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Medical Terminology Word Roots/Combining Forms
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomen/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremity |
| aden/o | gland |
| aer/o | air |
| albin/o | white |
| ambly/o | dimness |
| andr/o | male |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anis/o | unequal, dissimilar |
| anter/o | front |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| asthen/o | lack of strength, weakness |
| ather/o | plaque; fatty substance |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aur/o, aur/i | ear |
| bi/o | life |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| carcin/o | cancerous, Ca |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist |
| caud/o | tail |
| cephal/o | heads |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cervic/o | neck |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chem/o | drug; chemical |
| chir/o | hand |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol/e | bile; gall |
| cholangi/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chrom/o | color |
| cis/o | to cut |
| col/o, colon/o | colon (large intestine) |
| colp/o | vagina |
| coron/o | heart |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | cyst, bladder, sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dactyl/o | fingers; toes |
| dent/I, odont/o | tooth, teeth |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| dipl/o | double |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dors/o | back |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephala/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| eosin/o | red, rosy |
| erythr/o | red |
| estr/o | female |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | producing; produced by |
| glauc/o | gray |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | glucose; sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| iatr/o | relationship to a physician or medicine |
| ichthy/o | scaly, dry |
| inguin/o | groin |
| is/o | equal |
| kary/o | nucleus |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| lacrim/o | tear |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| leuk/o | white |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone; calculus |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| mening/o | membrane |
| men/o | menses, menstruation |
| ment/o | mind |
| metr/o | uterus |
| mon/o | one |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungu |
| myel/o | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ocul/o | eye |
| olig/o | scanty |
| onc/o | tumor |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orchid/o | testes |
| orth/o | straight, upright |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pachy/o | thick, heavy |
| ped/o | child, foot |
| phag/o | eat |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phren/o | diaphragm, mind, phrenic nerve |
| pod/o | foot |
| port/o | liver |
| poster/o | back (of body); behind |
| proct/o | rectum |
| poiki/o | variable, irregular |
| proxim/o | toward; nearer to |
| presby/o | old, old age |
| pseudo/o | false |
| psych/o | mind |
| py/o | pus |
| pry/o | fever; fire |
| rachi/o | spine |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scler/o | hard |
| sept/o | wall |
| somat/o | body |
| spir/o | breath |
| spondyl/o | vertebrae |
| steth/o | chest |
| thorac/o | chest |
| top/o | place, position, location |
| trich/o | hair |
| ungu/o | nail |
| ur/o | urine |
| vas/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventr/o | belly side of body |
| vesic/o | bladder |
| viscer/o | internal organs |
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