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Medical Root
Medical Root (combining vowel)
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin (o) | abdomen |
| aden (o) | gland |
| adren (o) | adrenal gland |
| angi (o) | vessel |
| arteri (o) | artery |
| arthr (o) | joint |
| bronch (o) | bronchus, bronchi |
| card, cardi (o) | heart |
| cephal (o) | bile |
| chondr (o) | cartilage |
| colo | colon, large intestine |
| cost (o) | rib |
| crani (o) | skull |
| cyan (o) | blue |
| cyst (o) | cell |
| cyt (o) | cell |
| dent (o) | tooth |
| lapro | abdomen, loin, flank |
| laryng (o) | larynx |
| lith (o) | stone |
| mamm (o) | breast, mammary gland |
| mast (o) | mammary gland, breast |
| meno | menstruation |
| my (o) | muscle |
| myel (o) | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| necro | death |
| nephr (o) | kidney |
| neur (o) | nerve |
| ocul (o) | eye |
| oophor (o) | ovary |
| ophthalm (o) | eye |
| oth (o) | straight, normal, correct |
| oste (o) | bone |
| ot (o) | ear |
| ped (o) | child, foot |
| pharyng (o) | pharynx |
| phleb (o) | vein |
| derma | skin |
| duoden (o) | duodenum |
| encephal (o) | brain |
| enter (o) | intestines |
| fibr (o) | fiber, fibrous |
| gastr (o) | stomach |
| gloss (o) | tongue |
| gluc (o) | sweetness, glucose |
| glyc (o) | sugar |
| gyn, gyne, gyneco | woman |
| hem, hema, hemo, hemat (o) | blood |
| hepat (o) | liver |
| hydr (o) | water |
| hyster (o) | uterus |
| ile (o), ili (o) | ileum |
| pnea | breathing, respiration |
| pneum (o) | lung, air, gas |
| proct (o) | rectum |
| psych (o) | mind |
| pulmo | lung |
| py (o) | pus |
| rect (o) | rectum |
| rhin (o) | nose |
| salping (o) | eustachian tube, fallopian tube |
| splen (o) | spleen |
| sten (o) | narrow, constriction |
| stern (o) | sternum |
| stomat (o) | mouth |
| therm (o) | heat |
| thoraco | chest |
| thromb (o) | clot, thrombus |
| thyr (o) | thyroid |
| toxic (o) | poison, poisonous |
| toxo | poison |
| trache (o) | trachae |
| urethr (o) | urethra |
| urin (o) | urine |
| uro | urine |
| uter (o) | uterus |
| vas (o) | blood vessel, vas deferens |
| ven (o) | vein |
| vertebr (o) | spine, vertebrae |
Created by:
jessicarogers
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