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Stack #22896
Medical Roots
| Root | Meaning |
|---|---|
| acro | extremities |
| aden | gland |
| angio | vessel (blood) |
| ankyl | crooked, looped |
| arterio | artery |
| arthro | joint |
| aud, aur | ear; hearing |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| brachi | cronchial |
| bucca | cheek |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardio | heart |
| caud | tail |
| cephal | head |
| cerebro | brain |
| cervic | neck |
| cheil | lip |
| chole | bile |
| cholecyst | gallbladder |
| chondro | cartilage |
| coccus | round |
| col | colon |
| colp | vagina |
| costo | ribs |
| cranio | skull |
| cut | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cysto | bladder, sac |
| cyt, cyte | cell |
| dacry | tear duct |
| dactyl | fingers, toes |
| dent | tooth |
| derma | skin |
| dextr | right |
| duoden | duodenum |
| edema | swelling |
| electr | electric |
| emesis | vomit |
| enter | intestine |
| erythro | red |
| esophag | esophagus |
| esthesi | feeling |
| faci | face |
| fascia | band, fibrous |
| gastro | stomach |
| gingiva | gum |
| gloss | tongue |
| gyne | woman |
| hemo | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| hydro | water |
| hystero | uterus, womb |
| iri | iris (eye) |
| kerat | cornea, scaly |
| labia | lip |
| lacrim | tear |
| lacto | milk |
| lapar | abdomen |
| laryng | larynx |
| leuko | white |
| lingua | tongue |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| lymph | fluid |
| mamm, mast | breast |
| melan | black |
| mening | membrane (pertaining to the covering of the brain or spinal cord) |
| meno, mens | menstruate |
| myelo | bone marrow |
| myo | muscle |
| nares | nose, nostrils |
| necr | death |
| nephro | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| ocul | eye |
| odont | tooth |
| oophoro | ovary |
| ophthal | eye |
| orchis | testes |
| osteo | bone |
| oto | ear, hearing |
| ovario | ovary |
| ovi | egg |
| part | birth, labor |
| ped, pod | foot |
| ped | child |
| phagia | swallow |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| phasia | speak |
| phleb | vein |
| pleur | pleura of the lung |
| pneumo | lung |
| procto | rectum |
| phycho | mind, soul |
| pulm | lung |
| pyelo | pelvis of the kidney |
| pyo | pus |
| ren | kidney |
| rhin | nose |
| salpingo | tube |
| semin | seed |
| soma | body |
| splen | spleen |
| spondyl | spine |
| squam | scaly |
| stoma | mouth |
| stric | narrowing |
| therm | heat |
| thorac | thorax |
| thrombo | clot |
| trachi | trachea |
| vas | vessel |
| vesic | bladder, sac |
| viscera | organ |
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