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The combining form meaning chest is _____.
The combining form meaning chest is _____.
thorac/o
The combining form meaning spinal cord or bone marrow is _____.
The combining form meaning spinal cord or bone marrow is _____.
myel/o
Cardi/o means _____.
Cardi/o means _____.
heart
The combining form for blood vessels is _____.
The combining form for blood vessels is _____.
The combining form my/o means _____.
The combining form my/o means _____.
Angi/o means _____.
Angi/o means _____.
The combining form meaning heart muscle is _____.
The combining form meaning heart muscle is _____.
The combining form for smooth, visceral muscle is _____.
The combining form for smooth, visceral muscle is _____.
The combining form for blood is _____.
The combining form for blood is _____.
The combining form for the vein is _____.
The combining form for the vein is _____.
The combining form leuk/o means _____.
The combining form leuk/o means _____.
The combining form arteri/o means _____.
The combining form arteri/o means _____.
The combining form rhin/o means _____.
The combining form rhin/o means _____.
The combining form vascul/o means _____.
The combining form vascul/o means _____.
If the suffix -cyte means cell, what is the medical term for a white blood cell?
If the suffix -cyte means cell, what is the medical term for a white blood cell?
Two combining forms that mean blood are _____ and _____.
Two combining forms that mean blood are _____ and _____.
Erythr/o means _____.
Erythr/o means _____.
Pneumon/o means _____.
Pneumon/o means _____.
Pulmon/o means _____.
Pulmon/o means _____.
The combining form for bronchial tube is _____.
The combining form for bronchial tube is _____.
Trache/o means _____.
Trache/o means _____.
Mast/o means _____.
Mast/o means _____.
The combining form in the term esophageal is _____.
The combining form in the term esophageal is _____.
What does the combining form oophor/o mean?
What does the combining form oophor/o mean?
The combining form meaning fallopian tube is _____.
The combining form meaning fallopian tube is _____.
Hyster/o means _____.
Hyster/o means _____.
Which combining form means gall?
Which combining form means gall?
Which combining form means kidney?
Which combining form means kidney?
A combining form meaning abdomen is:
A combining form meaning abdomen is:
The combining form meaning gallbladder is _____.
The combining form meaning gallbladder is _____.
The combining form chem/o means _____
The combining form chem/o means _____
What is the combining form meaning x-ray?
What is the combining form meaning x-ray?
Col/o is the combining form for bladder.
Col/o is the combining form for bladder.
Mamm/o and mast/o both mean breast.
Mamm/o and mast/o both mean breast.
The combining form cyst/o means _____.
The combining form cyst/o means _____.
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Medical Terminology Combining Forms
- thorac/o: Refers to the chest.
- myel/o: Indicates the spinal cord or bone marrow.
- cardi/o: Means heart.
- vascul/o: Signifies blood vessels.
- my/o: Refers to muscle.
- angi/o: Denotes vessel.
- cardiomy/o: Refers specifically to heart muscle.
- leiomy/o: Indicates smooth, visceral muscle.
- hemat/o: Refers to blood.
- phleb/o: Means vein.
- leuk/o: Represents white.
- arteri/o: Refers to artery.
- rhin/o: Denotes nose.
- vascul/o: Means blood vessel.
- leukocyte: Medical term for a white blood cell, derived from the suffix -cyte meaning cell.
- hem/o, hemat/o: Two combining forms that refer to blood.
- erythr/o: Indicates red.
- pneumon/o, pulmon/o: Both mean lung.
- bronch/o: Refers to bronchial tubes.
- trache/o: Indicates trachea.
- mast/o: Refers to breast.
- esophag/o: The combining form for the term esophageal.
- oophor/o: Means ovary.
- salping/o: Refers to the fallopian tube.
- hyster/o: Indicates uterus.
- chol/e: Means gall.
- nephr/o: Refers to kidney.
- lapar/o: Indicates abdomen.
- cholecyst/o: Means gallbladder.
- chem/o: Refers to drug.
- radi/o: Indicates x-ray.
- Cyst/o: Means bladder.
- mamm/o, mast/o: Both refer to breast.
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