Chapter 3 - Combining forms Flashcards by Brittney Silvaniuk

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abdomen

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abdomin/o

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extremities, top, extreme point

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acr/o

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sharp, severe, sudden

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acu/o

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gland

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aden/o

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fat

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adip/o

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amnion

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amni/o

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vessel

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angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o

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artery

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arteri/o

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joint

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arthr/o

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armpit

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axill/o

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life

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bi/o

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eyelid

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blephar/o

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bronchial tubes

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bronch/o

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cancer

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carcin/o

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heart

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cardi/o

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drug, chemical

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chem/o

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cartiliage

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chondr/o

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time

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chron/o

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colon

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col/o

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urinary bladder

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cyst/o

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brain

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encephal/o

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red

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erythr/o

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blood

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hem/o

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liver

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hepat/o

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water, fluid

hydr/o

groin

inguin/o

to hold back

isch/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

lapra/o

larynx

laryng/o

white

leuk/o

lymph

lymph/o

breast

mamm/o, mast/o

shape, form

morph/o

mucus

muc/o

muscle

my/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

myel/o

death

necr/o

kidney

nephr/o

nerve

neur/o

neutrophil

neutr/o

nucleus

nucle/o

eye

opthalam/o

bone

oste/o

ear

ot/o

disease

path/o

peritoneum

peritone/o

to eat, swallow

phag/o

vein

phleb/o, ven/o, ven/i

formation, development

plas/o

pleura

pleur/o

lungs

pneumon/o, pulmon/o

x-rays

rad/i

rectum

rect/o

kidney

ren/o

nose

rhin/o

flesh

sarc/o

spleen

splen/o

clusters

staphyl/o

twisted chains

strept/o

chest

thorac/o

clot

thromb/o

tonsils

tonsill/o

trachea

trache/o