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Medical terms
Chapter 1-5 Davi-Ellen Chabner root words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| amni/o | amnion (sac that surrounds the embryo) |
| an/o | anus |
| angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| anter/o | front |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | fatty plaque |
| axill/o | armpit |
| bi/o | life |
| bronch/o | bronchial tubes |
| bronchi/o | bronchial tube |
| carcin/o | Cancer, Cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist bones (carpals) |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chem/o | drug, chemicals |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chron/o | time |
| cis/o | to cut |
| coccyg/o | tailbone |
| col/o | colon (large intestine) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| dur/o | dura matter (outermost meningeal layer) |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| endocrin/o | endocrine glands |
| enter/o | intestines (usually small intestine) |
| epitheli/o | skin (surface tissue) |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | to produce |
| ger/o | old age |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | women, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| iatr/o | treatment |
| inguin/o | groin |
| isch/o | to hold back |
| larpa/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
| later/o | side |
| leuk/o | white |
| lumb/o | loin, waist area |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| mediastin/o | mediastinum |
| men/o | menstruation |
| mening/o | meninges (membranes covering brain and spinal cord) |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow |
| nati/o | birth |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerves |
| norm/o | rule, order |
| nos/o | disease |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| odont/o | tooth |
| onc/o | tumor |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| opt/o | eye |
| optic/o | eye |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| pelv/o | hip bone |
| peritone/o | peritoneum (membrane around abdominal cavity) |
| pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| phleb/o | vein |
| plas/o | development, formation, growth |
| pleur/o | pleura (membranes surrounding the lungs) |
| pneumon/o | lung |
| poster/o | back, behind |
| psych/o | mind |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| radi/o | x-ray |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rheumat/o | flow, fluid |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | fallopian(uterus) tube; eustachian tube |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scapul/o | shoulder blade (bone) |
| septic/o | infection |
| son/o | sound |
| spin/o | backbone, spine, vertebra |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| thyroid/o | thyroid gland |
| tonsill/o | tonsils |
| top/o | to put, place |
| trache/o | trachea, wind pipe |
| ur/o | urine, urinary tract |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vascul/o | blood vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| vertebr/o | backbone, vertebra |
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