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MH ROOT WORDS
COMMON MEDICAL ROOT WORDS
Question | Answer | Example |
---|---|---|
ADIP | FAT | ADIPOSE |
AER | AIR | AEROBIC |
ANGI | VESSEL | ANGIOGRAM |
ARTERI | ARTERY | ARTERIOSCLEROSIS |
ARTHR | JOINT | ARTHRITIS |
BAR | WEIGHT | BARIATRIC |
BILI | BILE | BILIRUBIN |
BRONCH | BRONCHUS | BRONCHITIS |
BUCC | CHEEK | BUCCAL |
CARCIN | CANCER | CARCINOGENIC |
CARDI | HEART | ELECTROCARDIOGRAM |
CEPHAL | HEAD | CEPHALIC |
CHONDR | CARTILAGE | OSTEOCHONDRITIS |
CORON | CROWN, CIRCLE | CORONARY |
CRIN | TO SECRETE | ENDOCRINE |
CRY | COLD | CRYOGLOBULIN |
CUBIT | ELBOW | ANTECUBITAL |
CUTANE | SKIN | PERCUTANEOUS |
CYAN | BLUE | CYANOTIC |
CYST | BLADDER | CYSTITIS |
CYT | CELL | CYTOLOGY |
CYTE | CELL | ERYTHROCYTE |
DERM | SKIN | DERMIS |
DERMAT | SKIN | DERMATITIS |
ENCEPHAL | BRAIN | ENCEPHALITIS |
ENTER | INTESTINES | ENTERITIS |
ERYTHR | RED | ERYTHEMA |
ESOPHAG | ESOPHAGUS | ESOPHAGITIS |
ESTR | FEMALE | ESTROGEN |
FIBRIN | FIBER | FIBRINOLYSIS |
GASTR | STOMACH | GASTROINTESTINAL |
GLUC | SUGAR, GLUCOSE | GLUCOSE |
GLYC | SUGAR, GLUCOSE | GLYCOLYSIS |
HEM | BLOOD | HEMOLYSIS |
HEMAT | BLOOD | HEMATOLOGY |
HEPAT | LIVER | HEPATITIS |
HIST | TISSUE | HISTOLOGY |
KERAT | HARD, CORNEA | KERATINIZED |
LEUK | WHITE | LEUKOCYTE |
LIP | FAT | LIPEMIA |
MELAN | BLACK | MELANOMA |
MORPH | FORM | MORPHOLOGY |
MY | MUSCLE | MYALGIA |
MYEL | BONE MARROW or SPINAL CORD | OSTEOMYELITIS |
NAT | BIRTH | NATAL |
NECR | DEATH | NECROSIS |
NEPHR | KIDNEY | NEPHRITIS |
NEUR | NERVE | NEUROLOGY |
ONC | TUMOR | ONCOLOGIST |
OSTE | BONE | OSTEOPOROSIS |
PATH | DISEASE | PATHOGEN |
PED | CHILD | PEDIATRIC |
PHAG | EAT, SWALLOW | PHAGOCYTIC |
PHLEB | VEIN | PHLEBOTOMY |
PNEUMON | AIR, LUNG | PNEUMONIA |
PRANDI | MEAL | POSTPRANDIAL |
PUB | PUBIC | SUPRAPUBIC |
PULMON | LUNG | PULMONARY |
REN | KIDNEY | RENAL |
SCLER | HARD | SCLEROTIC |
SPHYGM | PULSE | SPHYGMOMANOMETER |
SQUAM | FLAT, SCALE | SQUAMOUS |
THORAC | CHEST | THORACIC |
THROMB | CLOT | THROMBOSIS |
TOX | POISON | TOXICOLOGY |
UR or URIN | URINE | URINALYSIS |
VAS | VESSEL | VASCULAR |
VEN | VEIN | VENIPUNCTURE |
VISCER | ORGAN | VISCERAL |