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Mlg medical words
Root words, prefixs and suffixs
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adeno (ah dee no) | gland |
| calculi (cal cue lie) | stone |
| cele (sell) | tumor |
| glyco (gl eye co) | sugar |
| homeo (hoe me oh) | same |
| lingue (ling wha) | tongue |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| pedia | child |
| psych (sike) | mind |
| pyo (pie oh) | pus |
| radi (ray dee) | rays |
| thermic | heat |
| arthro (are throw) | joint |
| carpo (car poe) | wrist |
| chondro (con droh) | cartilage |
| costa (cost uh) | rib |
| cranio (crane knee oh) | skull |
| dactyl (dact tell) | finger |
| ili (ill lee) | hip |
| manus (man us) | hand |
| myel (my el) | bone marrow |
| myo (my oh) | muscle |
| ortho (or thoh) | straighten |
| osteo (ah stee oh) | bone |
| pedi | foot |
| spondyl (spawn dill) | vertebra |
| cutis (cue tis) | skin |
| dent | teeth |
| derma | skin |
| hapsia (hap see uh) | touch |
| odont | teeth |
| onco (on caw) | tumor |
| onychia (oh nick ee uh) | nail beds |
| pedicular (puh dick you ler) | lice |
| psora (sore uh) | itch |
| prugrigo (pru rig oh) | itching |
| sarco (s ark oh) | flesh |
| sclero (s clear oh) | hard |
| squama (skway ma) | scaly |
| tricho (trick oh) | hair |
| chole (coal lee) | bile |
| colon | large intestine |
| emesis (emmy sis) | vomiting |
| entero (en tear oh) | intestine |
| gastro (gas tr oh) | stomach |
| glosso (gloss oh) | tongue |
| hepat (he pat) | liver |
| ile (ill lee) | ileum |
| laparo (lap uh row) | abdomen |
| myxo (mix oh) | mucus |
| procto (prock toe) | anus |
| pyloro (pie lore oh) | pylorus, gatekeeper |
| stoma(stow muh) | opening |
| visero (vis ur oh) | body organs |
| angio (an gee oh) | vessel |
| aortal (ay or tuh) | aorta |
| arterio (ar teer ee oh) | artery |
| cardio (car dee oh) | heart |
| emboli (em bo lie) | obstruction |
| emia (em ee uh) | blood |
| hema (he muh) | blood |
| phleb (fleab) | vein |
| thrombo (throm bow) | blood clot |
| varico (vair ee co) | varicose veins |
| vaso (vay so) | blood vessel |
| vena | vein |
| ventricu (ven trick you) | heart cavity |
| broncho (bronk oh) | bronchi |
| cili (sill ee) | hairlike processes |
| ectasis (ek ta sis) | expansion |
| laryngo (la ring go) | voice box, larynx |
| naso (nay so) | nose |
| oro (ore oh) | mouth |
| oxy (ox ee) | oxygen, keen |
| pector (pec tore) | breast chest |
| pleura (pluh rah) | rib side |
| pneumo (new mow) | lung |
| ptysis (tie sis) | to spit |
| pulmo (pull moe) | lungs |
| rhin (rine) | nose |
| tracheo (tray key oh) | widepipe |
| creatinine (kree at in in) | waste material in urine |
| cysto (sis toe) | bladder |
| glomerulo (glum uh rule oh) | nephron part/little ball |
| nephro (nef row) | kidney |
| peritoneo (pear uh toe knee oh) | lining of abdominal organs |
| pyelo (pie el oh) | pelvis |
| reni (ree knee) | kidney |
| uretero (your uh tuh row) | ureter |
| urethro (your ee throw) | urethra |
| uri (your ee) | urine |
| uric (your ick) | pertaining to urine |
| urina (your ee nuh) | urine |
| uro (your oh) | urine |
| bulbo (bull bow) | bulblike |
| cervi (serve ee) | neck, uterus |
| galacto (guh lack toe) | milk |
| genito (gen it oh) | reproductive system |
| hyster (his tear) | uterus |
| lactin (lack tin) | milk |
| mast | beast |
| metr (me tur) | uterus |
| natal (nah tul) | born |
| oophoro (ooh four oh) | ovary |
| orchido (or kid oh) | testicle |
| ova (oh vuh) | egg |
| salping (sal ping) | fallopian tubes |
| sperma (spur ma) | seed |
| vas (vahs) | duct, vessel |
| audio (awe dee oh) | sound |
| cerebro (suh re bro) | brain |
| encephalo (in sef uh low) | brain |
| esthesia (es tea juh) | sensation |
| medulla (muh due la) | brain middle |
| meningo (men ing oh) | membranes, spinal cord |
| neuro (new row) | nerves |
| occiput (awk see put) | back of skull |
| oculo (ah cue low) | eye |
| ophthalmo (op thal moe) | eye |
| oto (o toe) | ear |
| parietes (pa rye en tease) | wall part of brain |
| pons (pawns) | bridges in brain |
| tempora (temp pore a) | temporal |
| a, an | without (prefix) |
| ab | away from (prefix) |
| ad | toward (prefix) |
| algia | pain (both) |
| ante | before (both) |
| anti | against (prefix) |
| bi | two (prefix) |
| brady | slow (both) |
| circum | around (prefix) |
| con | together (both) |
| de | down (both) |
| desis | binding (both) |
| dia | through (both) |
| dys | difficult, abnormal (prefix) |
| ecto | outside (prefix) |
| ectomy | excision (both) |
| endo | within (prefix) |
| epi | outer, on top of, over (prefix) |
| exo | away from (prefix) |
| extra | outside, beyond (both) |
| ferro | iron (prefix) |
| fore | before (both) |
| form | shape of (both) |
| graphy | writing, record (both) |
| hemi | half (prefix) |
| hydra, hydro | water (prefix) |
| hyper | above (prefix) |
| hypo | below (prefix) |
| iasis | condition of (suffix) |
| iatric (ee at trick) | medicine (suffix) |
| ic | pertaining to (suffix) |
| inter | between (prefix) |
| intra | within (prefix) |
| isis, asis | condition of (suffix) |
| itis | inflammation of (suffix) |
| juxta | near (prefix) |
| kinesis | movement (both) |
| kypho | humped (prefix) |
| logia, logy | science of (suffix) |
| lysis | disintergration (suffix) |
| macro | large, long (prefix) |
| malacia | softening (both) |
| med, medi, medio | middle (both) |
| mega, megaly | enlargement (both) |
| micro | small (mostly prefix) |
| mono | single, one (prefix) |
| multo | many (prefix) |
| neo | new (prefix) |
| ob | against (prefix) |
| oid | like, shape (suffix) |
| oligo | few (both) |
| ology | study of (suffix) |
| oma | tumor (suffix) |
| osis | condition (suffix) |
| otomy | incision (suffix) |
| pachy | thick (both) |
| para | near (prefix) |
| path | disease (both) |
| penia | deficiency (suffix) |
| peri | around (prefix) |
| pexy | fixation (suffix) |
| phobia | fear of (suffix) |
| phoresis | transmission (suffix) |
| plasty | plastic surgical correction (suffix) |
| plegia | paralysis (suffix) |
| poly | many (both) |
| post | after (both) |
| pre | before (prefix) |
| pro | in front of (prefix) |
| pseudo | false (prefix) |
| ptosis (toe sis) | falling (suffix) |
| re | back, again (prefix) |
| retro | backwards (prefix) |
| rrhaphy (raf ee) | suture (suffix) |
| rhexis | rupture (suffix) |
| scopy | exam (suffix) |
| semi | half (prefix) |
| sphygmo (shfigmo) | pulse (prefix) |
| sub | below (prefix) |
| super, supra | above (prefix) |
| sym, syn | together (both) |
| tachy | fast (prefix) |
| tele | distance (prefix) |
| toxo | toxic (both) |
| trans | across (both) |
| tri | three (prefix) |
| ultra | above (prefix) |
| uni | one (prefix) |
| xeno (zen o) | foreign (prefix) |
| xero (zero) | dry (prefix) |
| albus | white (both) |
| chloro | green (both) |
| chrom (crow) | color (both) |
| cirrhos (cir roe s) | yellow (both) |
| cyano (sigh an o) | blue (both) |
| erythr (er rith er) | red (prefix) |
| leuko | white (prefix) |
| melano | black (prefix) |
| polio | gray (prefix) |
| purpura | purple (prefix) |
| rhodo | rose (prefix) |
| rubeo | red (prefix) |
| xantho | yellow (prefix) |