Medical Terminology - Combining Forms

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

chem/o

chemical

cis/o

to cut

dermat/o

skin

enter/o

small intestine

gastr/o

stomach

gynec/o

female

hemat/o

blood

immun/o

immunity/protection

laryng/o

larynx/voice box

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

ophthalum/o

eye

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

pulmon/o

lung

rhin/o

nose

albin/o

white

cauter/o

to burn

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

dermat/o

skin

diaphor/o

profuse sweating

electr/o

electricity

erythr/o

red

hidr/o

sweat

ichthy/o

scaly, dry

kerat/o

hard

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

onych/o

nail

pedicul/o

lice

phot/o

light

py/o

pus

rhytid/o

wrinkle

sarc/o

flesh

scler/o

hard

seb/o

oil

system/o

system

trich/o

hair

ungu/o

nail

vesic/o

bladder

xer/o

dry

angi/o

vessel

bas/o

the base

cortic/o

outer layer

esthesi/o

feeling

sacr/o

flesh

septic/o

infection

ankyl/o

stiff joint

arthr/o

joint

articul/o

joint

burs/o

sac

carp/o

carpus

cervic/o

neck

chondr/o

cartilage

clavicul/o

clavicle

coccyg/o

coccyx

cortic/o

outer layer

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

femor/o

femur

fibr/o

fibers

fibul/o

fibula

humer/o

humerus

ili/o

ilium

ischi/o

ischium

kyph/o

hump

lamin/o

lamina, part of the vertebra

lord/o

bent backward

lumb/o

loin, low back

mandibul/o

mandible

maxill/o

maxilla

medull/o

inner portion

menisc/o

meniscus

metacarp/o

metacarpus

metatars/o

metatarsus

myel/o

bone marrow, spinal cord

orth/o

straight

oste/o

bone

patell/o

patella

pector/o

chest

ped/o

foot, child

pelv/o

pelvis

phalang/o

phalanges

pod/o

foot

prosthet/o

addition

pub/o

pubis

radi/o

radius, ray (X-ray)

sacr/o

sacrum

scapul/o

scapula

scoli/o

crooked

spin/o

spine

spondyl/o

vertebrae

stern/o

sternum