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Combining Forms Ch.2
Chapter 2 combining forms
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Undergraduate 1
08/20/2008
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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)
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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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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
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nucleus
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pelv/i
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pelvis
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poster/o
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back, behind
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proxim/o
 Definition
nearest
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sacr/o
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sacrum
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spin/o
 Definition
spine, backbone
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thel/o
 Definition
nipple
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thorac/o
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chest
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trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
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umbilic/o
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navel, umbilicus
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ventr/o
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belly side of the body
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vertebr/o
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vertebra(e), backbone(s)
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viscer/o
 Definition
internal organs
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