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Chapter 2 - Combining Forms
Medical Terminology - The Language of Medicine
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Nursing
Not Applicable
01/13/2011

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abdomin/o
Definition
abdomen
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adip/o
Definition
fat
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anter/o
Definition
front
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bol/o
Definition
to cast throw (metabolism)
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cervic/o
Definition
neck (of the body or of the uterus)
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chondr/o
Definition
cartilage (type of connective tissue)
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chrom/o
Definition
color
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coccyg/o
Definition
coccyx (tailbone)
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crani/o
Definition
skull
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cyt/o
Definition
cell
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dist/o
Definition
far, distant
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dors/o
Definition
back portion of the body
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hist/o
Definition
tissue
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ili/o
Definition
ilium (part of the pelvic bone)
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inguin/o
Definition
groin
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kary/o
Definition
nucleus
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later/o
Definition
side
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lumb/o
Definition
lower back (side and back between the ribs and the pelvis)
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medi/o
Definition
middle
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nucle/o
Definition
nucleus
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pelv/i
Definition
pelvis, hip region
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poster/o
Definition
back, behind
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proxim/o
Definition
nearest
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sacr/o
Definition
sacrum
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sarc/o
Definition
flesh
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spin/o
Definition
spine, backbone
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thel
Definition
nipple (epithelial cell first discovered on nipple -skin surface)
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thorac/o
Definition
chest
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trache/o
Definition
trachea, windpipe
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Umbilic/o
Definition
navel, unbilicus
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ventr/o
Definition
belly side of the body
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vertebr/o
Definition
vertebra(e), backbone(s)
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viscer/o
Definition
internal organs
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