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Medical Terminology
Word Roots - Unit 1 - Table 2
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| aden | gland |
| algesi | pain |
| andr | male |
| angi | vessel |
| arteri | artery |
| arthr | joint |
| carcin | cancer |
| cardi | heart |
| cephal | head |
| cerebr | cerebrum, brain |
| cyan | blue |
| cyst | bladder; sac |
| cyt | cell |
| dacry | tear, tear duct |
| dactl | fingers or toes |
| dent | tooth |
| dermat | skin |
| derm | skin |
| dors | back (of the body) |
| encephal | brain |
| endocrin | endocrine |
| enter | intestines |
| erythr | red |
| gastr | stomach |
| glyc | sugar |
| gyn | woman |
| hem/hemat | blood |
| hepat | liver |
| hydr | water |
| ile | ileum ( small intestine) |
| ili | ilium (hip bone) |
| leuk | white |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone; calculus |
| mast | breast |
| melan | black |
| myel | bone marrow; spinal cord |
| myring | eardrum |
| my | muscle |
| narc | stupor |
| nas | nose |
| nat | birth |
| necr | death (cells; body) |
| nephr | kidney |
| neur | nerve |
| oo | egg; ovum |
| oophor | ovary |
| ophthalm | eye |
| orchi | testis; testicle |
| oste | bone |
| ot | ear |
| ov | egg |
| path | disease |
| phleb | vein |
| phren | mind |
| pneum | lung; air |
| poster | back (of body) |
| psued | fake; false |
| psych | mind |
| pulmon | lung |
| pupil | pupil |
| pyel | renal pelvis |
| py | pus |
| pyr | fever; heat |
| quad | four |
| ren | kidney |
| rhin | nose |
| sphygm | pulse |
| spir | breathe; breathing |
| splen | spleen |
| therm | heat |
| thorac | thorax ( chest) |
| thromb | clot |
| ungu | nail |
| ureter | ureter |
| urethr | urethra |
| ventricul | ventricle |
| vertebr | vertebra; spinal l or vertebral column |
| vesic | bladder; sac |
| viscer | interanl organs |
| xanth | yellow |
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