level: combining forms
Questions and Answers List
level questions: combining forms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |