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Medical Terminology
Root words
Root Word | Meaning |
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adeno | gland |
calculi | stone |
cele | tumor |
cyto | cells |
glyco | sweet |
homeo | similar |
homo | similar |
lingua | tongue |
lip | fat |
lith | stone |
madaro | falling hair |
psych | mind |
pyo | pus |
radi | rays |
thermic | heat |
arthro | joint |
carpo | wrist |
chondro | cartilage |
costa | rib |
cranio | skull |
dactyl | finger |
ili | hip |
manus | hand |
myel | bone marrow |
myo | muscle |
ortho | straighten |
osteo | bone |
pedi | foot |
spondyl | vertebra |
cutis | skin |
dent | teeth |
derma | skin |
hapsia | touch |
odont | teeth |
onco | tumor |
onychia | nail beds |
pedicular | lice |
prurigo | itching |
psora | itch |
sarco | flesh |
sclero | hard |
squama | scaly |
tricho | hair |
chole | bile, gallbladder |
colon | large intestine |
emesis | vomiting |
entero | intestine |
gastro | stomach |
glosso | tongue |
hepat | liver |
ile | ileum??? |
laparo | abdomen |
myxo | mucus |
procto | anus |
pyloro | pylorus, gatekeeper |
stoma | opening, mouth |
viscero | body organs |
angio | vessel |
aortal | main artery |
arterio | artery |
cardio | heart |
emboli | vessel obstruction |
emia | blood |
hema, hemo | blood |
phleb | vein |
thrombo | blood clot |
varico | varicose veins |
vaso | blood vessel |
vena | vein |
ventricu | heart cavity |
broncho | bronchi, airway |
cili | hairlike processes |
ectasis | expansion |
laryngo | larynx, voice box |
naso | nose |
oro | mouth |
osy | osygen, keen |
pector | breast, chest |
pleura | rib side |
pneumo | lung |
ptysis | to spit |
pulmo | lungs |
rhin | nose |
tracheo | trachea, windpipe |