Medical Terminology Ch 3 - Combining forms

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aden/o

gland

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amni/o

amnion (fluid surrounding embryo)

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angi/o

vessel

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arteri/o

artery

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arthr/o

joint

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6

ather/o

plaque

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axill/o

armpit

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bronch/o

bronchial tube

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9

bronchi/o

bronchial tube

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10

carcin/o

cancerous

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cardi/o

heart

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chem/o

drug, chemical

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cholecyst/o

gallbladder

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cry/o

cold

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chron/o

time

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col/o

colon

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crani/o

skull

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cyst/o

urinary bladder, a sac of fluid or a cyst

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19

electr/o

electricity

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20

encephal/o

brain

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erythr/o

red

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esophag/o

esophagus

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hem/o

blood

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hemat/o

blood

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hepat/o

liver

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hyster/o

uterus

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inguin/o

isch/o

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isch/o

to hold back

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29

lapar/o

abdomen

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laryng/o

voice box, larynx

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leuk/o

white

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mamm/o

breast (-ary, -graphy, -gram, -plasty)

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mast/o

breast (-ectomy, -itis)

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men/o

menses, month

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mening/o

meninges

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my/o

muscle

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myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

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necr/o

death (of cells)

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nephr/o

kidney

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neur/o

nerve

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oophor/o

ovary

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oste/o

bone

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ot/o

ear

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pelv/o

hip area

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peritone/o

peritoneum

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phleb/o

vein

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pneumon/o

lung

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pulmon/o

lung

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49

radi/o

x-rays

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ren/o

kidney

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rhin/o

nose

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52

salping/o

fallopian tube

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sarc/o

flesh

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septic/o

pertaining to infection

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thorac/o

chest

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tonsill/o

tonsil

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trache/o

trachea

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ur/o

urine or urea, urinary tract

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vascul/o

blood vessel

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