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Intro to Med Term 3
Intro to Health Med Term Unit- Common Word Roots
Term | Definition |
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adip/o, lip/o, steat/o | Fat |
arteri/o | Artery |
arthr/o | Joint |
axill/o | Armpit |
blephar/o | Eyelid |
cardi/o | Heart |
caphal/o | Head |
cerebr/o, encephal/o | Brain |
cervic/o | Neck |
cholecyst/o | Gallbladder |
col/o | Large intestine |
cost/o | Rib |
crani/o | Skull |
cyst/o | Bladder |
cyt/o, -cyte | Cell |
derm/o, dermat/o | Skin |
enter/o | Small intestine |
esophag/o | Esophagus |
gastr/o | Stomach |
hem/o, hemat/o | Blood |
hepat/o | Liver |
ren/o, nephr/o | Kidney |
myel/o | Spinal Cord |
my/o, muscul/o | Muscles |
nas/o, rhin/o | Nose |
neur/o | Nerve |
opthalm/o, ocul/o | Eye |
or/o, stomat/o | Mouth |
oste/o | Bone |
ot/o | Ear |
pancreat/o | Pancreas |
pharyng/o | Throat |
pneum/o, pneumon/o | Lung, Air |
splen/o | Spleen |
trache/o | Windpipe, trachea |
ven/o, phleb/o | Vein |
vertebr/o | Vertebra |