Chapter 1 Review: Combining Forms

  1. aden/o
    gland
  2. arthr/o
    joint
  3. bi/o
    life
  4. carcin/o
    cancerous, cancer
  5. cardi/o
    heart
  6. cephal/o
    head
  7. cerebr/o
    brain, cerebrum
  8. cis/o
    to cut
  9. crin/o
    to secrete
  10. cyst/o
    urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid
  11. cyt/o
    cell
  12. derm/o, dermat/o
    skin
  13. electry/o
    electricity
  14. encephal/o
    brain
  15. enter/o
    intestines (usually small intestine)
  16. erythr/o
    red
  17. gastr/o
    stomach
  18. glyc/o
    sugar
  19. gnos/o
    knowledge
  20. gynec/o
    woman, female
  21. hem/o, hemat/o
    blood
  22. hepat/o
    liver
  23. iatr/o
    treatment, physician
  24. leuk/o
    white
  25. log/o
    study of
  26. nephr/o
    kidney
  27. neur/o
    nerve
  28. onc/o
    tumor
  29. ophthalm/o
    eye
  30. oste/o
    bone
  31. path/o
    disease
  32. ped/o
    child
  33. psych/o
    mind
  34. radi/o
    x-ray
  35. ren/o
    kidney
  36. rhin/o
    nose
  37. sarc/o
    Flesh
  38. sect/o
    to cut
  39. thromb/o
    clot, clotting
  40. ur/o
    urinary tract, urine
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Chapter 1 Review: Combining Forms
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Davi-Ellen Chabner The Language of Medicine 11th Edition
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