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Terminology
Terms---root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| cardi/o | heart |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | intestines |
| ger/a, ger/o, geront/o | elderly |
| gynec/o | female |
| immun/o | immune |
| ne/o | new |
| nat/o | birth |
| neur/o | nerve |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | child; or foot |
| ot/o | ear |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| path/o | disease |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | radiation or radius |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urinary tract or urine |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| bi/o | life or living |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerebr/o, encephal/o | brain (cerebr/o sometimes means cerebrum) |
| chir/o | hand |
| col/o | colon or large instestine |
| cutane/o, derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o | lungs (pneum/o sometimes means air or gas) |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| vas/o | vessel (vas deferens--the excretory duct of the testicle) |
| adip/o, lip/o | fat |
| amyl/o | starch |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lact/o | milk |
| lith/o | stone |
| muc/o | mucus |
| prote/o, protein/o | protein |
| pry/o | fire |
| alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o, leuc/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyt/o | cell |
| gen/o | beginning, origin |
| gram/o | to record |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| leps/o | seizure |
| lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
| malac/o | soft, softening |
| megal/o | large, enlarged |
| metr/o (sometimes metr/i) | measure, uterine tissue |
| phag/o | eat, ingest |
| phas/o | speech |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o | split, cleft |
| scler/o | hard |
| scop/o | to examine, to view |
| troph/o | nutrition |
| aer/o | air |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
| cephal/o | head |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| dips/o | thirst |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| myc/o | fungus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| necr/o | dead |
| optic/o, opt/o | vision |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| therm/o | heat |
| top/o | position, place |
| ech/o, son/o | sound |
| fluor/o | emitting or reflection light |
| tom/o | to cut |
| algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
| chem/o | chemical |
| cardi/o | heart |
| crin/o | to secrete |
| esthesi/o | feeling or sensation |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| enter/o | intestines |
| ger/a, ger/o, geront/o | elderly |
| gynec/o | female |
| immun/o | immune |
| ne/o | new |
| nat/o | birth |
| neur/o | nerve |
| obstetr/o | midwife |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orth/o | straight |
| ped/o | child; or foot |
| ot/o | ear |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| path/o | disease |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | radiation or radius |
| rheumat/o | rheumatism |
| rhin/o | nose |
| ur/o | urinary tract or urine |
| aden/o | gland |
| angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
| append/o, appendic/o | appendix |
| bi/o | life or living |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| cerebr/o, encephal/o | brain (cerebr/o sometimes means cerebrum) |
| chir/o | hand |
| col/o | colon or large instestine |
| cutane/o, derm/a, derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| faci/o | face |
| hepat/o | liver |
| mamm/o, mast/o | breast |
| muscul/o, my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| oste/o | bone |
| pulm/o, pulmon/o, pneum/o, pneumon/o | lungs (pneum/o sometimes means air or gas) |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| trache/o | trachea (windpipe) |
| vas/o | vessel (vas deferens--the excretory duct of the testicle) |
| adip/o, lip/o | fat |
| amyl/o | starch |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| hemat/o | blood |
| lact/o | milk |
| lith/o | stone |
| muc/o | mucus |
| prote/o, protein/o | protein |
| pry/o | fire |
| alb/o, albin/o, leuk/o, leuc/o | white |
| chlor/o | green |
| cyan/o | blue |
| erythr/o | red |
| melan/o | black |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| cyt/o | cell |
| gen/o | beginning, origin |
| gram/o | to record |
| kinesi/o | movement |
| leps/o | seizure |
| lys/o | destruction, dissolving |
| malac/o | soft, softening |
| megal/o | large, enlarged |
| metr/o (sometimes metr/i) | measure, uterine tissue |
| phag/o | eat, ingest |
| phas/o | speech |
| pleg/o | paralysis |
| schis/o, schiz/o, schist/o | split, cleft |
| scler/o | hard |
| scop/o | to examine, to view |
| troph/o | nutrition |
| aer/o | air |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| cancer/o, carcin/o | cancer |
| cephal/o | head |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| dips/o | thirst |
| electr/o | electricity |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| hist/o | tissue |
| myc/o | fungus |
| narc/o | stupor |
| necr/o | dead |
| optic/o, opt/o | vision |
| phon/o | voice |
| phot/o | light |
| py/o | pus |
| therm/o | heat |
| top/o | position, place |
| ech/o, son/o | sound |
| fluor/o | emitting or reflection light |
| tom/o | to cut |
| algesi/o | sensitivity to pain |
| chem/o | chemical |
| pharmaceut/i, pharmac/o | drugs or medicine |
| plast/o | repair |
| therapeut/o | treatment |
| tox/o | poison |
| cyst/o | cyst, bladder, or sac |
| acr/o | extremities (arms and legs) |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| caud/o | toward the tail or in an inferior direction |
| dist/o | far or distant from the origin or point of attachment |
| proxim/o | nearer the origin or point of attachment |
| later/o | toward the side |
| medi/o | middle |
| dors/o | back, posterior |
| ventr/o | belly side |
| dactyl/o | digit (toes and fingers) |
| lapar/o | abdominal wall |
| omphal/o | umbilicus (navel) |
| onych/o | nail |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| som/a, somat/o | body |
| dacry/o, lacrim/o | tear, tearing, or crying |
| hidr/o | sweat or perspiration |
| hydr/o | water |
| sial/o | salvia |
| coagul/o | coagulation |
| ankyl/o | stiff |
| arthr/o | articulation, joint |
| home/o | sameness |
| cirrh/o | orange-yellow |
| bil/i, chol/e | bile |
| spir/o | to breathe |
| axill/o | axilla (armpit) |
| erythemat/o | erythema or redness |
| follicul/o | follicle |
| ichthy/o | fish |
| pil/o, trich/o | hair |
| seps/o | infection |
| ment/o, psych/o | mind |
| dendr/o | tree |
| aut/o | self |
| xer/o | dry |
| claustr/o | barrier or closed space |
| pseud/o | false |
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