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Word Roots
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| arthr | joint |
| hepat | liver |
| ven | vein |
| oste | bone |
| aden | gland |
| cancer | cancer |
| carcin | cancer |
| chlor | green |
| chrom | colour |
| cyan | blue |
| cyt | cell |
| epitheli | epithelium |
| erythr | red |
| eti | cause (of disease) |
| fibr | fiber |
| gno | knowledge |
| hist | tissue |
| iatr | physician |
| kary | nucleus |
| lei | smooth |
| leuk | white |
| lip | fat |
| melan | black |
| my | muscle |
| neur | nerve |
| onc | tumor, mass |
| organ | organ |
| path | disease |
| sarc | flesh, connective tissue |
| somat | body |
| system | system |
| viscer | internal organs |
| xanth | yellow |
| rhabd | striated |
| anter | front |
| caud | tail (downward) |
| cephal | head (upward) |
| dist | away (from point of attachment) |
| dors | back |
| infer | below |
| later | side |
| medi | middle |
| poster | back, behind |
| proxim | near (the point of attachment) |
| super | above |
| ventr | front (belly) |
| aut | one's own, self |
| bi | life |
| coni | dust |
| crypt | hidden |
| cutane | skin |
| derm | skin |
| dermat | skin |
| heter | others |
| hidr | sweat |
| kerat | horny tissue, hard |
| myc | fungus |
| necr | death (cells, body) |
| onych | nail |
| pachy | thick |
| rhytid | wrinkles |
| seb | sebum (oil) |
| staphyl | grape-like clusters |
| strept | twisted chains |
| ungu | nail |
| xer | dry, dryness |
| adenoid | adenoids |
| alveol | alveolus |
| atel | imperfect, incomplete |
| broncho | bronchus |
| bronchi | bronchus |
| capn | carbon dioxide |
| diaphragmat | diaphragm |
| epiglott | epiglottis |
| hem | blood |
| laryng | larynx |
| hemat | blood |
| lob | lobe |
| muc | mucous |
| nas | nose |
| orth | straight |
| oxi | oxygen |
| pharyng | pharynx |
| phon | sound, voice |
| phren | diaphragm |
| pleur | pleura |
| pneum | lung, air |
| pneumon | lung, air |
| pneumat | lung, air |
| pulmon | lung |
| py | pus |
| radi | x-ray, ionizing radiation |
| rhin | nose |
| sept | septum (wall off, fence) |
| sinus | sinus |
| somn | sleep |
| son | sound |
| spir | breathe, breathing |
| thorac | thorax |
| tom | to cut, section, slice |
| tonsill | tonsil |
| trache | trachea |
| albumin | albumin |
| azot | urea, nitrogen |
| blast | developing cell, germ cell |
| cyst | bladder |
| glomerul | glomerulus |
| glyc | sugar |
| glycos | sugar |
| hydr | water |
| lith | stone, calculus |
| meat | meatus, opening |
| nephr | kidney |
| noct | night |
| olig | few, scanty |
| pyel | renal pelvis |
| ren | kidney |
| ureter | ureter |
| urethr | urethra |
| urin | urine, urinary tract |
| ur | urine, urinary tract |
| vesic | bladder (sac) |
| andr | male |
| balan | glans penis |
| epididym | epididymis |
| orch | testis, testicle |
| orchi | testis, testicle |
| orchid | testis, testicle |
| prostat | prostate gland |
| sperm | sperm, spermatozoon |
| spermat | sperm, spermatozoon |
| vas | vessel, duct (refers to vas defrens in reproductive system |
| vesicul | seminal vesicle |
| arche | first, beginning |
| cervic | cervix |
| colp | vagina |
| endometri | endometrium |
| episi | vulva |
| gyn | woman |
| gynec | woman |
| hymen | hymen |
| hyster | uterus |
| mamm | breast |
| mast | breast |
| men | menstruation |
| metr | uterus |
| oophor | ovary |
| pelv | pelvis |
| perine | perineum |
| salping | fallopian (uterine) tube |
| trachel | cervix |
| vagin | vagina |
| vulv | vulva |
| amni, amnion | amnion, amnionic fluid |
| chori | chorion |
| embry | embryo |
| esophag | esophagus |
| fet/i, fet/o | fetus (unborn offspring) |
| gravid | pregnancy |
| lact | milk |
| nat | birth |
| omphal | umbilicus, naval |
| par, part | bear, give birth to, labour, childbirth |
| prim/i | first |
| pseud | false |
| puerper | childbirth |
| pylor | pylorus, pyloric sphincter |
| terat | malformation |
| angi | vessel |
| aort | aorta |
| arteri | artery |
| ather | yellowish, fatty plaque |
| atri | atrium |
| card | heart |
| ech | sound |
| electr | electricity, electrical activity |
| isch | deficiency, blockage |
| lymph | lymph, lymph tissue |
| lymphaden | lymph node |
| myel | bone marrow |
| phleb, ven | vein |
| plasm | plasma |
| therm | heat |
| thromb | clot |
| thym | thymus gland |
| splen | spleen |
| valv, valvul | valve |
| ventricul | ventricle |
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