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Word Roots
Term | Definition |
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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 |