Cephalo means head while En- means within or inside, so Encephalo means brain.
cerebr/o
cerebr/o
The combining forms are: phlebo- or phleb-
ven(o)
nerve
root word for vein is phleb/o
nerv/o, neur/i, neur/o mean nerve. Radicul- means nerve root.
myel/o-
chord/o-
cord/o-
chondr/o
Radic- is the combining form meaning root or nerve root.
Radicul/o is the medical terminology combining form meaning nerve root.Nervus
A combining form meaning "sleep" used in the meaning of compound words
Neuro is the Greek root meaning nerve.
A combining form that gives the word its medical meaning. It contains two parts, the root and a combining vowel, the root contains the medical meaning. And sometimes prefix and suffix.
-pnea is th medica; terminology root meaning respiration.
Yes, geront- is the root for elderly, as in gerontology.
py/o or purul/opy/opurul/o
later/oAs an adjective, "lateral" means pertaining to the side. A word root is "later/o" as in "lateroduction"--muscular movement pulling to the side.
Vagotomy is the medical term meaning surgical incision of the vagus nerve.
"Neuroma" has no prefix. The word root is neur- and the suffix is -oma. "Neur/o is the root meaning nerve . Oma is the suffix meaning tumor or mass And o is the combining vowel Definition : mass of nerve . Answer to the question is neur/o which is the combining form :) not combining prefix you see because neur/o combines with lots of term such as neurological neurologist ect then just break them down some have no prefixes but double roots just really define what the actual words suffix and prefix mean all medical terms have a suffix bur not always a prefix .
Yes, that's what a combining form is by definition.
Combining forms consist of a word root and a vowel. For example, cardi/o, where cardi is the word root and o is the "combining" vowel.