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1. aryteno-, comb. form View full entry 1849-52
...comb. form of arytenoid...
2. atlanto-, comb. form View full entry 1839-47
...comb. form of Atlas (in the physiological sense), as in atlanto-axial, etc....
3. auriculo-, comb. form View full entry 1835-6
...as in auriculo-temporal, auriculo-ventricular, etc....
4. blenno- | blenn-, comb. form View full entry 1859
... Greek βλέννος, βλέννα, mucus, in which sense it is extensively used in combination in Pathol.; as in blennoˈgenic, bleˈnnogenous, ˈblennoid...
5. branchio-, comb. form View full entry 1835-6
...combining form of Greek βράγχια gills....
6. ˈbulbo-, comb. form View full entry 1835-6
...Comb. form (used also in modern Latin) of Latin bulbus, bulb, forming principally adjs. used in physiology....
7. camph-, comb. form View full entry 1839-47
...abbreviation of camphor, taken as a stem on which to form names of related chemical substances....
8. carpo-, comb. form1 View full entry 1836-9
...combining form of Greek καρπός, carpus, wrist, as in (New Sydenham Soc. Lexicon)...
9. carpo-, comb. form2 View full entry 1839-47
...combining form of Greek καρπός fruit....
10. cerato-, comb. form View full entry 1849-52
...combining form of Greek κέρας, κερατ- horn, used chiefly to denote relation to a cornu or horn, as of the hyoid bone, or to the cornea....
11. cerebro-, comb. form View full entry 1835-6
...Also cerebro-spinal...
12. cervico-, comb. form View full entry 1836-9
...Assumed combining form of Latin cervix, -īcis neck, as in cervico-dorsal adj.; cerˌvico-ˈbrachialcerˌvico-ˈbranchialcerˌvico-ˈfacialcerˌvico-ˈscapular...
13. chondro-, comb. form View full entry 1859
...combining form of Greek χόνδρος a grain, cartilage, used as the first element in many words, chiefly Med. and Physiol....
14. coccygeo-, comb. form View full entry 1835-6
...combining form of Latin coccȳge-us (see coccygeal)....
15. cœlio-, comb. form View full entry 1849-52
...before a vowel cœli-, combining form of Greek κοιλία belly....
16. cotylo-, comb. form View full entry 1859
...Combining form of Greek κοτύλη, κότυλος: see cotyle; as in cotylo-pubic, cotylo-sacral...
17. cuneo-, comb. form View full entry 1836-9
...combining form of Latin cuneus a wedge, used in Anat., as cuneo-ˈcuboidcuneo-ˈscaphoid...
18. dermo-, comb. form View full entry 1835-6
...repr. Greek δερμο-, shortened combining form of δέρμα, δέρματ-, skin, etc. (as in δερμόπτερος having membranous wings), used in numerous modern formations....
19. dorsi-, comb. form View full entry 1836-9
...combining form of Latin dors-um back (chiefly in anatomical, zoological, and botanical terms) = ‘back-; of, to, on the back’. (Sometimes less properly in the sense ‘back and ——’, which...
20. fibrino-, comb. form View full entry 1835-6
...used as a comb. form of fibrin, chiefly Physiol....
