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med term root words
Question | Answer |
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abdomen/o | abdomen |
acr/o | extremity |
aden/o | gland |
alges/o | pain |
cardi/o | heart |
ceohal/o | head |
cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
colp/o | vagina |
cost/o | ribs |
dermat/o | skin |
gastr/o | stomach |
gloss/o | tongue |
gynec/o | woman |
hem/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
mamm/o | breast |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
ophthalm/o | eye |
orch/o | testicle |
oste/o | bones |
pector/o | chest |
ped/o | foot |
phleb/o | vein |
pulmon/o | lungs |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
rhin/o | nose |
stomat/o | mouth |
thorac/o | chest |
throb/o | blood clot |
ur/o | urine |
the body of the word | root word |
added onto the beginning of a word | prefix |
added onto the end of a word | suffix |
root word with the addition of a vowel to attach to either a suffix or additional root word | combining form |
most commonly used combining vowel | O |
a combining vowel is needed when | suffix begins with a consonant or combining two root words |
how is a medical term read? | start at the end and then read from the beginning |