High School Medical Terminology (Common Combining Forms)

Abdomin/o-

Abdomen

Abort/o-

Stop prematurely

Aden/o-

Gland

Adip/o-

Fat

Angi/o-

Vessel

Appendic/o-

Appendix

Arthr/o-

Joint

Blephar/o-

Eyelid

Cardi/o-

Heart

Chondr/o-

Cartilage

Col/o-

Colon

Cost/o-

Rib

Cutanel/o, dermant/o-

Skin

Cyan/o-

Blue

Cyt/o-

Cell

Encephal/o-

Brain

Enter/o-

Intestines

Esthes/o-

Feeling or sensation

Gastr/o-

Stomach

Glyc/o-

Sugar

Hemat/o-, hem/o-

Blood

Hepat/o-

Liver

Hist/o-

Tissue

Hydr/o-

Water

Infarct/o-

An area of dead tissue

Kinesi/o-

Movement

Laryng/o-

Larynx (voice box)

Leuk/o-

White

Macr/o-

Large

Mamm/o-

Breast

Mast/o

Breast or mastoid process

Micr/o-

Small

Nas/o-

Nose

Nat/o-

Birth

Nephr/o, ren/o-

Nerve

Ocul/o-

Eye

Oste/o-

Bone

Phag/o-

To swallow

Pneumon/o-

Lung or air

Poplite/o-

Back of knee

Psych/o-

Mind

Retin/o-

Retina

Rhin/o-

Nose

Somat/o-

Body

Splen/o-

Spleen

Tonsill/o-

Tonsil

Trache/o-

Trachea (wind pipe)

Urin/o-, ur/o-

Urine

Vascul/o-

Blood vessel

Ven/o-, phleb/o-

Vein