Combining Form

Front 1

Aden/o

Back 1

Gland

Front 2

Arthr/o

Back 2

Joint

Front 3

Bi/o

Back 3

Life

Front 4

Carcin/o

Back 4

Cancer,cancerous

Front 5

Cardi/o

Back 5

Heart

Front 6

Cephal/o

Back 6

Head

Front 7

Cerebr/o

Back 7

Cerebrum, largest part of the brain

Front 8

Cyst/o

Back 8

Urinary blader

Front 9

Cyt/o

Back 9

Cell

Front 10

Derm/o, dermat/o

Back 10

Skin

Front 11

Electr/o

Back 11

Electricity

Front 12

Encephal/o

Back 12

Brain

Front 13

Enter/o

Back 13

Intestines (often small intestine)

Front 14

Erythr/o

Back 14

Red

Front 15

Gastr/o

Back 15

Stomach

Front 16

Gnos/o

Back 16

Knowledge

Front 17

Gynec/o

Back 17

Woman, female

Front 18

Hem/o, hemat/o

Back 18

Blood

Front 19

Hepat/o

Back 19

Liver

Front 20

Lapar/o

Back 20

Abdomen (between the chest an the hip area)

Front 21

Leuk/o

Back 21

White

Front 22

Nephr/o, ren/o

Back 22

Kidney

Front 23

Neur/o

Back 23

Nerve

Front 24

Onc/o

Back 24

Tumor

Front 25

Ophthalm/o

Back 25

Eye

Front 26

Oste/o

Back 26

Bone

Front 27

Path/o

Back 27

Disease

Front 28

Psych/o

Back 28

Mind

Front 29

Rhin/o

Back 29

Nose

Front 30

Sarc/o

Back 30

Flesh

Front 31

Thromb/o

Back 31

Clotting

Front 32

Amni/o

Back 32

Amnion ( sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)

Front 33

Angi/o

Back 33

Vessel ( usually a blood vessel)

Front 34

Arteri/o

Back 34

Artery

Front 35

Ather/o

Back 35

Plaque (a yellow, fatty material)

Front 36

Axill/o

Back 36

Armpit

Front 37

Bronch/o, bronchi/o

Back 37

Bronchial tubes

Front 38

Chem/o

Back 38

Drug, also chemical

Front 39

Cholecyst/o

Back 39

Gallbladder

Front 40

Chron/o

Back 40

Time

Front 41

Col/o

Back 41

Colon (large intestine or bowel)

Front 42

Cry/o

Back 42

Cold

Front 43

Esophag/o

Back 43

Esophagus ( tube leading from the throat to the stomach)

Front 44

Hyster/o

Back 44

Uterus

Front 45

Inguin/o

Back 45

Groin (area in which the thigh meets the truck of the body)

Front 46

Isch/o

Back 46

To hold back

Front 47

Laryng/o

Back 47

Voice box (larynx)

Front 48

Mamm/o

Back 48

Breast (use with ary,graphy,gram an plasty)

Front 49

Mast/o

Back 49

Breast (use with ectomy an itis)

Front 50

Men/o

Back 50

Menses (menstruation)

Front 51

Mening/o

Back 51

Meninges (membranes around the spinal cord)

Front 52

My/o

Back 52

Muscle

Front 53

Myel/o

Back 53

Spinal cord

Front 54

Oophor/o

Back 54

Ovary

Front 55

Ot/o

Back 55

Ear

Front 56

Pelv/o

Back 56

Hip area

Front 57

Peritone/o

Back 57

Peritoneum ( membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)

Front 58

Phleb/o

Back 58

Vein

Front 59

Pneumon/o, pulmon/o

Back 59

Lung

Front 60

Radi/o

Back 60

X-rays

Front 61

Salping/o

Back 61

Fallopian (uterine) tube

Front 62

Septic/o

Back 62

Pertaining to infection

Front 63

Thorac/o

Back 63

Chest

Front 64

Tonsil/o

Back 64

Tonsil

Front 65

Trache/o

Back 65

Windpipe; trachea

Front 66

Ur/o

Back 66

Urine or urea (a waste material) urinary tract

Front 67

Vascul/o

Back 67

Blood vessel

Front 68

An/o

Back 68

Anus (opening of the digestive tract to the outside of the body)

Front 69

Carp/o

Back 69

Carpals (wrist bones)

Front 70

Cis/o

Back 70

To cut

Front 71

Cost/o

Back 71

Ribs

Front 72

Crani/o

Back 72

Skull

Front 73

Cutane/o

Back 73

Skin

Front 74

Dur/o

Back 74

Dura mater (outermost meningeal membrane surrounding the brain an the spinal cord)

Front 75

Gen/o

Back 75

To produce, to begin

Front 76

Glyc/o

Back 76

Surgar

Front 77

Norm/o

Back 77

Rule,order

Front 78

Plas/o

Back 78

Formation,growth, development

Front 79

Scapul/o

Back 79

Scapula (shoulder blade)

Front 80

Son/o

Back 80

Sound

Front 81

Top/o

Back 81

To put,place,position

Front 82

Troph/o

Back 82

Development, nourishment

Front 83

Urethr/o

Back 83

Urethra (tube leading from the bladder to the outside of the body)

Front 84

Uter/o

Back 84

Uterus

Front 85

Ven/o

Back 85

Vein

Front 86

Vetebr/o

Back 86

Veterbra (backbone)