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roots to -intestin/o
Word roots by lilk8tob
| Root | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adip/o | fat |
| aer/o | air |
| alb/o, leuc/o, leuk/o | white |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| alveoli/o | alveolus |
| amni/o | amnion |
| amyl/o | starch |
| an/o | anus |
| angi/o | vessel |
| anter/o | anterior, before, front |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| aort/o | aorta |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arteriol/o | arteriole |
| arthr/o | articulation, joint |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| athero/o | yellow fatty plaque |
| bar/o | weight or pressure |
| bil/i, chol/e | bile |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o, bronchi/o | bronchi |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calc/i | calcium |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | wrist bones |
| caud/o | caudad, tail |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o, encephal/o | brain |
| cervic/o | neck or uterine cervix |
| chir/o | hand |
| chlor/o | green |
| chole/o, cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| col/o | colon or large intestines |
| colp/o, vagin/o | vagina |
| coni/o | dust |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| cutane/o, derm/a, dermat/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | cyst, bladder, or sac |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear, tearing crying |
| dactyl/o | digits (toes, fingers) |
| dent/i, dent/o, odont/o | teeth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dips/o | thirst |
| dist/o | distal, far |
| dors/o | dorsal |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| ech/o, son/o | sound |
| electr/o | electricity |
| enter/o | intestines or small intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| femor/o | femur |
| fet/o | fetus |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gen/o | beginning, origin |
| genit/o | genitals |
| ger/o, geront/o | aged or elderly |
| gingiv/o | gums |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
| glyc/o, gluc/o | sugar |
| gon/o | genitals or reproduction |
| gram/o | to record |
| gravid | pregnant |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/a, hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hidr/o | sweat or perspiration |
| hist/o | tissue |
| home/o | sameness |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water |
| hystero | uterus |
| ile/o | ileum |
| ili/o | ilium |
| immun/o | immune |
| infer/o | inferior, lowermost, or below |
| intestin/o | intestines |
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