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med term root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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