Medical Terminology Combining Forms PDF

UNIVERSITY OF DUHOK COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Lecture 3 Common Medical Word Roots DR. ARY HABEEB  Combining form Meaning or definition abdomen/o abdomen abort/o miscarry a...

UNIVERSITY OF DUHOK COLLEGE OF MEDICINE MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY Lecture 3 Common Medical Word Roots DR. ARY HABEEB  Combining form Meaning or definition abdomen/o abdomen abort/o miscarry acr/o extremity aden/o gland adren/o Adrenal gland albin/o white alveol/o air sac andr/o male  Combining form Meaning or definition angi/o blood vessel append/o appendix arteri/o artery arthr/o joint ather/o fatty plaque audi/o hearing bacteri/o bacteria blast/o germ, bud, developing cell  Combining form Meaning or definition blephar/o eyelid brachi/o arm bronch/i,o airway, bronchus carcin/o cancer cardi/o heart carp/o wrist caud/o tail cephal/o head  Combining form Meaning or definition cerebr/o brain, cerebrum cervic/o neck, cervix cholecyst/o gallbladder chondr/o,i cartilage colp/o vagina coron/o heart cost/o rib crani/o skull, cranium  Combining form Meaning or definition cutane/o skin cyan/o blue cyst/o bladder, sac cyt/o cell derm, dermat/o skin encephal/o brain enter/o small intestine erythr/o red  Combining form Meaning or definition esophag/e,o gullet, esophagus fasci/o fascia gastr/o stomach gingiv/o gums glomerul/o little ball, glomerulus gloss/o tongue gonad/o sex gland gravid/o pregnancy  Combining form Meaning or definition gyn, gynec/o woman hem, hemat/o blood hepat/o liver hom/o same hyster/o uterus iatr/o physician lact/o milk lapar/o abdomen  Combining form Meaning or definition laryng/o voice box, larynx leuk/o white lingu/o tongue mamm/o breast mast/o breast melan/o black men, menstru/o menstruation mening/I,o membrane  Combining form Meaning or definition ment/o mind metr/I,o uterus muscul/o muscle my/o muscle nas/o nose nat/o birth necr/o death nephr/o kidney  Combining form Meaning or definition neur/o nerve nosocom/o hospital obstetr/o midwife ocul/o eye ophthalm/o eye opt/o eye oophor/o ovary orchi, orchid/o testis  Combining form Meaning or definition orth/o straight oste/o bone or/o mouth ot/o ear ox/i oxygen ped/o child pharyng/o throat, pharynx pneum/o air, lung  Combining form Meaning or definition pulmon/o lung ren/o kidney rhin/o nose salping/o trumpet, fallopian tube schiz/o to divide, split sinus/o cavity spir/o breathe stern/o chest, sternum  Combining form Meaning or definition thorac/o chest, thorax thromb/o clot thyroid/o resembling a shield, thyroid tox/o poison trache/o windpipe, trachea tympan/o eardrum umbilic/o navel, umbilicus ur, urin/o urine