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Medical Terminology
Root Words
Question | Answer |
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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 |