level: combining forms
Questions and Answers List
level questions: combining forms
Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o; lapar/o | abdomen |
acu/o | sudden |
adip/o; lip/o | fat |
aliment/o | to nourish |
amyl/o | starch |
an/o | anus |
bi/o | life |
bil/i; chol/e | bile; gall |
bilirubin/o | bilirubin |
bucc/o | cheek |
carcin/o | cancerous; cancer |
cec/o | cecum |
hem/o; hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
herni/o | hernia |
hydr/o | fluid; water |
ile/o | ileum |
inguin/o | groin |
jejun/o | jejunum |
labi/o | lips |
lingu/o; gloss/o | tongue |
cheil/o | lip |
celi/o | belly; abdomen |
cholangi/o | bile vessel; bile duct |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
chron/o | time |
cib/o | meals |
col/o; colon/o | large intestine; colon |
copr/o | feces |
cyst/o | urinary bladder; cyst; sac of fluid |
decidu/o | shedding |
dent/o; dent/i; odont/o | tooth |
dips/o | thirst |
duoden/o; duoden/i | duodenum |
enter/o | small intestine |
esophag/o | esophagus |
faci/o | face |
gastr/o | stomach |
gingiv/o | gums |
gluc/o; glyc/o | sugar |
glycogen/o | glycogen |
gnath/o | jaw |
lith/o | stone |
mandibul/o | lower jaw |
muc/o | mucus |
nas/o | nose |
necr/o | death |
or/o | mouth |
palat/o | palate; roof of the mouth |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
phag/o | eat; swallow |
pharyng/o | throat |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
prote/o | protein |
py/o | pus |
pylor/o | pyloric sphincter; pylorus |
radi/o | x-ray; radius; radioactivity |
rect/o | rectum |
rug/o | wrinkle or fold |
sial/o | saliva; salivary |
sialaden/o | salivary gland |
steat/o | fat; sebum |
stomat/o | mouth |
trich/o | hair |
vill/i | tuft of hair; thread-like projection from membrane |