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NUR9 Common Roots
NUR9 Common Roots from Lippincott (KCC-07)
Root / Vowel | Meaning |
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abdomin /o | abdomen |
angi / o | vessel |
arteri /o | artery |
blephar /o | eyelid |
bronchi /o | bronchus |
carcin /o | cancer |
cardi /o | heart |
cerebr /o | cerebrum (brain) |
cephal /o | head |
chol /e | bile, gall |
cholecyst /o | gallbladder |
col /o | colon |
crani /o | skull |
cutane /o | skin |
cyan /o | blue |
cyst /o | sac, bladder |
dermat /o | skin |
encepha /o | brain |
enter /o | intestine |
erythr /o | red |
esophag /o | esophagus |
gastr /o | stomach |
gluc /o | sugar, glucose |
gynec / o | woman, female |
hemat /o | blood |
hepat /o | liver |
hydr /o | water, fluid |
hyster /o | uterus |
laryng /o | larynx (voice box) |
leuk /o | white |
lymph /o | lymph |
my /o | muscle |
necr /o | death |
nephr /o | kidney |
neur /o | nerve |
noct /o | night |
oophor /o | ovary |
mamm /o | breast |
mast /o | breast |
megal /o | enlargement |
melan /o | black |
mening /o | meninges |
men /o | menes, menstruation |
muc /o | mucus |
myel /o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
ophthalm /o | eye |
os /o | mouth |
oste /o | bone |
ot /o | ear |
pharyng /o | pharynx (throat) |
phleb /o | vein |
pneum /o | lung, air, breathing |
proct /o | anus, rectum |
ren /o | kidney |
rhin /o | nose |
salping /o | fallopian tube |
scler /o | hardening, sclera (white of the eye) |
sigmoid /o | sigmoid colon |
spermat /o | sperm |
spin /o | spine |
stern /o | sternum (breastbone) |
tend /o | tendon |
therm /o | heat |
thorac /o | chest, thorax |
thromb /o | blood clot |
thyr /o | thyroid gland |
trache /o | trachea |
tympan /o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
ureter /o | ureter |
urethr /o | urethra |
ur /o | urine |
uter /o | uterus |
vagin /o | vagina |
vascul /o | blood vessel |
vas /o | vas deferens, vessel |
ven /o | vein |
vertebr /o | vertebra (backbone) |