Medical Terminology: Root Words
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| adeno | gland | ||||
| calculi | stone | ||||
| cele | tumor, cyst; hernia | ||||
| cyto | cell | ||||
| glyco | sugar | ||||
| homo, homeo | alike, similar | ||||
| lingua | tongue | ||||
| lip | fat | ||||
| lith | stone | ||||
| madaro | falling hair | ||||
| psych | mind | ||||
| pyo | pus | ||||
| radi | rays | ||||
| thermic | heat | ||||
| arthro | joint | ||||
| carpo | wrist | ||||
| chondro | cartilage | ||||
| costa | rib | ||||
| cranio | skull | ||||
| dactyl | finger, toe, digit | ||||
| ili | hip | ||||
| manus | hand | ||||
| myel | bone marrow, spinal cord | ||||
| myo | muscle | ||||
| ortho | straighten | ||||
| osteo | bone | ||||
| pedi | foot, child, infant | ||||
| spondyl | vertebra | ||||
| cutis | skin | ||||
| dent | teeth | ||||
| derma | skin | ||||
| hapsia | touch | ||||
| odont | teeth | ||||
| onco | tumor | ||||
| onychia | nail bed | ||||
| pedicular | lice | ||||
| prurigo | itching | ||||
| psora | itch | ||||
| sarco | flesh | ||||
| sclero | hard | ||||
| squama | scaly | ||||
| tricho | hair | ||||
| chole | gallbladder, bile | ||||
| colon | large intestine | ||||
| emesis | vomiting | ||||
| entero | intestines | ||||
| gastro | stomach | ||||
| glosso | tongue | ||||
| hepat | liver | ||||
| ile | ileum | ||||
| laparo | abdomen | ||||
| myxo | mucus | ||||
| procto | anus, rectum | ||||
| pylor | pylorus, gatekeeper | ||||
| stoma | mouth, opening | ||||
| viscero | body organs | ||||
| angio | vessel | ||||
| aortal | aorta, main artery | ||||
| arterio | artery | ||||
| cardio | heart | ||||
| emboli | vessel obstruction | ||||
| emia | blood | ||||
| hemo | blood | ||||
| phleb | vein | ||||
| thrombo | blood clot | ||||
| varico | varicose veins | ||||
| vena | vein | ||||
| ventricu | heart cavity | ||||
| broncho | airway | ||||
| cili | hairlike process | ||||
| ectasis | expansion | ||||
| laryngo | voice box, larynx | ||||
| naso | nose | ||||
| oro | mouth | ||||
| oxy | oxygen | ||||
| pector | chest, breast | ||||
| pleura | rib side | ||||
| pneumo | lung | ||||
| ptysis | spit, sputum | ||||
| pulmo | lung | ||||
| rhin | nose | ||||
| tracheo | windpipe | ||||
| creatinine | waste material in urine | ||||
| cysto | bladder | ||||
| glomerulo | nephron part; little ball | ||||
| nephro | kidney | ||||
| peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs | ||||
| pyelo | pelvis | ||||
| reni | kidney | ||||
| uretero | ureter | ||||
| urethro | urethra | ||||
| uri, uro, urina | urine | ||||
| uric | pertaining to urine | ||||
| bulbo | bulblike; bulboeurethral gland | ||||
| cervi | neck | ||||
| galacto | milk | ||||
| genito | reproductive system | ||||
| hyster | uterus | ||||
| lactin | milk | ||||
| mast | breast | ||||
| metr | uterus | ||||
| natal | born | ||||
| oophoro | ovary | ||||
| orchido | testicle | ||||
| ova,ovi,ovo | egg | ||||
| salping | fallopian tube | ||||
| sperma, spermato | seed, sperm | ||||
| vas | duct; vessel (vas deferens) | ||||
| audio | sound | ||||
| cerebro | brain | ||||
| enecephalo | brain | ||||
| esthesia | sensation | ||||
| medulla | brain middle | ||||
| meningo | membranes of spinal cord | ||||
| neuro | nerve | ||||
| occiput | back of skull | ||||
| oculo | eye | ||||
| ophthalmo | eye | ||||
| oto | ear | ||||
| parietes | wall part of brain | ||||
| pons | bridge | ||||
| tempora | temporal |
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