Scientific/Medical Terminology - Module 8 Combining Forms

abdōmen, abdōminis

ABDOMIN-

belly, abdomen

adeps, adipis

ADIP-

fat

Auris

AUR-

ear

bacillus

BACILL-

[rod, staff] bacillus

bursa (medieval latin)

BURS-

[leather sack] bursa

calx, calcis

CALC-

stone, calcium, lime (salts)

calor

CALOR-

Heat, energy

caput, capitus

CAPIT-

head

cerebrum

CEREBR-

brain

costa

COST-

rib

dens, dentis

DENT-

tooth

dorsum

DORS-

back (of the body)

externus, -a, -um

EXTERN-

outer

fibra

FIBR-

fiber, filament

fistula

FISTUL-

(tube, pipe) fistula, an abnormal tubelike passage in the body

frīgus, frīgoris

FRIG-, FRIGOR-

cold

insula

INSUL-

island

internus, -a, -um

INTERN-

inner

meātus

MEAT-

passage, opening, meatus

nāsus

NAS-

nose

pus, puris

PUR-

pus

rādix, rādīcis

RADIC-, RAD-, RADIX

root

rēn, rēnis

REN-

kidney

sanguis, sanguinis

SANGUI(N)-

blood

sonus

SON-

sound

synovia (New Latin)

SYNOV-

synovial fluid, synovial membrane or sac

tuba

TUB-

[trumpet] tube

tussis

TUSS-

cough

vacca

VACC-

cow

vīrus

VIR-, VIRUS-

[poison, venom] virus

viscus, visceris (plural, viscera)

VISCER-

internal organs