Unit 3 - Suffixes - Combining Form A-N

combining form that means muscle

• lip/o

• my/o

• neur/o

• sarc/o

combining form that means liver

• cardi/o

• lip/o

• hepat/o

• arthr/o

combining form that means nerve

• neur/o

• sarc/o

• thorac/o

• viscer/o

Necro means:

• Nerve

• Through

• Near

• Death

Nephr/o

• Nerve
• Kidney
• Disease
• Liver

Cyt/o

• Cell
• Blood condition
• Enlargement of
• crystal

Cancer

• -oma
• -algia
• Hyster
• Carcin

hypo-

• less than normal
• Large
• Below
• Swallow

Cardi/o

• activity
• respiratory
• heart
• bone

combining form that means rib

• cost/o

• enter/o

• lip/o

• my/o