ch3 Combining Forms I didn't even know about??

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34 Terms

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amni

amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

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angi

vessel (usually a blood vessel)arteri

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arteri

artery

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arthr

joint

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ather

plaque (a yellow fatty material)

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axill

armpit (underarm)bronchi

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bronchi

bronchial tube

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chem

drug; also chemical

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cholecyst

gallbladder

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chron

time

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col

colon (large intestine or bowel)

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coron

heart; crown

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cry

cold

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hyster

uterus

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inguin

groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)

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isch

to hold back

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mamm

breast (use with -ARY, -GRAPHY, -GRAM, and -PLASTY)

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mast

breast (use with -ECTOMY and -ITIS)

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men

meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)

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my

muscle

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myel

spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain). MYEL/O can also mean bone marrow (soft, inner part of bones, where blood cells are made)

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necr

death (of cells)

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oophor

ovary

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ot

ear

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phleb

vein

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pneumon

lung

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pulmon

lung

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salping

fallopian (uterine) tube

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septic

pertaining to infection

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tonsill

tonsil

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ur

urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract

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vascul

blood vessel

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rhabdomy

skeletal muscle

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leiomy

visceral or “smooth” muscle