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aden/o
gland
ex. adenopathy (gland disease)
carcin/o
cancer
ex. carcinoma (cancerous tumor)
cardi/o
heart
ex. cardiac (pertaining to the heart)
chem/o
chemical
ex. chemotherapy (treatment with chemicals)
cis/o
to cut
ex. incision (process of cutting into)
dermat/o
skin
ex. dermatology (study of the skin)
enter/o
small intestine
ex. enteric (pertaining to the small intestine)
gastr/o
stomach
ex. gastric (pertaining to the stomach)
gynec/o
female
ex. gynecology (study of females)
hemat/o
blood
ex. hematic (pertaining to the blood)
hydr/o
water
ex. hydrocele (protrusion of water[in the scrotum])
immun/o
immune
ex. immunology (study of immunity)
laryng/o
voice box
ex. laryngeal (pertaining to the voice box)
morph/o
shape
ex. morphology (study of shape)
nephr/o
kidney
ex. nephromegaly (enlarged kidney)
neur/o
nerve
ex. neural (pertaining to a nerve)
ophthalm/o
eye
ex. ophthalmic (pertaining to the eye)
ot/o
ear
ex. otic (pertaining to the ear)
path/o
disease
ex. pathology (study of disease)
pulmon/o
lung
ex. pulmonary (pertaining to the lungs)
rhin/o
nose
ex. rhinoplasty (surgical repair of the nose)
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
ex. urology (study of the urinary tract)
lapar/o
abdomin
ex. abdominotrophy (process of visually examining the abdomin)
gastr/o
stomach
ex. gastrocentesis (puncture to withdraw fluid from the stomach)
mamm/o
breast
ex. mammogram (picture of the breast)
abdomin/o
abdomben
ex. abdominal (pertaining to the abdomen)
adip/o
fat
ex. adipose (pertaining to fat)
anter/o
front
ex. anterior (pertaining to the front)
brachi/o
arm
ex. brachial (pertaining to the arm)
caud/o
tail
ex. caudal (pertaining to the tail)
cephal/o
head
ex. cephalic (pertaining to the head)
cervic/o
neck
chondr/o
cartilage
ex. chondroma (cartilage tumor)
crani/o
skull
ex. cranial (pertaining to the skull)
crur/o
leg
ex crural (pertaining to the leg)
cyt/o
cell
ex. cytology (the study of cells)
dist/o
away from
ex. distal (pertaining to away)
dors/o
back of body
ex. dorsal (pertaining to the back of body)
epitheli/o
epithelium
ex. epithelial (pertaining to the epithelium)
glute/o
buttock
ex. gluteal (pertaining to the buttocks)
hist/o
tissue
ex. histology (the study of tissue)
infer/o
below
ex. inferior (pertaining to below)
later/o
side
ex. lateral (pertaining to the side)
medi/o
middle
ex. medial (pertaining to the middle)
muscul/o
muscle
ex. muscular (pertaining to muscles)
neur/o
nerve
ex. neural (pertaining to the nerves)
organ/o
organ
ex. organic (pertaining to organs)
oste/o
bone
ex. osteomalacia (abnormal softening of the bone)
pelv/o
pelvis
ex. pelvic (pertaining to the pelvis)
peritone/o
peritoneum
ex. peritoneal (pertaining to the peritoneum)
pleur/o
pleura
ex. pleural (pertaining to the pleura)
poster/o
back
ex. posterior (pertaining to the back)
proxim/o
near to
ex. proximal (pertaining to near)
pub/o
genital region
ex. pubic (pertaining to the genital region)
somat/o
body
ex. somatic (pertaining to the body)
spin/o
spine
ex. spinal (pertaining to the spine)
super/o
above
ex. superior (pertaining to above)
system/o
system
ex. systemic (pertaining to systems)
thorac/o
chest
ex. thoracic (pertaining to the chest)
ventr/o
belly
ex. ventral (pertaining to the belly side)
vertebr/o
vertebra
ex. vertebral (pertaining to the vertebrae)
viscer/o
internal organ
ex. visceral (pertaining to internal organs)
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Sur 116 week 3, 5-Combining Forms
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Common Combining Forms
Updated
2012-06-13T04:32:50Z
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