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Root word + vowel
Term | Definition |
---|---|
abdomin/o | abdomen |
acetabul/o | acetabulum |
acid/o | sour, bitter |
acous/o | hearing |
acr/o | extremity |
aden/o | gland |
adip/o | fat |
adrenal/o | adrenal glands |
agglutin/o | to clump |
albin/o | white |
alges/o | pain |
alveol/o | alveolus |
ambly/o | dull, dim |
amni/o | amnion |
amyl/o | starch |
an/o | anus |
andr/o | man, male, masculine |
aneurysm/o | aneurysm |
angi/o | vessel |
anis/o | unequal |
ankyl/o | stiff |
anter/o | front |
anthrac/o | coal |
aortr/o | aorta |
append/o | appendix |
appendic/o | appendix |
aque/o | watery |
arrhythm/o | without rhythm |
arter/o | artery |
arteri/o | artery |
arteriol/o | arteriole |
arthr/o | joint |
articul/o | joint |
astr/o | star-shaped |
ather/o | fatty |
audi/o | hearing |
aur/o | ear |
auricul/o | ear |
azot/o | nitrogen |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
balan/o | glans penis, glans clitoridis |
bar/o | pressure |
bas/o | base |
bil/i | bile |
blast/o | embryonic stage of development |
blephar/o | eyelid |
bronch/o | bronchus, airway |
bronchiol/o | bronchus |
bucc/o | cheek |
burs/o | bursa |
calc/i | calcium |
calc/o | calcium |
calcane/o | heel bone |
cali/o | calyx, calyces |
calic/o | calyx, calyces |
capit/o | head |
carcin/o | cancer |
card/o | cardiac, heart |
cardi/o | cardiac, heart |
carp/o | wrist |
caud/o | tail |
caus/o | burn |
caut/o | burn |
cec/o | cecum |
celi/o | pertaining to the abdomen |
cephal/o | head |
cerebell/o | cere |
cerebr/o | brain, cerebrum |
cervic/o | cervix |
cervic/o | neck |
cheil/o | lips |
chem/o | chemical |
chlor/o | green |
chol/e | bile |
cholecystr/o | gallbladder |
chord/o | string, cord |
chrom/o | color |
chromat/o | color |
chondr/i | cartilage |
cirrh/o | yellow, tawny |
clavicul/o | collarbone |
coagul/o | clotting |
coccyg/o | coccyx |
col/o | colon |
colon/o | colon |
colp/o | vagina |
conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva |