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roots ischi->end
roots from ischi/o to xanth/o by lilk8tob
| Root | Meaning |
|---|---|
| ischi/o | ischium |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kinesi/o | movement, motion |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| later/o | lateral, side |
| leps/o | seizure |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lob/o | lobe |
| log/o | knowledge, words |
| lumb/o | lumbar |
| lymph/o, lymphat/o | lymph, lymphatics |
| lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
| malac/o | soft, softening |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| medi/o | medial or median |
| megal/o | enlargement |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | month |
| metacarp/o | metacarpals |
| metatars/o | metatarsals |
| metri/i, metr/o | uterine tissue, measurement |
| muc/o | mucus |
| muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myelo/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| narc/o | sleep |
| nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
| nat/I | birth |
| ne/o | new |
| necr/o | dead, death |
| nephr/o, ren/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| omphal/o | umbilicus (naval) |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oophor/o, ovar/o | ovary |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| optic/o, opt/o | vision |
| orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testic/o | testes |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| par/o | to bear offspring |
| patell/o | patella |
| path/o | disease |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| pen/o | penix |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| phag/o | eating, swallowing |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pharmacy/o | drugs, medicine |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phas/o | speech |
| phleb/o, ven/o | vein |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | diaphragm or mind |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung or air |
| poster/o | posterior |
| proct/o | anus, rectum |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| prote/o, protein/o | protein |
| proxim/o | proxima, nearest the point of origin, center, next to nearest |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o | lung |
| psych/o | mind |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| pyr/o | fire |
| radi/o | radius |
| rect/o | rectum |
| sacro | sacrum |
| salping/o | uterine tube |
| scapula/o | scapula |
| schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o | split, cleft |
| sclera/o | hard, hardening |
| scop/o | examine, to view |
| scrot/o | scrotum or bag |
| semin/o, ser/o | semen |
| sial/o | salivary gland, saliva |
| silic/o | silica |
| som/a, samat/o | body |
| son/o | sound |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| spir/o | to breathe or spiral |
| spleen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o, vertebr/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| super/o | superior, uppermost, above |
| tars/o | ankle bones |
| ten/o, tend/o | tendon |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | thrombus or blood clot |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| tonsil/o | tonsil |
| top/o | place, position |
| tox/o | poison |
| trache/o | trachea |
| troph/o | nutrition, development |
| uln/o | ulna |
| ur/o | urine or urinary tract |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| vag/o | vagus nerve |
| vas/o | vessel, ductus dererens |
| venul/o | venule |
| ventr/o | ventral |
| vesic/o | bladder or vesicle |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| xanth/o | yellow |
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lilk8tob