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Section 3 Root words
Medical Terminology Most Common Root Words (M-Z)
Question | Answer |
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macr | abnormal largeness |
mamm | breast |
mandibul | lower jawbone |
mast | breast |
mastoid | mastoid |
maxill | upper jawbone |
meat | meatus |
melan | opening |
mening | meninges |
menisc | crescent |
men | menstruation |
ment | mind |
metr | uterus |
mon | one |
morph | shape |
mus | mucus |
myc | fungus |
myel | bone marrow, spinal cord |
myel | bone marrow |
myos | muscle |
myring | eardrum |
my | muscle |
narc | stupor |
nas | nose |
nat | birth |
necr | cell death |
nephr | kidney |
neur | nerve |
noct | night |
nyct | night |
nyctal | night |
ocul | eye |
olig | few |
omphal | navel |
onc | tumor |
onych | nail |
oo | egg |
oophor | ovary |
ophthalm | eye |
opt | vision |
orch | testicle |
orchi | testis |
orchid | testicle |
organ | organ |
or | mouth |
orth | straight |
oste | bone |
ot | ear |
ov | egg |
ox | oxygen |
pachy | thick |
palat | palate |
pancreat | pancreas |
papill | nipple |
parathyroid | parathyroid gland |
par | give birth to |
patell | kneecap |
path | disease |
part | labor |
pector | chest |
ped | child, food |
pelv | pelvis |
perine | perineum |
peritone | peritoneum |
petr | stone |
phac | lens |
phag | swallow |
phak | lens |
phalang | pharynx |
phas | speech |
phleb | vein |
phot | light |
phren | mind |
physi | nature |
plasm | plasma |
pleur | pleura |
pneumat | lung |
pneum | air |
pneumon | lung |
pod | foot |
poli | gray matter |
poikil | irregular |
polyp | small growth |
poster | back |
prim | first |
proct | rectum |
prostat | prostate gland |
pseud | false |
psych | mind |
pub | pubis |
puerper | childbirth |
pulmon | lung |
pupil | pupil |
pyel | renal pelvis |
pylor | pylorus |
py | pus |
pyr | fever |
quadr | four |
rachi | vertebra |
radic | nerve root |
radicul | nerve root |
radi | lower arm bone |
rect | rectum |
ren | kidney |
retin | retina |
rhabd | rodshaped |
rhin | nose |
rhytid | wrinkles |
rhiz | nerve root |
salping | fallopian tube |
sarc | connective tissue |
scapul | shoulder bone |
scler | sclera |
scoli | crooked |
seb | oil |
sept | septum |
sial | siliva |
somat | body |
somn | sleep |
son | sound |
spermat | sperm |
sperm | spermatozoan |
sphygm | pulse |
spir | breathing |
splen | spleen |
spondyl | vertebra |
staped | middle ear bone |
staphyl | grapelike clusters |
stern | breastbone |
steth | chest |
stomat | mouth |
strept | twisted chains |
synovi | synovial membrane |
tars | ankle bones |
tars | edge of eyelid |
tendin | tendon |
tend | tendon |
ten | tendon |
test | testicle |
therm | heat |
thorac | chest |
thromb | clot |
thym | thymus gland |
thyroid | thyroid gland |
thyr | thyroid gland |
tibi | lower leg bone |
tom | cut |
ton | tension |
tonsil | tonsils |
top | place |
toxic | poison |
trachel | neckline |
trache | trachea |
trich | hair |
typan | eardrum |
uln | lower arm bone |
ungu | nail |
urethr | urethra |
ur | urine |
urin | urinary tract |
uter | uterus |
uvul | uvula |
vagin | vagina |
valv | valve |
valvul | valve |
vas | vessel |
vein | vein |
ventricul | ventricle |
vetebr | vertebra |
vesic | bladder, sac |
vesicul | seminal vesticles |
viscer | internal organs |
vulv | vulva |
xanth | yellow |
xer | dry |