Medical Terms Midterm COMBINING FORMS (py/o)

Hem/o , hemat/o

Blood

Cervic/o

Cervix

Choledoch/o

Common Bile Duct

cholcyst/o

Gallbladder

aden/o

Gland

ile/o

Ileum

nephr/o , ren/o

Kidney

men/o

Menses

nas/o , rhin/o

Nose

pyel/o

Renal Pelvis

myel/o

Spinal Cord

lith/o

Stone

Varic/o

Varicose Veins

episi/o , vulv/o

Vulva

abdomin/o , celi/o , lepar/o

abdomen

encephal/o

brain

mamm/o , mast/o

breast

eti/o

cause

cyt/o

cell

chrom/o

color

nos/o , path/o , -pathy

disease

epididym/o

epididymis

cephal/o

head

crypt/o

hidden

enter/o

intestines

cheil/o , labi/o

lip

hepat/o

liver

meat/o

meatus

myel/o

membranes covering spinal cord and brain

galact/o , lact/o

milk

terat/o

monster

neur/o

nerve

radicul/o

nerve root

prostat/o

prostate gland

olig/o

scanty

gon/o , semin/i

seed

splen/o

spleen

gastr/o

stomach

orch/o , orchi/o , orchid/o , test/o

testis

cyst/o , vesic/o

urinary Bladder

ur/o , urin/o

urine

hyster/o , metr/o , metri/o , uter/o

uterus

leuk/o

white

gynec/o

woman