MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY-MOST COMMON COMBINING FORMS IN MEDICAL LANGUAGE-LESSON 33
In this lesson we will just go through the most commonly using combining form in medical transcription while doing live files 1. abdomin/o means adbomen 2. acr/o - extremities, top, extreme point 3. acu/o - sharp, severe, sudden 4. aden/o - gland 5. agor/o - market place 6. amni/o - amnion (a sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus) 7. angi/o - vessel 8. arteri/o - artery 9. arthr/o - joint 10. axill/o - armpit 11. blephar/o - eyelid 12. bronch/o - bronchial tubes (two tubes one on the right and one on the left that branch from the trachea to enter into lungs) 13. carcin/o - cancer 14. chem/o - drug, chemical 15. chondr/o - cartilage 16. chron/o - time 17. col/o - colon (large intestine) 18. cyst/o - urinary bladder 19. encephal/o - brain 20. hydr/o