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combining forms med term

  1. agglutin/o
    clumping, gluing
  2. embol/o
    embolus (plug)
  3. erythr/o
    red
  4. hem/o
    bllod
  5. hemat/o
    blood
  6. leuk/o
    white
  7. myel/o
    bone marrow; spinal cord
  8. thromb/o
    blood clot
  9. ven/o
    vein
  10. aden/o
    gland
  11. immun/o
    immune, immunity, safe
  12. lymph/o
    lymph
  13. lymphaden/o
    lymph gland (node)
  14. lymphangi/o
    lymph vessel
  15. phag/o
    swallowing, eating
  16. splen/o
    spleen
  17. thym/o
    thymus gland
  18. abdomin/o
    abdomen
  19. caud/o
    tail
  20. cephal/o
    head
  21. cervic/o
    neck; cervix uteri (neck of uterus)
  22. crani/o
    cranium (skull)
  23. gastr/o
    stomach
  24. ili/o
    ilium (lateral, flaring portion of the hip bone)
  25. inguin/o
    groin
  26. lumb/o
    loins (lower back)
  27. pelv/i
    pelvis
  28. pelv/o
    pelvis
  29. spin/o
    spine
  30. thorac/o
    chest
  31. umbilic/o
    umbilicus, navel
  32. anter/o
    anterior, front
  33. dist/o
    far, farthest
  34. dors/o
    back (of the body)
  35. infer/o
    lower, below
  36. later/o
    side, to one side
  37. medi/o
    middle
  38. poster/o
    back (of the body), behind, posterior
  39. proxim/o
    near, nearest
  40. super/o
    upper, above
  41. ventr/o
    belly, belly side
  42. cyt/o
    cell
  43. hist/o
    tissue
  44. nucle/o
    nucleus
  45. radi/o
    radiation, x-ray; radius (lower arm bone on the thumb side)
  46. adip/o
    fat
  47. lip/o
  48. fat
  49. steat/o
    fat
  50. cutane/o
    skin
  51. dermat/o
    skin
  52. derm/o
    skin
  53. cyan/o
    blue
  54. erythem/o
    red
  55. erythemat/o
    red
  56. erythr/o
    red
  57. hidr/o
    sweat
  58. sudor/o
    sweat
  59. icthy/o
    dry, scaly
  60. kerat/o
    horny tissue; har; cornea
  61. melan/o
    black
  62. myc/o
    fungus (plural, fungi)
  63. onych/o
    nail
  64. pil/o
    hair
  65. trich/o
    hair
  66. scler/o
    hardening; sclera (white of the eye)
  67. seb/o
    sebum sebaceous
  68. squam/o
    scale
  69. therm/o
    heat
  70. xer/o
    dry
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combining forms med term
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combining forms med term ch.6, 2, 3
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