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Section 3 Root words
Medical Terminology Most Common Root Words (M-Z)
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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