combining forms

abdomin/o

abdomen; abdominal wall

aden/o

gland

angi/o

blood vessel

ankyl/o

crooked; bent; stiff

an/o

anus

anter/o

front

appendic/o

appendix

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

ather/o

yellow; fatty plaque

audi/o

hearing

blephar/o

eyelid

bronch/o

bronchus

carcin/o

cancer/o

cancer

caud/o

tail (downward)

celi/o

abdominal wall; abdomen

cephal/o

head

cheil/o

lip

chlor/o

green

chol/e

gall; bile

chondr/o

cartilage

colon/o

col/o

colon (large intestine)

colp/o

vagina

cost/o

rib

crain/o

cranium (skull)

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyst/o

bladder; sac containing fluid

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

away (from point of attachment to body part)

dors/o

back

duoden/o

duodenum (first part of small intestine)

ech/o

sound

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

small intestines

erythr/o

red

esthesi/o

sensation; feeling; sensitivity

fibr/o

fiber

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gum

gloss/o

tongue

glycos/o

glyc/o

sugar

gravid/o

pregnancy

gyn/o

gynec/o

woman

hem/o

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hist/o

tissue

hyster/o

uterus

ile/o

ileum (last part of small intestine)

infer/o

below

jejun/o

jejunum (second part of small intestine)

kerat/o

cornea; horny tissue (keratin); hard

lact/o

milk

lapar/o

abdomen; abdominal wall

laryng/o

larynx (voice box); throat

later/o

side

lei/o

smooth

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

lith/o

stone; calculus

mamm/o

breast

mast/o

breast

medi/o

middle

melan/o

black

men/o

menstration

ment/o

mind

metr/o

uterus

mon/o

one; single

myc/o

fungus

myel/o

bone marrow; spinal cord

my/o

muscle

myring/o

tympanic membrane (eardrum)

nas/o

nose

necr/o

death (cells; tissue; body)

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

noct/i

night

ocul/o

eye

olig/o

scanty; few

omphal/o

umbilicus; navel

onc/o

tumor; mass

onych/o

nail

oophor/o

ovary

ophthalm/o

eye

opt/o

vision

orchi/o

orchid/o

testis; testicle

or/o

mouth

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

ox/i

oxygen

pachy/o

thick

path/o

disease

pelv/o

pelv/i

pelvis; pelvis bone; pelvic cavity

perine/o

perineum (the space between vagina and anus)

pharyng/o

pharynx (throat)

phas/o

speech

phleb/o

vein

phon/o

sound; voice