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Medical Terminology: Root Words

Question	Answer
combining forms aden/o	gland
combining form amni/o	amnion
combining form angi/o	(blood) vessel
combining form arteri/o	artery
combining form arthr/o	joint
combining form ather/o	plaque
combining form axill/o	arm pit
combining form bronch/o, bronchi/o	trachea
combining form carcin/o	cancerous
combining form cardi/o	heart
combining form chem/o	drug, chemical
combining form cholecyst/o	gall bladder
combining form chron/o	time
combining form col/o	colon
combining form crani/o	skull
combining form cry/o	cold
combining form cyst/o	urinary bladder
combining form electr/o	electricity
combining form encephal/o	brain
combinin form erythr/o	red
combining form esophag/o	esophagus
combining form hem/o, hemat/o	blood
combining form hepat/o	liver
combining form hyster/o	uterus
combining form inguin/o	groin
combining form isch/o	to hold back
combining form lapar/o	abdomen
combining form laryng/o	larynx
combining form leuk/o	white
combining form mamm/o	breast -ary; -graphy; -gram; plasty
combining form mast/o	breast -ectomy; -itis
combining form men/o	menses
combining form mening/o	meninges
combining form my/o	muscle
combining form myel/o	spinal cord
combining form necr/o	death
combining form nephr/o	kidney
combining form neur/o	nerve
combining form oophor/o	ovary
combining form oste/o	bone
combining form ot/o	ear
combining form pelv/o	hip area
combining form peritone/o	peritoneum
combining form phleb/o	vein
combining form pneumon/o, pulmon/o	lung
combining form radi/o	x-rays
combining form ren/o	kidney
combining form rhin/o	nose
combining form salping/o	fallopian tube
combining form sarc/o	flesh
combining form septic/o	pertaining to infection
combining form thorac/o	chest
combining form tonsill/o	tonsil
combining form trache/o	trachea
combining form ur/o	urine
combining form vascul/o	blood vessels
diagnostic suffixes -algia	pain
diagnostic suffixes -emia	blood condition
diagnostic suffixes -ia	condition
diagnostic suffixes -itis	inflamation
diagnostic suffixes -megaly	enlargement
diagnostic suffixes -oma	tumor, mass
diagnostic suffixes -osis	abnormal condition
diagnostic suffixes -pathy	disease condition
diagnostic suffixes -rrhea	flow, discharge
diagnostic suffixes -rrhage, -rrhagia	excessive discharge of blood
diagnostic suffixes -sclerosis	hardening
diagnostic suffixes -uria	condition of urine
adjective suffixes -al, -eal, -ar, -ary, -ic	pertaining to
procedural suffixes -centesis	procedure to remove fluid
procedural suffixes -ectomy	removal
procedural suffixes -gram	record
procedural suffixes -graphy	process of recording
procedural suffixes -lysis	breakdown
procedural suffixes -plasty	repair
procedural suffixes -scopy	visual examination
procedural suffixes -stomy	opening
procedural suffixes -therapy	treament
procedural suffixes -tomy	incision
inflamations appendicitis	appendix
inflamations bursitis	bursa
inflamations cellulitis	soft tissue under skin
inflamations dermatitis	skin
inflamations endocarditis	inner lining of the heart
inflamations epiglottitis	epiglottis
inflamations gastritis	stomach
inflamations hepatitis	liver
inflamations myositis	muscle
inflamations nephritis	kidney
inflamations osteomyelitis	bone and bone marrow
inflamations otitis	ear
inflamation peritonitis	peritoneum
inflamation pharyngitis	throat
inflamation thrombophlebitis	vein (with clot formation)
sarcomas chondrosarcoma	cartilage
sarcomas fibrosarcoma	fibrous tissue
sarcomas leiomyosarcoma	visceral / smooth muscle
sarcomas liposarcoma	fatty tissue
sarcomas osteogenic sarcoma	bone
sarcomas rhabidomyosarcoma	skeletal muscle
assorted malignant tumors hepatoma	liver
assorted malignant tumors lymphoma	lymph nodes
assorted malignant tumors melanoma	pigmented cells in the skin
assorted malignant tumors mesothelioma	pleural cells in lungs
assorted malignant tumors multiple myeloma	bone marrow cells
assorted malignant tumors thymoma	thymus gland
disease condition adenopathy	lymph nodes
disease conditions adrenopathy	adrenal glands
disease conditions hepatopathy	liver
disease conditions lymphadenopathy	lymph nodes
disease conditions myopathy	muscles
disease conditions neuropathy	nerves
disease conditions osteopathy	bones
disease conditions retinopathy	retina of the eye
resections adenectomy	gland
resections adenoidectomy	adenoids
resections appendectomy	appendix
resections colectomy	colon
resections gastrectomy	stomach
resections laminectomy	a piece of the backbone
resections myomectomy	muscle tumor
resections pneumonectomy	lung
resectons prostatectomy	prostate
resections splenectomy	spleen