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Chapter 2: Combining Forms

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cervic/o

neck (of the body or of the uterus)

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chondr/o

cartilage (type of connective tissue)

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chrom/o

color

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coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)

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crani/o

skull

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cyt/o

cell

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dist/o

far, distant

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dors/o

back portion of the body

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hist/o

tissue

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ili/o

ilium (upper part of pelvic bone)

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inguin/o

groin

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kary/o

nucleus

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later/o

side

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lumb/o

lower back

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medi/o

middle

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nucle/o

nucleus

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pelv/i

pelvis

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poster/o

back, behind

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proxim/o

nearest

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sacr/o

sacrum

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sarc/o

flesh

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spin/o

spine, backbone

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thel/o, theli/o

nipple

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thorac/o

chest

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trache/o

trachea, windpipe

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umbilic/o

navel, umbilicus

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ventr/o

belly side of the body

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vertebr/o

vertebra (backbone)

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viscer/o

internal organs

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