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Details Title: LOM Chapter 3 Description: Combining Forms Total Flash Cards: 55 Created: 03/25/2005 14:08:12	To study from this set of flash cards, or to create your own your own study flash cards, register HERE. If you are already a registered user, CLICK HERE.
Cards Term abdomin/o Definition abdomen Term acr/o Definition extremities, top, extreme point Term aden/o Definition gland Term agor/a Definition marketplace Term amni/o Definition amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) Term angio/o Definition vessel Term arteri/o Definition artery Term athr/o Definition joint Term axill/o Definition armpit Term blephar/o Definition eyelid Term bronch/o Definition bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs) Term carcin/o Definition cancer Term chem/o Definition drug, chemical Term chondr/o Definition cartilage Term chron/o Definition time Term col/o Definition large intestine Term cyst/o Definition urinary bladder Term encephal/o Definition brain Term hydr/o Definition water, fluid Term inguin/o Definition groin Term isch/o Definition to hold back Term lapar/o Definition abdomen, abdominal wall Term lymph/o Definition lymph Lymph, a clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces, is contained in special lymph vessels and nodes througout the body. Term mamm/o Definition breast Term mast/o Definition breast Term morph/o Definition shape, form Term muc/o Definition mucus Term my/o Definition muscle Term myel/o Definition spinal cord, bone marrow Context of usage indicates the meaning intended. Term necr/o Definition death (of cells or whole body) Term nephr/o Definition kidney Term neur/o Definition nerve Term neutr/o Definition neutrophil (a white blood cell) Term ophthalm/o Definition eye Term oste/o Definition bone Term ot/o Definition ear Term path/o Definition disease Term peritone/o Definition peritoneum Term phag/o Definition to eat, swallow Term phleb/o Definition vein Term plas/o Definition formation, development Term pleur/o Definition pleura (membranes surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall muscles) Term pneunmon/o Definition lungs Term pulmon/o Definition lungs Term rect/o Definition rectum Term ren/o Definition kidney Term sarc/o Definition flesh Term splen/o Definition spleen Term staphyl/o Definition clusters Term strept/o Definition twisted chains Term thorac/o Definition chest Term thromb/o Definition clot Term tonsill/o Definition tonsils Term trache/o Definition trachea (windpipe) Term ven/o Definition vein