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medical terminology root terms Stack #141927

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root word
meaning
calculi   stone  
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cele   tumor/cyst/hernia  
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cyto   cell  
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glyco   sweet/sugar  
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homeo/homo   similar/same/like  
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lingua/glosso   tongue  
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lip   fat  
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lith   stone  
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madaro   hair loss  
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pedia   child  
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psyco   mind  
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pyo   pus  
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radi   rays  
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thermic   heat  
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arthro   joint  
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carpo   wrist  
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chondro   cartilage  
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costa   rib  
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cranio   skull  
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dactyl   finger  
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ili   hip  
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manus   hand  
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myel   bone marrow  
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myo   muscle  
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ortho   straighten  
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osteo   bone  
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pedi   foot  
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spondyl   vertebra  
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cutis   skin  
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dent/odont   teeth  
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hapsia   touch  
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onco   tumor  
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onychia   nailbeds  
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pedicular   lice  
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pora   itch  
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prurigo   itching  
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sarco   flesh  
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sclero   hard  
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squama   scaly  
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tricho   hair  
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chole   bile  
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colon   large intestine  
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emesis   vomiting  
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entero   intestine  
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gastro   stomach  
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hepat   liver  
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ile   ileum  
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laparo   abdomen  
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myxo   mucus  
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procto   anus/rectum  
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pyloro   pylorus/gatekeeper  
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stoma   opening/mouth  
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viscero   body organs  
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angio   vessel  
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aortal   aorta/main artery  
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arterio   artery  
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cardio   heart  
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emboli   vessel obstruction  
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hema/hemo/emia   blood  
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phleb   vein  
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thrombo   blood clot  
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varico   varicose veins  
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vaso   blood vessel  
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vena   vein  
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ventricu   heart cavity  
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broncho   bronchi/airway  
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cili   hairlike process  
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ectasis   expansion  
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laryngo   larnyx/voice box  
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naso   nose  
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oro   mouth  
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oxy   oxygen/keen  
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pector   breast  
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pleura   rib side  
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pneumo/pulmo   lung  
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ptysis   to spit  
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rhin   nose  
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tracheo   trachea/windpipe  
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creatinine   waste material in urine  
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cysto   bladder  
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glomerulo   nephron part/little ball  
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nephro/reni   kidney  
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peritoneo   lining of abdominal organs  
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pyelo   pevis  
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uretero   ureter  
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urethro   urethra  
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uri/uro/urina   urine  
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uric   pertaining to urine  
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bulbo   bulb like/bulbourethral gland  
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cervic   neck/uterus  
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galacto/lactin   milk  
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genito   reproductive system  
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hyster/metr   uterus  
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lactin   milk  
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mast   breast  
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natal   born  
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oophoro   ovary  
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orchido   testicle  
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ova   female sex cell  
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ovi/ovo   egg  
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salping   tube/fallopian  
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sperma/spermato   seed  
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audio   sound  
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cerebro/encephalo   brain  
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medulla   brain middle  
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meningo   membranes/spinal cord  
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neuro   nerves  
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occiput   back of skull  
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oculo/opthalmo   eye  
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oto   ear  
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parietes   paritel/wall part  
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pons   bridges  
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tempora   temporal  
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