Chapter 9 Combining Forms

azot/o nitrogeneous waste

bacteri/o bacteria

corpor/o body

cyst/o urinary bladder

genit/o genitals

glomerul/o glomerulus

glycos/o sugar, glucose

home/o sameness

hydr/o water

iatr/o physician, medicine, treatment

idi/o distinctive

keton/o ketones

meat/o meatus

nephr/o kidney

noct/i night

olig/o scanty

protein/o protein

pyel/o renal pelvis

ren/o kidney

tox/o poison

ur/o urine

ureter/o ureter

urthr/o urethra

urin/o urine

amni/o amnion

cervic/o neck, cervix

chori/o chorion

colp/o vagina

culd/o cul-de-sac

dilat/o to widen

embry/o embryo

episi/o vulva

estr/o female

fet/o fetus

gynec/o female

hymen/o hymen

hyster/o uterus

lact/o milk

mamm/o breast

mast/o breast

men/o menses, menstration

metr/o uterus

nat/o birth

o/o ovum

oophor/o ovary

ov/o, ov/i ovum

ovari/o ovary

pareun/o sexual intercourse

parine/o parineum

radic/o root

salping/o uterine (fallopian) tubes

uter/o uterus

vagin/o vagina

vulv/o vulva