Which combining form means lip (pertaining to the lips)?

• A. hepat/o
• B. cheil/o
• C. pulmon/o
• D. andr/o

Answer: (B)

Understanding how combining forms name body parts helps you build medical terms correctly. The form that means lip is cheil/o, derived from the Greek cheilos for lip. It appears in terms like cheiloplasty (lip repair) and cheilitis (inflammation of the lip). The other forms point to different parts or concepts: hepat/o means liver (hepatitis, hepatic), pulmon/o means lung (pulmonary, pulmonology), andandr/o relates to male (androgen, andrology).