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MT-I (Root)
MT
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adeno | gland |
| calculi | stone |
| cyto | cell |
| glyco | sugar/sweet |
| homeo/homo | similar/same |
| lip | fat |
| lithotripsy | stone dissolve |
| madaro | falling hair |
| psych | mind |
| pyo | pus |
| radi | rays |
| thermic | heat |
| arthro | joint |
| carpo | wrist |
| chondro | cartilage |
| costa | rib |
| cranio | skull |
| dactyl | finger |
| ili | hip |
| manus | hand |
| myel | bone marrow |
| myo | muscle |
| ortho | straighten |
| osteo | bone |
| pedi | foot |
| Spondyl | vertabrae |
| Cutis | skin |
| Dent | teeth |
| Derma | skin |
| Hapsia | touch |
| Odont | teeth |
| Onco | tumor |
| Onychia | nail beds |
| Pedicular | lice |
| Prurigo | itching |
| Psora | itch |
| Sarco | flesh |
| Sclero | hard |
| Squama | scaly |
| Tricho | hair |
| Chole | bile |
| Colon | large intestine |
| Emesis | vomiting |
| Entero | intestine |
| Gastro | stomach |
| Glosso | tongue |
| Hepat | liver |
| ile | ileum (last of 3 sections of the intestine) |
| Laparo | abdomen |
| Myxo | mucus |
| Procto | anus/rectum |
| Pyloro | gatekeeper (holds food in stomach until digested) |
| Stoma | opening or mouth |
| Viscero | body organs |
| Angio | vessel |
| Aortal | aorta/main artery |
| Arterio | artery |
| Cardio | heart |
| Emboli | vessel obstruction |
| Emia | blood |
| Hema or hemo | blood |
| Phleb | vein |
| Thrombo | blood clot |
| Varico | varicose veins |
| Vaso | blood vessel |
| Vena | vein |
| Ventricu | heart cavity |
| Broncho or bronchi | airway |
| Cili | hairlike processes |
| Ectasis | expansion |
| Laryngo | larynx or voice box |
| Naso | nose |
| Oro | mouth |
| Oxy | oxygen or keen |
| Pector | breast or chest |
| Pleura | rib side |
| Pneumo | lung |
| Ptysis | to spit |
| Pulmo | lungs |
| Rhin | nose |
| Tracheo | trachea or windpipe |
| Creatinine | waste material in urine |
| Cysto | bladder |
| Glomerulo | nephron part |
| Nephro | kidney |
| Peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs |
| Pyelo | pelvis |
| Reni | kidney |
| Uretero | ureter |
| Urethro | urethera |
| Uri | urine |
| Uric | urine |
| Uro | urine |
| Bulbo | bulblike/bulbous gland |
| Cervi | neck or uterus |
| Galacto | milk |
| Genito | reproductive system |
| Hyster | uterus |
| Lactin | milk |
| Mast | breast |
| Metr | uterus |
| Natal | born |
| Oophoro | ovary |
| Orchido | testicle |
| Ova/ovi/ovo | egg |
| Salping | tube (fallopian) |
| Sperma or spermato | seed |
| Vas | duct or vessel |
| Audio | sound |
| Cerebro | brain |
| Encephalo | brain |
| Esthesia | sensation |
| Medulla | brain middle |
| Meninga | membrane/spinal cord |
| Occiput | back of skull |
| Oculo | eye |
| Opthalmo | eye |
| Oto | ear |
| Parietes | parietel/wall part |
| Pons | bridges |
| Tempora | temporal |
| a/an | without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| algia | pain |
| ante | before/wall part |
| anti | against |
| bi | two/double |
| brady | slow |
| circum | around |
| co/con | together |
| de | down/away from |
| desis | binding/fixation of |
| dia | through |
| dys | difficult/abnormal |
| ecto | outside |
| ectomy | excision |
| endo | within |
| epi | outer/on top of/over |
| exo | away from |
| extra | outside/beyond |
| ferro | iron |
| fore | before |
| form | shape of |
| graphy | writing/record |
| hemi | half |
| hydra/hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | below |
| iasis | condition of |
| iatric | medicine |
| ic | pertaining to |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| isis/asis | condition of |
| itis | inflammation of |
| juxta | near |
| kinesis | movement |
| kypho | humped |
| logia/logy | science of |
| lysis | disintegration |
| macro | large/long |
| malacia | softening |
| med/medi/medio | middle |
| mega/megaly | enlargement |
| micro | small |
| mono | single/one |
| multi | many |
| neo | new |
| ob | against |
| oid | like/shape/resemble |
| oligo | few |
| ology | study of |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition |
| otomy | incision |
| pachy | thick |
| para | near/departure from the normpath |
| penia | deficiency |
| peri | around |
| pexy | fixation/suspension |
| phobia | fear of |
| phoresis | transmission |
| plasty | plastic surgical correction |
| plegia | paralysis/stroke |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pro | in front of/on behalf of |
| pseudo | false |
| ptosis | falling |
| re | back/again |
| retro | backward |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rhexis | rupture |
| scopy | exam |
| semi | half |
| sphygmo | pulse |
| sub | below |
| super/supra | above |
| sym/syn | together |
| tachy | swift/fast |
| tele | distant |
| toxo | poison/toxic |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| ultra | above |
| uni | one |
| xeno | foreign |
| xero | dry |
| albus | white |
| chloro | green |
| chrom | color |
| cirrhos | yellow |
| cyano | blue |
| erythr | red |
| leuko | white |
| melano | black |
| polio | gray |
| purple/porphyria | |
| rhoda | rose |
| rubeo | red |
| xantho | yello |
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