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TCC RCA - Root words
TCC RCA - Root word terminology
| Root words | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abdomin | abdomen |
| aden | gland |
| adren | adrenal gland |
| angi | vessel |
| arterio | artery |
| artr | joint |
| broncho | bronshus, bronchi |
| card, cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| chole, chol | bile |
| chondr | cartilage |
| colo | colon, large intestine |
| cost | rib |
| crani | skull |
| cyan | blue |
| cyst | bladder, syst |
| cyt | cell |
| dent | tooth |
| derma | skin |
| duoden | duodenum |
| encephal | brain |
| enter | intestines |
| fibr | fibre, fibrous |
| gastro | stomach |
| gloss | tongue |
| gluc | sweetness, glucose |
| glyc | sugar |
| gyn, gyne, gyneco | woman |
| hem, hema, hemo, hemat | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| hydr | water |
| hyster | uterus |
| ile, ili | ileum |
| laparo | abdomen, loin, flank |
| laryng | larynx |
| lith | stone |
| mamm | breast, mammary gland |
| mast | mammary gland, breast |
| meno | menstruation |
| my | muscle |
| myel | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necro | death |
| nephr | kidney |
| neur | nerve |
| ocul | eye |
| oophor | ovary |
| ophthalm | eye |
| orth | straight, normal, correct |
| oste | bone |
| ot | ear |
| ped | child, foot |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| phelb | vein |
| pnea | breathing, respiration |
| pneum | lung, air, gas |
| proct | rectum |
| psych | mind |
| pulmo | lung |
| py | pus |
| rect | rectum |
| rhin | nose |
| salpin | eustachian tube, uterine tube |
| splen | spleen |
| sten | narrow, constriction |
| stern | sternum |
| stomat | mouth |
| therm | heat |
| thoraco | chest |
| thromb | clot, thrombus |
| thyro | thyroid |
| toxic | poison, poisonous |
| trache | trachea |
| urethr | urethra |
| urin | urine |
| uro | urine, urinary tract, urination |
| uter | uterus |
| vas | blood vessel, vas deferens |
| ven | vein |
| vertebr | spine, vertebrae |