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Medical Terminology
Root Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adeno | ah-dee-no gland |
| calculi | cal-cue-lie stone |
| cele | sell tumor, cyst, hernia |
| cyto | sigh-toe cell |
| glyco | gl-eye-co sugar, sweet |
| homeo, homo | hoe-me-oh similar, same, like |
| lingua | ling-wha tongue |
| lip | lip fat |
| lith | lith stone |
| madaro | ma-dare-oh falling hair |
| psych | sike mind |
| pyo | pie-oh pus |
| radi | ray-dee rays |
| thermic | ther-mick heat |
| arthro | are-throw joint |
| carpo | car-poe wrist |
| chondro | con-droh cartilage |
| costa | cost-uh rib |
| cranio | crane-knee-oh skull |
| dactyl | dact-till finger |
| ili | ill-lee hip |
| manus | manu-us hand |
| myel | my-el bone marrow |
| myo | my-oh muscle |
| ortho | or-thoh straighten |
| osteo | ah-stee-oh bone |
| pedi | pee-dee foot |
| spondyl | spawn-dill vertebra |
| cutis | cue-tis skin |
| dent | dent teeth |
| derma | dur-muh skin |
| hapsia | hap-see-uh touch |
| odont | on-don-t teeth |
| onco | on-caw tumor |
| onychia | on-nick-ee-uh nail beds |
| pedicular | puh-dick-you-ler lice |
| prurigo | pru-rig-oh itching |
| psora | sore-uh itch |
| sarco | s-ark-oh flesh |
| sclero | s-clear-oh hard |
| squama | skwah-ma scaly |
| tricho | trick-oh hair |
| chole | coal-lee bile, gallbladder |
| colon | coal-on 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, rectum |
| pyloro | pie-lore-oh pylorus, gatekeeper |
| stoma | stow-muh opening, mouth |
| viscero | v-is-ur-oh body organs |
| angio | an-gee-oh vessel |
| aortal | ay-or-tuhl aorta, main artery |
| arterio | ar-teer-ee-oh artery |
| cardio | car-dee-oh heart |
| emboli | em-bo-lie vessel obstruction |
| emia | em-ee-uh blood |
| hema, hemo | he-muh, he-moe blood |
| phleb | fleab vein |
| thrombo | throm-bow blood clot |
| varico | vair-ee-co varicose veins |
| vaso | vay-so blood vessel |
| vena | vee-nuh vein |
| ventricu | ven-trick-you heart cavity |
| broncho | bronk-oh bronchi, airway |
| cili | sill-ee hairlike process |
| ectasis | ek-ta-sis expansion |
| laryngo | la-ring-go larynx, voice box |
| naso | nay-so nose |
| oro | ore-oh mouth |
| oxy | ox-ee oxygen, keen |
| pector | pect-tore breast, chest |
| pleura | pluh-rah rib side |
| pneumo | new-mow lung |
| ptysis | tie-sis to spit |
| pulmo | pull-mow lungs |
| rhin | rine nose |
| tracheo | tray-key-oh trachea, windpipe |
| 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 | per-uh-toe-knee-o lining of the abdominal organs |
| pyelo | pie-el-oh pelvis |
| reni | ree-knee kidney |
| uretero | you-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; bulbourethral gland |
| 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 | mast breast |
| metr | me-tur uterus |
| natal | nah-tul born |
| oophoro | ooh-four-oh ovary |
| orchido | or-kid-oh testicle |
| ova, ovi, ovo | oh-vuh egg |
| salping | sal-ping tube; fallopian |
| sperma, spermato | 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-thea-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 | oh-toe ear |
| parietes | pa-rye-eh-tease parietel; wall part |
| pons | pawns bridges |
| tempora | temp-ur-uh temporal |
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