Combining forms 1
what is an air sac
alveol/o
what is head
cephal/o
what is stomach
gastr/o
what is muscle
my/o
what is disease
path/o
not, without
a-, an-
on, over, upon
epi-
above
supra-
cell
cyte-
specialist
-logy
surgical opening
-stomy
what is a joint
arth/o
what is neck, neck of the uterus
cervic/o
what is blood
hem/o
what is nose
nas/o
what is lung
pulmon/o
before
ante-
above, above normal. excessive
hyper-
fast
tachy-
blood condition
-emia
enlargement
-megaly
process of cutting, incision
-tomy
what is ear
aur/o
what is large intestine, colon
col/o, colon/o
what is sugar
glyc/o
wht is kidney
nephr/o
what is nose
rhin/o
against
anti
below, below normal, deficient
hypo-
across
trans-
substance that produces
tumor, mass
-oma
structuce, tissue, thing
-um
what is life
bi/o
what is rib
cost/o
what is liver
hepat/o
what is nerve
neur/o
what is flesh/ connective tissue
two, both
bi-
between
inter-
beyond, excess
ultra-
condition
-ia
process, abnormal condition
what is the abbreviation vital sign
vs
what is heart
cardi/o
what is skin
cutane/o
what is fat
lip/o
what is mouth
or/o
what is chest
thorac/o
slow
brady-
around, surrounding
peri-
pertaining to
-ac -ary -iac -ial -ic -ical
-al -ar -ior
a substance (noun)
pertaining to (adjective)
-ine
disease
-pathy
what is the abbreviation Rx for
prescription
what is tail
caud/o
what is intestines, small intestines
enter/o
what is study
log/o
what is bone
oste/o
what is uterus
uter/o
in, within
endo-
below, under
sub
pain
-algia
inflammation
-itis
surgical repair
-plasty
what isthe abbreviation OTC for
over the counter