng/o

thorat, pharynx

phas/o

speech

phe/o

dusky

pher/o

to bear or carry

phil/o

attraction to, like love

phleb/o

vein

phlegm/o

thick mucus

phob/o

abnormal fear

phon/o

sound, voice

phor/o

carry, bear, movement

phot/o

light

phren/o

diaphragm, mind

physi/o, physic/o

nature, physical

phyt/o

plant

pigment/o

pigment, color

pil/i, pil/o

hair

pineal/o

pineal gland

pinn/i

external ear, auricle

pituit/o, pituitar/o

pituitary gland

plac/o

flat plate or patch

placent/o

placenta, round flat cake

plak/o

plaque, plate, thin flat layer or scale

plan/o

flat

plant/i, plant/o

sole of foot

plas/i, plas/o

development, growth, formation

plasm/o

something molded or formed

ple/o

more, many

pleur/o

pleura, side of the body

plex/o

plexus, network

plic/o

fold or ridge

pne/o

breath, breathing

pneum/o, pneumon/o

lung, air

pod/o

foot

pol/o

extreme

poli/o

gray matter of brain and spinal cord

pollic/o

thumb

polyp/o

polyp, small growth

pont/o

pons (a part of the brain), bridge

poplit/o

back of the knee

por/o

pore, small opening

port/i

gate, door

poster/o

behind, toward the back

potent/o

powerful

pract/i, practic/o

practice, pursue an occupation

prandi/o

meal

precoc/i

early, premature

pegn/o

pregnant, full of

prematur/o

too early, untimely

preputi/o

foreskin, prepuce

presby/o

old age

press/o

press, draw

priap/o

penis

process/o

going forth

procreat/o

reproduce

proct/o

anus and rectum

prodrom/o

running a head, precursor

product/o

lead forward, produce

prolaps/o

fall downward, slide forward

prolifer/o

reproduce, bear offspring

pron/o, pronat/o

bent forward

prostat/o

prostate gland

prosth/o, prosthet/o

addition, appendance

prot/o, prote/o

first

protein/o

protein

proxim/o

near

prurit/o

itching

pseud/o

false

psor/i, psor/o

itch, itching

psych/o

mind

pub/o

pubis, part of hip bone

pubert/o

ripe age, adult

pudend/o

pudendum

puerper/i

childbearing, labor

pulm/o, pulmon/o

lung

pulpos/o

fleshy, pulpy

puls/o

beat, beating, striking

punct/o

sting, prick, puncture

pupill/o

pupil

pur/o

pus

purpur/o

purple

purul/o

pus-filled

pustul/o

infected pimple

py/o

pus

pyel/o

renal pelvis, bowl of kidney

pylor/o

pylorus, pyloric sphincter

pyr/o, pyret/o

fever, fire

quadr/i, quadr/o

four

rabi/o

madness, rage

rachi/o

spinal column, vertebrae

radi/o

radiation, x-rays, radius (lateral lower arm bone)

radiat/o

giving off rays or radiant energy

radicul/o

nerve root

raph/o

seam, suture

recept/o

receive, receiver

recipi/o

receive, take to oneself

rect/o

rectum, straight

recticul/o

network

recuperat/o

recover, regain health

reduct/o

bring back together

refract/o

bend back, turn aside

regurgit/o

flood or gush back

remiss/o

give up. let go, relax

ren/o

kidney

restor/o

rebuild, put back, restore

resuscit/o

revive

retent/o

hold back

reticul/o

network

retin/o

retina, net

retract/o

draw back or in

rhabd/o

rod, rod-shaped

rhabdomy/o

striated muscle

rheum/o, rheumat/o

water flow, subect to flow

rhin/o

nose

rhiz/o

root

rhonc/o

snore, snoring

rhythm/o

rhythm

rhytid/o

wrinkle

rigid/o

stiff

ris/o

laugh

rotat/o

rotate, revolve

rug/o

wrinkle, fold

sacc/i, sacc/o

sac

sacchar/o

sugar

sacr/o

sacrum

saliv/o

saliva

salping/o

uterine (Fallopian) tube, auditory (Eustachian) tube

san/o

sound, healthy, sane

sangu/i, sanguin/o

blood

sanit/o

soundness, health

saphen/o

clear, apparent, manifest

sapr/o

decaying, rottein

sarc/o

flesh, connective tissue

scalp/o

carve, scrape

scapul/o

scapula, shoulder blade

schiz/o

division, split

scirrh/o

hard

scler/o

sclera, white of eye, hard

scoli/o

curved bent

scot/o

darkness

scrib/o, script/o

write

scrot/o

bag or pouch

seb/o

sebum

secret/o

produce, separate out

sect/o, secti/o

cut, cutting

segment/o

pieces

sell/o

saddle

semin/i

semen, seed, sperm

sen/i

old

senesc/o

grow old

senil/o

old age

sens/i

feeling, sensation

sensitiv/o

sensitive to, affected by

seps/o

infection

sept/o

infection, partition

ser/o

serum

seros/o

serous

sial/o

saliva

sialaden/o

salivary gland

sigm/o

Greek letter sigma

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

silic/o

glass

sin/o, sin/u

hollow, sinus

sinistr/o

left, left side

sinus/o

sinus

sit/u

place

skelet/o

skeleton

soci/o

companion, fellow being

solut/o, solv/o

loosened, dissolved

somat/o

body

somn/i, somn/o

sleep

son/o

sound

sopor/o

sleep

spad/o

draw off, draw

spasmod/o

sudden involuntary contraction, tigtening, cramping

spec/i

look at, a kind or sort

specul/o

mirror

sperm/o, spermat/o

sperm, spermatozoa, seed

sphen/o

sphenoid bone, wedge

spher/o

round, sphere, ball

sphincter/o

tight band

sphygm/o

pulse

spin/o

spine, backbone

spir/o

to breathe

spirill/o

little coil

spirochet/o

coiled microorganism

splen/o

spleen

spondyl/o

vertebrae, vertebral colmn, backbone

spontane/o

unexplained, of one's own accord

spor/o

seed, spore

sput/o

sputum, spit

squam/o

scale

stapedi/o

stapes (middle ear bone)

staphyl/o

clusters, bunch of grapes

steat/o

fat, lipid, sebum

sten/o

narrowing, contracted

ster/o

solid structure

stere/o

solid, three-dimensional structure

steril/i

sterile

stern/o

sternum, the breast bone

steth/o

chest

stigmat/o

point, spot

stimul/o

goad, prick, incite

stol/o

send or place

stom/o, stomat/o

mouth, oral cavity

strab/i

sqint, squint-eyed

strat/i

layer

strept/o

twisted chain

striat/o

stripe, furrgroove

strict/o

draw tightly together, bind or tie

strid/o

harsh sound

stup/e

benumbed, stunned

styl/o

pen, pointed instrument

subluxat/o

partial dislocation

sucr/o

sugar

sudor/i

sweat

suffoc/o, suffocat/o

choke, strangle

sulc/o

furrow, groove

super/o

above, excessive, higher than

superflu/o

overflowing, excessive

supin/o

lying on the back

supinat/o

bend backward, place on the back

suppress/o

press down

suppur/o, supporate/o

to form pus

supraren/o

above or on the kidney, suprarenal gland

sutur/o

stitch, seam

symptomat/o

falling together, symptom

synaps/o, synapt/o

point of contact

syncop/o

to cut short, cut off

syndrom/o

running together

synovi/o, synv/o

synovial membrane, synovial fluid

syphil/i, syphil/o

syphilis

syring/o

tube

system/o, systemat/o

body system

systol/o

contraction

tact/i

touch

talip/o

foot and ankle deformity

tars/o

tarsus (ankle bone), instep, edge of the eyelid

tax/o

coordination, order

techn/o, techni/o

skill

tectori/o

covering, rooflike

tele/o

distant, far

tempor/o

temporal bone, temple

ten/o, tend/o

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

tenac/i

holding fast, sticky

tendin/o

tendon

tens/o

stretch ot, extend, strain

termin/o

end, limit

test/i, test/o

testicle, testis

tetan/o

rigid, tense

thalam/o

thalamus, inner room

thanas/o, thanat/o

death

the/o

put, place

thec/o

sheath

thel/o

nipple

therap/o, therapeut/o

treatment

therm/o

heat

thora/o, thorac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

thym/o

thymus gland

thyr/o, thyroid/o

thyroid gland

tibi/o

tibia (shin bone)

tine/o

gnawing worm, ringworm

tinnit/o

ringing, buzzing, tinkling

toc/o

labor, birth

tom/o

cut, section, slice

ton/o

tension, tone stretching

tone/o

to stretch

tonsill/o

tonsil, thorat

top/o

place, position, location

tors/o

twist, rotate

tort/i

twisted

tox/o, toxic/o

poison, poisonous

trabecul/o

little beam marked with cross bars or beams

trache/i, trache/o

trachea, windpipe

tract/o

draw, pull, path, bundle of nerve fibers

tranquil/o

quiet, calm, tranquil

transfus/o

pour across, transfer

transit/o

changing

transvers/o

crosswise

traumat/o

injury

trem/o

shaking, trembling

tremul/o

fine tremor or shaking

treponem/o

coiled, turning microbe

trich/o

hair

trigon/o

trigone (usually of the bladder)

trop/o

turn, change

troph/o

development, nourishment

tub/i, tub/o

tube, pipe

tubercul/o

little knot, swelling

tunic/o

covering, cloak, sheath

turbinat/o

coiled, spiral shaped

tuss/i

cough

tympan/o

tympanic membrane, eardrum

ulcer/o

sore, ulcer

uln/o

ulna (medial lower arm bone)

umbilic/o

navel

ungu/o

nail

ur/o

urine, urinary tract

ureter/o

ureter

urethr/o

urethra

urg/o

press, push

urin/o

urine or urinary organs

urtic/o

nettle, rash, hives

uter/i, uter/o

uterus

uve/o

iris, chorioid, ciliary body, uveal tract

uvul/o

uvula, little grape

vaccin/i, vaccin/o

vaccine

vacu/o

empty

vag/o

vagus nerve, wandering

vagin/o

vagina

valv/o, valvul/o

valve

var/o

bent or twisted inward

varic/o

varicose veins, swollen or dilated vein

vas/o

vas deferens, vessel

vascul/o

blood vessel, little vessel

vast/o

vast, great , extensive

vect/o

carry, convey

ven/o

vein

vener/o

sexual intercourse

ventilat/o

expose to air, fan

ventr/o

infront, belly side of body

ventricul/o

ventricle of brain or heart, small chamber

venul/o

venule, small vein

verg/o

twist, incline

verm/i

worm

verruc/o

wart

vers/o, vert/o

turn

vertebr/o

vertebra, backbone

vertig/o, vertigin/o

whirling round

vesic/o

urinary bladder

vesicul/o

seminal vesicle, blister, little bladder

vestibul/o

entrance, vestibule

vi/o

force

vill/i

shaggy hair, tuft of hair

vir/o

poison, virus

viril/o

masculine, manly

vis/o

seeing, sight

visc/o

sticky

viscer/o

viscera, internal organ

viscos/o

sticky

vit/a, vit/o

life

viti/o

blemish, defect

vitre/o

glassy, made of glass

voc/i

voice

vol/o

palm or sole

volv/o

roll, turn

vulgar/i

common

vulv/o

vulva, covering

xanth/o

yellow

xen/o

strange, foreign

xer/o

dry

xiph/i, xiph/o

sword

zo/o

animal life

zygomat/o

cheek bone, yoke

zygot/o

joined together

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