HSC3537 Combining Forms

abdomin/o

abdomen

adip/o

fat

anter/o

front

brachi/o

arm

cardi/o, coron/o

heart

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

crin/o

to secrete

crur/o

leg

cyt/o

cell

demat/o, cutane/o, derm/o

skin

dist/o

away from

dors/o

back of body

enter/o

small intestine

epitheli/o

epithelium

gastr/o

stomach

glute/o

buttock

gynec/o

woman

hem/o, hemat/o, sanguin/o

blood

hist/o

tissue

immun/o

protection

infer/o

below

inguin/o

groin

laryng/o

larynx

later/o

side

lumb/o

low back, loin

lymph/o

lymph

medi/o

middle

muscul/o, my/o, myos/o

muscle

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

opthalm/o

eye

ot/o

ear

orth/o

straight, upright

pariet/o

cavity, wall

ped/o

child, foot, disease

pelv/o

pelvis

peritone/o

peritoneum

pleur/o

pleura

poster/o

back

proct/o

rectum and anus

proxim/o

near to

pub/o

genital region, pubis

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o, nas/o

nose

spin/o

spine

super/o

above

thorac/o, steth/o, pector/o

chest

ur/o, urin/o

urine

vascul/o

blood vessel

ventr/o

belly

vertebr/o

vertebra

viscer/o

internal organ

albin/o, leuk/o

white

angin/o

vessel

bas/o

base

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

chem/o

chemical

cortic/o

outer layer

cauter/o

to cut

cry/o

cold

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

electr/o

electricity

erythr/o

red

ethesi/o

feeling

hidr/o

sweat

ichthy/o

scaly, dry

kerat/o

hard, horny

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o, ungu/o

nail

pedicul/o

lice

phot/o

light

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

sarc/o

flesh

scler/o

hard

septic/o

infection

seb/o

oil

system/o

system

trich/o

hair

vesic/o

bladder

xer/o

dry

ankyl/o

stiff joint

arthr/o, articul/o

joint

burs/o

sac

carp/o

wrist

clavicul/o

clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

cost/o

rib

femor/o

femur

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium