Combining Forms

Aden/o

Gland

Ile/o

Ileum

Lith/o

Stone, calculus

Lingu/o

Tongue

esophag/o

esophagus

Chol/e

Bile, gall

Cirrh/o

Yellowish

thorac/o

chest, pleural cavity

Duoden/o

Duodenum

an/o

anus, ring

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

col/o, colon/o

colon, large intestine

enter/o

small intestine

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

rect/o

rectum, straight

proct/o

anus and rectum

ox/i, ox/o, ox/y

oxygen

Py/o

Pus

phon/o

sound, voice

pleur/o

pleura, side of the body

pneum/o, pneumon/o,pulmon/o

Lungs

pulm/o, pulmon/o

lung

somn/o

sleep

spir/o

to breathe

trache/o

windpipe, trachea

epiglott/o

Epiglottis

trache/o

Trachea

alveol/o

Alveoli

Phot/o

Light

nas/o

Nose

sinus/o

Sinuses

Tonsill/o

Tonsils

Thym/o

Thymus gland

tox/o

poison, poisonous

Axill/o

Armpit

Carcin/o

Cancer

immun/o

immune, protection, safe

lymph/o

lymph, lymphatic tissue

lymphaden/o

lymph node or gland

lymphangi/o

lymph vessel

phag/o

-phage eat, swallow

chromat/o

color

coagul/o

clotting, coagulation

fibrin/o

fibrin, fibers, threads of a clot

erythr/o

Erythrocytes

ather/o

plaque, fatty substance

capill/o

Capillaries

aort/o

aorta

end/o

within

thromb/o

clot

Radicul/o

Nerve or root

Orth/o

Straight, normal

Kyph/o

Bent, hump

Lord/o

Curve

Pod/o Ped/o

Foot

Crani/o

Skull

Vertebr/o

Vertebra

clon/o

violent action

fasci/o

fascia, fibrous band

fibr/o

fibrous tissue, fiber

kines/o, kinesi/o

movement

tax/o

coordination, order

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

ton/o

tone, stretching, tension

ankyl/o

crooked, bent, stiff

cost/o

rib

kyph/o

bent, hump

lumb/o

lumbar, lower back

scoli/o

curved, bent

lord/o

curve, swayback, bent

chondr/o

Cartilage

ligament/o

Ligaments

spondyl/o

vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone

synovi/o, synov/o

Synovial Membrane

caud/o

lower part of body, tail

poster/o

behind, toward the back

path/o

disease, suffering, feeling, emotion

Adip/o

Fat

Angi/o, vas/o

Blood vessel

hist/o

tissue

cyt/o

cell

plas/o

development, growth, formation

Anter/o

Before, front

Arteri/o

Artery

Arthr/o

Joint

burs/o

Bursa

Blephar/o

Eyelid

Bronch/o

Bronchus (air passages of the lungs)

Cardi/o, Coron/o

Heart

Cephal/o

Head

Colon/o or Col/o

Colon, Large Intestine

Cyan/o

Blue

Cyst/o

Bladder

Dermat/o

Skin

Encephal/o

Brain

Enter/o

Small Intestine

Gastr/o

Stomach

Gingiv/o

Gums

Gloss/o

Tongue

Hemat/o

Blood