click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Radiology Terms
Radiology Terminology
| Root | Meaning |
|---|---|
| cine- | movement |
| echo- | reflected sound |
| fluor/o | luminous |
| gram | record |
| graphy | process of recording |
| ion/o | ion, to wander |
| is/o | same, equal |
| lucent | to shine |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| opaque | obscure |
| pharmaceut/o | drug |
| radi/o | x-rays, radioactivity, radius (lateral lower arm bone) |
| roentgen/o | x-rays |
| scint/i | spark |
| son/o | sound |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| tom/o | to cut |
| ultra- | beyond, excess |
| vitr/o | vitreous body (of the eye) |
| viv/o | life |