Chapter 9-word elements
This combining form means white.
What is leuk/o?
This prefix means without.
What is a?
These two combining forms can mean bladder.
What is cyst/o and vesic/o?
The combining forms for milk are these.
What are galact/o and lact/o?
This suffix means killing.
What is cide?
This combining form means form, shape, or structure.
What is morph/o?
This refers to being crooked or bent.
What is scoli/o?
Kal/i means this.
What is potassium?
This is the prefix meaning false.
What is pseudo?
This combining form means male.
What is andr/o?
This suffix means to stand still.
What is stasis?
This refers to a bone.
What is oste/o?
The combining form that means opening.
What is meat/o?
This is the suffix for pregnant woman.
What is gravida?
This prefix means scanty.
What is olig/o?
This suffix means decrease or deficiency.
What is penia?
The word root for bones of the fingers and toes.
What is phalang/o?
The suffix for urine is this.
What is uria?
This suffix means childbirth or labor.
What is tocia?
This is a split or fissure.
What is spadias?
This combining form means varied or irregular.
What is poikil/o?
This is the suffix for malignant tumor of connective tissue.
What is sarcoma?
The combining forms for kidney are these.
What are nephr/o and ren/o?
This suffix means the beginning.
What is arche?
These three combining forms mean testis or testes.
What are orch/o, orchi/o, and orchid/o?