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Medical Roots

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Root
Meaning
acro   extremities  
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aden   gland  
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angio   vessel (blood)  
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ankyl   crooked, looped  
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arterio   artery  
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arthro   joint  
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aud, aur   ear; hearing  
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blepharo   eyelid  
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brachi   cronchial  
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bucca   cheek  
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carcin   cancer  
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cardio   heart  
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caud   tail  
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cephal   head  
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cerebro   brain  
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cervic   neck  
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cheil   lip  
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chole   bile  
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cholecyst   gallbladder  
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chondro   cartilage  
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coccus   round  
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col   colon  
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colp   vagina  
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costo   ribs  
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cranio   skull  
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cut   skin  
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cyan   blue  
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cysto   bladder, sac  
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cyt, cyte   cell  
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dacry   tear duct  
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dactyl   fingers, toes  
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dent   tooth  
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derma   skin  
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dextr   right  
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duoden   duodenum  
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edema   swelling  
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electr   electric  
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emesis   vomit  
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enter   intestine  
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erythro   red  
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esophag   esophagus  
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esthesi   feeling  
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faci   face  
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fascia   band, fibrous  
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gastro   stomach  
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gingiva   gum  
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gloss   tongue  
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gyne   woman  
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hemo   blood  
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hepat   liver  
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hydro   water  
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hystero   uterus, womb  
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iri   iris (eye)  
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kerat   cornea, scaly  
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labia   lip  
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lacrim   tear  
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lacto   milk  
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lapar   abdomen  
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laryng   larynx  
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leuko   white  
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lingua   tongue  
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lip   fat  
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lith   stone  
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lymph   fluid  
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mamm, mast   breast  
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melan   black  
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mening   membrane (pertaining to the covering of the brain or spinal cord)  
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meno, mens   menstruate  
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myelo   bone marrow  
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myo   muscle  
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nares   nose, nostrils  
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necr   death  
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nephro   kidney  
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neuro   nerve  
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ocul   eye  
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odont   tooth  
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oophoro   ovary  
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ophthal   eye  
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orchis   testes  
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osteo   bone  
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oto   ear, hearing  
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ovario   ovary  
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ovi   egg  
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part   birth, labor  
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ped, pod   foot  
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ped   child  
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phagia   swallow  
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pharyng   pharynx  
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phasia   speak  
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phleb   vein  
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pleur   pleura of the lung  
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pneumo   lung  
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procto   rectum  
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phycho   mind, soul  
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pulm   lung  
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pyelo   pelvis of the kidney  
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pyo   pus  
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ren   kidney  
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rhin   nose  
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salpingo   tube  
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semin   seed  
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soma   body  
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splen   spleen  
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spondyl   spine  
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squam   scaly  
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stoma   mouth  
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stric   narrowing  
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therm   heat  
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thorac   thorax  
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thrombo   clot  
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trachi   trachea  
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vas   vessel  
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vesic   bladder, sac  
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viscera   organ  
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