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Combining forms pt. 1
Combining forms pt. 2
Combining forms pt. 3
100

-itis

What is inflammation

100

brady-

What is slow
100

cardi/o-

What is heart

100

derm/a-

What is skin

100

psych/o-

What is mind

200

-cyte

What is a cell

200

tachy-

What is fast

200

hem/o-

What is blood

200

pneum/o-

What is lung/air

200

carcin/o-

What is cancer

300

-ectomy

What is cutting out

300

ecto-

What is out from

300

nephr/o-

What is kidney

300

morb/o

What is disease

300
osse/o, oste/o

What is bone

400

-a

What is the condition of

400

dys-

What is with pain or difficulty

400

my/o-

What is muscle

400

cephal/o-

What is head

400

edem/o-

What is swelling

500

-oma

What is a tumor, swelling

500

A-, an-

What is without, lack of

500

alg/o-

What is pain

500

purul/o-, pyl/o-

What is pus
500

enter/o-

What is intestines