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basic med. rootwords
the basic medical terminology root words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Hepat | Liver |
| ile | ileum |
| pyloro | pylorus |
| viscero | body organs |
| laparo | abdomen |
| myxo | mucus |
| stoma | mouth |
| adeno | gland |
| calculi | stone |
| cele | tumor,cyst,hernia |
| cyto | cell |
| glyco | sugar |
| homeo | same |
| lingua | tongue |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| madaro | falling hair |
| pyo | pus |
| radi | rays |
| thermic | heat |
| arthro | joint |
| carpo | wrist |
| chondro | cartilage |
| costa | ribs |
| cranio | skull |
| dactyl | fingers |
| ili | hip |
| manus | hand |
| myel | bone marrow |
| myo | muscle |
| ortho | straighten |
| osteo | bones |
| pedi | foot |
| spondyl | vertebra |
| cutis | skin |
| dent | teeth |
| derma | skin |
| hapsia | touch |
| odont | teeth |
| onco | tumor |
| onychia | nail beds |
| pedicular | lice |
| prurigo | itching |
| psora | itch |
| sarco | flesh |
| sclero | hardening tissue |
| squama | scaly |
| tricho | hair |
| chole | bile |
| colon | large intestines |
| emesis | vomiting |
| entero | intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| glosso | tongue |
| tracheo | trachea, windpipe |
| rhin | nose |
| pulmo | lungs |
| ptysis | to spit |
| pneumo | lung |
| pleura | rib side |
| pector | breast, chest |
| oxy | oxygen, keen |
| oro | mouth |
| naso | nose |
| laryngo | larynx, voice box |
| ectasis | expansion |
| cili | hairlike processes |
| brancho | bronchi, airway |
| ventricu | heart cavity |
| vena | vein |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| varico | varicose veins |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| phleb | vein |
| hema | blood |
| emia | blood |
| emboli | vessel obstruction |
| cardio | heart |
| arterio | artery |
| angio | vessel |
| aortal | aorta, main artery |
| cysto | bladder |
| glomerulo | nephron part/little ball |
| nephro | kidney |
| peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs |
| pyelo | pelvis |
| reni | kidney |
| uretero | ureters |
| urethro | urethra |
| uri | urine |
| uric | |
| urina | urine |
| uro | urine |
| bulbo | bulblike, bulbourethral gland |
| cervi | neck, uterus |
| galacto | milk |
| genito | reproductive system |
| hyster | uterus |
| lactin | milk |
| mast | breast |
| metr | uterus |
| natal | born |
| oophoro | ovary |
| orchido | testicle |
| ova, ovi, ovo | egg |
| salping | tube, fallopian |
| sperma, spermato | seed |
| vas | duct, vessel |
| creatinine | a waste material in urine |
| oto | ear |
| parietes | paritel, wall part |
| pons | bridges |
| tempora | temporal |
| oculo | eye |
| neuro | nerves |
| meningo | membranes, spinal cord |
| occiput | back of skull |
| medulla | brain middle |
| esthesia | sensation |
| encephalo | brain |
| cerebro | brain |
| audio | sound |
| ophthalmo | eye |
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