EML WR, CF, CV
What is word root? (WR)
main part of a medical term that give basic meaning , usually a body part or body system
what is combining form? (CF)
A combining form is a root word plus a combining vowel used together in medical terms. ( Word Glue )
what is combining vowels (CV)
A combining vowel is usually a vowel (most often “o”) added to make a medical term easier to pronounce.
what is (CF) of sarc/o?
flesh, cooective tissue
what is (CF) of my/o
muscle
what is the (CF) of cephal/o?
head (upward)
what is (CF) of neur/o?
nerve
what is (CF) path/o?
disease
what is (CF) to cyt/o?
cell
what is the (CF) of cyan/o
blue
What is the (CF) of melan/o?
black
What is the (CF) of xanth/o
yellow
what is the (CF) of erythr/o?
red
What is the (CF) of leuk/o?
white
what is the (CF) of onc/o?
tumor, mass
what is the (CF) of carcin/o?
cancer
What is (CF) of somat/o?
body
what is the (CF) of eti/o?
cause (of disease)
what is the (CF) of epitheli/o
epithelium
what is the (CF) cancer/o
cancer
what is the (CF) of hemat/o?
blood
What is the (CF) of hist/o
tissue
what is the (CF) viscer/o
internal organs
what is the (CF) of necr/o
death (cells, body)
What is (CF) of vir/o
virus
what is the (CF) aut/o
self
what is the (CF) of bi/o
life
what is the (CF) of iatr/o
Physician, medicine (also means treatment)
what is the (CF) of lip/o
fat
what is the (CF) of caud/o
tail (downward)
what is the (CF) of dors/o
back
what is the (CF) of dist/o
away (from the point of attachment)
what is the (CF) of gno/o
knowledge
what is the (CF) of anter/o
front
what is the (CF) of lei/o
smooth
what is the (CF) of rhabd/o
rod-shape, striated
what is (CF) of fibr/o
fibrous, fibrous tissue
what is (CF) of aden/o
gland
what is (CF) of organ/o
organ
what is (CF) system/o
system
what is the (CF) of super/o
above
what is the (CF) ventr/o
belly (front)
what is (CF) ro son/o
sound
what is the (CF) proxim/o
near (the point of attchment )
what is the (CF) of medi/o
middle
what is the (CF) infer/o
below
what is the (CF) of tom/o
to cut, section, or slice
what is the (CF) of radi/o
x-ray, inoizing radiatiom
what is the (CF) of poster/o
back, behind
what is the (CF) of later/o
side
what are example of combining vowel?
oste/o/arthr/itis
arthr/o/pathy
sub/hpat/ic