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Anatomy Root Words
root words
| root | meaning |
|---|---|
| mal | bad |
| melan | black |
| men,mens,menstru | month(ly) |
| muta | change |
| my,myo | muscle |
| myc | fungus |
| myel | marrow` |
| nat | birth |
| natri | sodium |
| nephr | nephron,kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| noct,nyct | night |
| ocul | eye |
| odont,dent | tooth |
| onco | cancer |
| ophthalm | eye |
| orchid | testis |
| osteo | bone |
| oto | ear |
| ov,oo | egg |
| oxy | oxygen |
| path | disease |
| ped | children |
| phag | eat |
| pharm | drug |
| phleb | vein |
| photo | light |
| physio | nature(function)of |
| plex | twisted, woven |
| pneumo | air,breath |
| pod | foot |
| poie | make, produce |
| presby | old |
| proct | rectum |
| pseudo | false |
| psych | mind |
| pyel | pelvis |
| ren | kidney |
| rhino | nose |
| rigor | stiffness |
| sarco | flesh,muscle |
| sclera | hard |
| semen,semin | seed,sperm |
| sept | contamination |
| sin | cavity,recess |
| son | sound |
| spiro,spire | breathe |
| stat,stas | a standing, stopping |
| syn | together |
| systol | contract,stand together |
| tachy | fast |
| therm | heat |
| thromb | clot |
| tox | poison |
| troph | grow,nourish |
| tympan | drum |
| varic | enlarged vessel |
| vas | vessel,duct |
| vesic | bladder, blister |
| acro | extremity |
| aden | gland |
| alveol | small hollow cavity |
| angi | vessell |
| arthro | joint |
| asthen | weakness |
| bar | pressure |
| bili | bile |
| brachi | arm |
| brady | slow |
| bronch | air passage |
| capn | smoke |
| carcin | cancer |
| card | heart |
| cephal | head,brain |
| cerv | neck |
| chem | chemical |
| chol | bile |
| chondr | cartilage |
| corp | body |
| cortico | pertaining to cortex |
| crani | skull |
| crypt | hidden |
| cusp | point |
| cut(an) | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cyst | bladder |
| cyt | cell |
| dactyl | fingers,toes (digits) |
| dendr | tree,branched |
| derm | skin |
| diastole | relax; stand apart |
| dips | thirst |
| ejacul | to throw out |
| electr | electrical |
| enter | intestine |
| eryth | red |
| esthe | sensation |
| febr | fever |
| gastr | stomach |
| gingiv | gums |
| glomer | wound into the ball |
| gloss | tongue |
| gluc,glyc | glucose,sugar |
| glutin | glue |
| hepat | liver |
| hist | tissue |
| hydro | water |
| hyster | uterus |
| iatr | treatment |
| kali | potassium |
| kary | nucleus |
| kerat | cornea |
| lact | milk, milk production |
| lapar | abdomen |
| leuk | white |
| lig | to tie, bind |
| lip | lipid (fat) |
| lys | break apart |
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