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Intro to Med Term 3
Intro to Health Med Term Unit- Common Word Roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| 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 |