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med terms
root words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| angi/o | vessel |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancer/cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cyst/o | sac or cyst containing fluid; urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| electr/o | electricity |
| enter/o | intestines |
| fibrin/o | fiber |
| gnath/o | jaw |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| irid/o | iris |
| kerat/o | keratin/ (protein) |
| lip/o | fat |
| mast/o | breast |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| onc/o | tumor |
| path/o | disease |
| pelv/o | pelvic |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| ren/o | renal, the kidney |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
| thromb/o | clot |
| trache/o | trachea |
| uter/o | uterus |
| Root word | The main core of the medical term. |
| Combinning word | A letter that is added between word parts. |