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Stack #141927
medical terminology root terms Stack #141927
| root word | meaning |
|---|---|
| calculi | stone |
| cele | tumor/cyst/hernia |
| cyto | cell |
| glyco | sweet/sugar |
| homeo/homo | similar/same/like |
| lingua/glosso | tongue |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| madaro | hair loss |
| pedia | child |
| psyco | mind |
| pyo | pus |
| radi | rays |
| thermic | heat |
| arthro | joint |
| carpo | wrist |
| chondro | cartilage |
| costa | rib |
| cranio | skull |
| dactyl | finger |
| ili | hip |
| manus | hand |
| myel | bone marrow |
| myo | muscle |
| ortho | straighten |
| osteo | bone |
| pedi | foot |
| spondyl | vertebra |
| cutis | skin |
| dent/odont | teeth |
| hapsia | touch |
| onco | tumor |
| onychia | nailbeds |
| pedicular | lice |
| pora | itch |
| prurigo | itching |
| sarco | flesh |
| sclero | hard |
| squama | scaly |
| tricho | hair |
| chole | bile |
| colon | large intestine |
| emesis | vomiting |
| entero | intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| hepat | liver |
| ile | ileum |
| laparo | abdomen |
| myxo | mucus |
| procto | anus/rectum |
| pyloro | pylorus/gatekeeper |
| stoma | opening/mouth |
| viscero | body organs |
| angio | vessel |
| aortal | aorta/main artery |
| arterio | artery |
| cardio | heart |
| emboli | vessel obstruction |
| hema/hemo/emia | blood |
| phleb | vein |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| varico | varicose veins |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| vena | vein |
| ventricu | heart cavity |
| broncho | bronchi/airway |
| cili | hairlike process |
| ectasis | expansion |
| laryngo | larnyx/voice box |
| naso | nose |
| oro | mouth |
| oxy | oxygen/keen |
| pector | breast |
| pleura | rib side |
| pneumo/pulmo | lung |
| ptysis | to spit |
| rhin | nose |
| tracheo | trachea/windpipe |
| creatinine | waste material in urine |
| cysto | bladder |
| glomerulo | nephron part/little ball |
| nephro/reni | kidney |
| peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs |
| pyelo | pevis |
| uretero | ureter |
| urethro | urethra |
| uri/uro/urina | urine |
| uric | pertaining to urine |
| bulbo | bulb like/bulbourethral gland |
| cervic | neck/uterus |
| galacto/lactin | milk |
| genito | reproductive system |
| hyster/metr | uterus |
| lactin | milk |
| mast | breast |
| natal | born |
| oophoro | ovary |
| orchido | testicle |
| ova | female sex cell |
| ovi/ovo | egg |
| salping | tube/fallopian |
| sperma/spermato | seed |
| audio | sound |
| cerebro/encephalo | brain |
| medulla | brain middle |
| meningo | membranes/spinal cord |
| neuro | nerves |
| occiput | back of skull |
| oculo/opthalmo | eye |
| oto | ear |
| parietes | paritel/wall part |
| pons | bridges |
| tempora | temporal |
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