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combining forms 3

  1. abdomen
    abdomin/o
  2. extremities, top, extreme point
    acr/o
  3. sharp, severe, sudden
    acu/o
  4. gland
    aden/o
  5. fat
    adip/o
  6. amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
    amni/o
  7. vessel
    angi/o
  8. artery
    ateri/o
  9. joint
    arthr/o
  10. armpit
    axill/o
  11. life
    bi/o
  12. eyelid
    blephar/o
  13. water, fluid
    hydr/o
  14. groin
    inguin/o
  15. to hold back
    isch/o
  16. abdomen, abdominal wall
    lapar/o
  17. larynx, voice box
    laryng/o
  18. white
    leuk/o
  19. lymph (lymph is a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes throughout the body)
    lymph/o
  20. breast
    mamm/o
  21. breast
    mast/o
  22. shape, form
    morph/o
  23. mucus
    muc/o
  24. muscle
    my/o
  25. spinal cord, bone marow
    myel/o
  26. death (of cells or whole body)
    necr/o
  27. kidney
    nephr/o
  28. nerve
    neur/o
  29. neutrophil (a white blood cell)
    neutr/o
  30. nucleus
    nucle/o
  31. eye
    ophthalm/o
  32. bone
    oste/o
  33. ear
    ot/o
  34. disease
    path/o
  35. peritoneum
    peritone/o
  36. to eat, swallow
    phag/o
  37. vein
    phleb/o
  38. formation, development
    plas/o
  39. pleura - membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall
    pleur/o
  40. lungs
    pneumon/o
  41. lungs
    pulmon/o
  42. x-rays
    radi/o
  43. rectum
    rect/o
  44. kidney
    ren/o
  45. nose
    rhin/o
  46. flesh
    sarc/o
  47. spleen
    splen/o
  48. clusters
    staphyl/o
  49. twisted chains
    strept/o
  50. chest
    thorac/o
  51. clot
    thromb/o
  52. tonsils
    tonsil/o
  53. trachea
    trache/o
  54. vein
    ven/o
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combining forms 3
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combining forms chapter 3
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