Chapter 8 Combining Forms

Front 1

absorpt/o

Back 1

To take in

Front 2

aden/o

Back 2

gland

Front 3

aliment/o

Back 3

Nourishment

Front 4

amyl/o

Back 4

Starch

Front 5

anabol/o

Back 5

Building up

Front 6

append/o, appendic/o

Back 6

Appendix

Front 7

bil/i, chol/e

Back 7

gall, bile

Front 8

bucc/o

Back 8

cheek

Front 9

catabol/o

Back 9

A casting down

Front 10

cel/i

Back 10

Abdomen, belly

Front 11

cheil/o

Back 11

lip

Front 12

choledoch/o

Back 12

Common bile duct

Front 13

cirrh/o

Back 13

Orange - yellow

Front 14

col/o, colon/o

Back 14

colon

Front 15

cyst/o

Back 15

Bladder

Front 16

dent/o, odont/o

Back 16

Tooth

Front 17

diverticul/o

Back 17

Diverticula

Front 18

duoden/o

Back 18

duodenum

Front 19

enter/o

Back 19

intestine

Front 20

esophage/o, esphag/o

Back 20

Esophagus

Front 21

fibr/o

Back 21

Fibrous tissue

Front 22

gastr/o

Back 22

Stomach

Front 23

gingiv/o

Back 23

Gums

Front 24

gloss/o, lingu/o

Back 24

Tongue

Front 25

glyc/o

Back 25

Sweet, sugar

Front 26

halit/o

Back 26

Breath

Front 27

hemat/o

Back 27

Blood

Front 28

hemorrh/o

Back 28

Vein liable to bleed

Front 29

hepat/o

Back 29

Liver

Front 30

herni/o

Back 30

Hernia

Front 31

ilie/o

Back 31

Ileum

Front 32

labi/o

Back 32

Lip

Front 33

lapar/o

Back 33

Abdomen

Front 34

lip/o

Back 34

fat

Front 35

pancreat/o

Back 35

Pancreas

Front 36

pept/o

Back 36

To digest

Front 37

pharyng/e, pharyng/o

Back 37

Pharynx

Front 38

pil/o

Back 38

Hair

Front 39

prand/i

Back 39

Meal

Front 40

proct/o

Back 40

Anus and rectum

Front 41

pylor/o

Back 41

Pylorus, gatekeeper

Front 42

rect/o

Back 42

Rectum

Front 43

sial/o

Back 43

Saliva, salivary

Front 44

sigmoid/o

Back 44

Sigmoid

Front 45

splen/o

Back 45

Spleen

Front 46

stomat/o

Back 46

Mouth

Front 47

verm/i

Back 47

Worm