Combining Forms

aden/o

gland

amni/o

amnion (sac of fluid surrounding embryo)

angi/o

vessel (usually a blood vessel)

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

axill/o

armpit (underarm)

bronch/o

bronchial tube

bronchi/o

bronchial tube

carcin/o

cancerous

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

drug; or chemical

col/o

colon (large intestine or bowel)

coron/o

heart; crown

crani/o

skull

cry/o

cold

cyst/o

urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid

electr/o

electricity

encephal/o

brain

erythr/o

red

esophag/o

esophagus

hem/o

blood

hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hyster/o

uterus

inguin/o

groin (area where the thighs meet)

isch/o

to hold back

lapar/o

abdomen (abdomen wall)

laryng/o

voice box (larynx)

leuk/o

white

mamm/o

breast (use with -ARY, -GRAPHY, -GRAM, and -PLASTY)

mast/o

breast (use with -ECTOMY and - ITIS)

men/o

menses (menstruation); month

mening/o

meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)

my/o

muscles

myel/o

spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain) or bone marrow

necr/o

death of cells