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Combining Forms for Body Systems I
combining forms to help with deciphering medical terms for the Nervous, Endocrine, Respiratory, Musculoskeletal, Cardiovascular, Digestive, & Integumentary systems
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04/26/2018
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Term
adip/o
 Definition
fat
Term
aut/o
 Definition
self
Term
bi/o
 Definition
life
Term
coni/o
 Definition
dust
Term
crypt/o
 Definition
hidden
Term
cutane/o
 Definition
skin
Term
derm/o
 Definition
skin
Term
dermat/o
 Definition
skin
Term
heter/o
 Definition
other
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hidr/o
 Definition
sweat
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kerat/o
 Definition
horny tissue, hard
Term
myc/o
 Definition
fungus
Term
necr/o
 Definition
death
Term
onych/o
 Definition
nail
Term
pachy/o
 Definition
thick
Term
pil/o
 Definition
hair
Term
rhytid/o
 Definition
wrinkles
Term
scler/o
 Definition
hardening, sclera
Term
seb/o
 Definition
sebum, sebaceous
Term
squam/o
 Definition
scale
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staphyl/o
 Definition
grape-like clusters
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steat/o
 Definition
fat
Term
strept/o
 Definition
twisted chains
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sudor/o
 Definition
sweat
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trich/o
 Definition
hair
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ungu/o
 Definition
nail
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xen/o
 Definition
foreign, strange
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xer/o
 Definition
dry
Term
aponeur/o
 Definition
aponeurosis
Term
arthr/o
 Definition
joint
Term
burs/o
 Definition
bursa
Term
carp/o
 Definition
carpals
Term
chondr/o
 Definition
cartilage
Term
clavic/o clavicul/o
 Definition
clavicle
Term
cost/o
 Definition
rib
Term
crani/o
 Definition
cranium
Term
disk/o
 Definition
intervertebral disk
Term
femor/o
 Definition
femur
Term
fibul/o
 Definition
fibula
Term
humer/o
 Definition
humerus
Term
ili/o
 Definition
ilium
Term
ischi/o
 Definition
ischium
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lumb/o
 Definition
lumbar region of the spine
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mandibul/o
 Definition
mandible
Term
maxill/o
 Definition
maxilla
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menisc/o
 Definition
meniscus
Term
patell/o
 Definition
patella
Term
pelv/i pelv/o
 Definition
pelvis, pelvic bone
Term
phalang/o
 Definition
phalanges
Term
pub/o
 Definition
pubis
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rachi/o
 Definition
spine, vertebral column
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radi/o
 Definition
radius
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sacr/o
 Definition
sacrum
Term
scapul/o
 Definition
scapula
Term
spondyl/o vertebr/o
 Definition
vertebra
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stern/o
 Definition
sternum
Term
synovi/o
 Definition
synovia, synovial membrane
Term
tars/o
 Definition
tarsals
Term
ten/o tend/o
tendin/o
 Definition
tendon
Term
tibi/o
 Definition
tibia
Term
uln/o
 Definition
ulna
Term
ankyl/o
 Definition
crooked, stiff, bent
Term
kinesi/o
 Definition
movement, motion
Term
kyph/o
 Definition
hump
Term
lamin/o
 Definition
lamina
Term
lord/o
 Definition
bent forward
Term
my/o myos/o
 Definition
muscle
Term
myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
Term
oste/o
 Definition
bone
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petr/o
 Definition
stone
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scoli/o
 Definition
crooked, curved
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abdomin/o
celi/o
lapar/o
 Definition
abdomen
Term
appendic/o
 Definition
appendix
Term
cheil/o
 Definition
lip
Term
chol/e
 Definition
gall, bile
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cholangi/o
 Definition
bile duct
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choledoch/o
 Definition
common bile duct
Term
diverticul/o
 Definition
diverticulum, or bind pouch, extending from a hollow organ
Term
gingiv/o
 Definition
gum
Term
hepat/o
 Definition
liver
Term
gloss/o lingu/o
 Definition
tongue
Term
herni/o
 Definition
hernia, or protrusion of an organ through a membrane or cavity wall
Term
palat/o
 Definition
palate
Term
pancreat/o
 Definition
pancreas
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peritone/o
 Definition
peritoneum
Term
plyp/o
 Definition
polyp, small growth
Term
pylor/o
 Definition
pylorus, pyloric sphincter
Term
sial/o
 Definition
saliva, salivary gland
Term
steat/o
 Definition
fat
Term
uvul/o
 Definition
uvula
Term
an/o
 Definition
anus
Term
antr/o
 Definition
antrum
Term
cec/o
 Definition
cecum
Term
col/o colon/o
 Definition
colon
Term
duoden/o
 Definition
duodenum
Term
enter/o
 Definition
intestine
Term
esophag/o
 Definition
esophagus
Term
gastr/o
 Definition
stomach
Term
ile/o
 Definition
ileum
Term
jejun/o
 Definition
jejunum
Term
or/o
stomat/o
 Definition
mouth
Term
proct/o rect/o
 Definition
rectum
Term
sigmoid/o
 Definition
sigmoid colon
Term
angi/o
 Definition
vessel
Term
aort/o
 Definition
aorta
Term
arteri/o
 Definition
artery
Term
ather/o
 Definition
yellowish, fatty plaque
Term
atri/o
 Definition
atrium
Term
bacteri/o
 Definition
bacteria
Term
cardi/o
coron/o
 Definition
heart
Term
ech/o
 Definition
sound
Term
electr/o
 Definition
electricity, electrical activity
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isch/o
 Definition
deficiency, blockage
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lymph/o
 Definition
lymph
Term
myel/o
 Definition
bone marrow
Term
phleb/o
ven/o
 Definition
vein
Term
plasm/o
 Definition
plasm
Term
sphygm/o
 Definition
pulse
Term
splen/o
 Definition
spleen
Term
steth/o
 Definition
chest
Term
therm/o
 Definition
heat
Term
thromb/o
 Definition
clot
Term
thym/o
 Definition
thymus gland
Term
valv/o valvul/o
 Definition
valve
Term
ventricul/o
 Definition
ventricle
Term
adenoid/o
 Definition
adenoids
Term
alveol/o
 Definition
alveolus
Term
atel/o
 Definition
imperfect, incomplete
Term
bronch/i
bronch/o
 Definition
bronchus
Term
capn/o
 Definition
carbon dioxide
Term
diaphragmat/o
 Definition
diaphragm
Term
epiglott/o
 Definition
epiglottis
Term
hem/o
hemat/o
 Definition
blood
Term
laryng/o
 Definition
larynx
Term
lob/o
 Definition
lobe
Term
muc/o
 Definition
mucus
Term
nas/o
rhin/o
 Definition
nose
Term
orth/o
 Definition
straight
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ox/o
ox/i
 Definition
oxygen
Term
pharyng/o
 Definition
pharynx
Term
phon/o
 Definition
sound, voice
Term
pleur/o
 Definition
pleura
Term
pneum/o
pneumat/o
pneumon/o
 Definition
lung, air
Term
pulmon/o
 Definition
lung
Term
py/o
 Definition
pus
Term
sept/o
 Definition
septum
Term
sinus/o
 Definition
sinus
Term
spir/o
 Definition
breathe, breathing
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spir/o
 Definition
breathe, breathing
Term
thorac/o
 Definition
thorax, or chest
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tonsill/o
 Definition
tonsil
Term
trache/o
 Definition
trachea
Term
acr/o
 Definition
extremities, height
Term
aden/o
 Definition
gland
Term
adrenal/o
 Definition
adrenal glands
Term
calc/i
 Definition
calcium
Term
cortic/o
 Definition
cortex, or the outer layer of a body organ
Term
dips/o
 Definition
thirst
Term
endocrin/o
 Definition
endocrine
Term
kal/i
 Definition
potassium
Term
parathyroid/o
 Definition
parathyroid glands
Term
pituitar/o
 Definition
pituitary gland
Term
thyroid/o thyr/o
 Definition
thyroid gland
Term
cerebell/o
 Definition
cerebellum
Term
cerebr/o
 Definition
cerebrum, brain
Term
dur/o
 Definition
hard, dura mater
Term
encephal/o
 Definition
brain
Term
esthesi/o
 Definition
sensation, sensitivity, feeling
Term
gangli/o
ganglion/o
 Definition
ganglion
Term
gli/o
 Definition
glia
Term
meningi/o mening/o
 Definition
meninges
Term
ment/o psych/o
 Definition
mind
Term
mon/o
 Definition
one, single
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myel/o
 Definition
spinal cord
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neur/o
 Definition
nerve
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phas/o
 Definition
speech
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poli/o
 Definition
gray matter
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quadr/i
 Definition
four
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radic/o radicul/o rhiz/o
 Definition
nerve root
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