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Root Words
Medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomino | abdomen |
| acouso, ausio, audito | hearing |
| adeno | gland |
| adenoido | adenoids |
| adipo, lipo, steato | fat |
| adreo, adrenalo | adrenal glands |
| aero | air |
| agglutino | clumping, gluing |
| alveolo | alveolus |
| amino | amnion |
| andro | male |
| ano | anus |
| aneurysmo | widened blood vessel |
| angio | vessel |
| ankylo | stiffness, bent |
| antero, ateri | anterior, front |
| aorto | aorta |
| appendo, appendico | appendix |
| aqueo | water |
| arthro | joint |
| athero | fatty plaque |
| atrio | atrium |
| balano | glans penis |
| blepharo | eyelid |
| broncho, bronchio | bronchus |
| brachio | arm |
| bronchiolo | bronchiole |
| bucco | cheeck |
| calco | calcium |
| calcaneo | heel |
| cardio, corono | heart |
| carcino | cancer |
| carpo | wrist |
| caudo | tail |
| cephalo | head |
| cautero | heat, burn |
| cerebro | cerebrum |
| cerebello | cerebellum |
| cervico | neck |
| cholangio | bile vessel |
| cholecysto | gallbladder |
| chole | bile, gall |
| choledocho | bile duct |
| chondro | cartilage |
| choroido | choroid |
| colono, colo | colon |
| colpo, vagino | vaginia |
| conio | dust |
| costo | rib |
| conjunctivo | conjunctiva |
| coro, coreo | pupil |
| cranio | cranium |
| cutaneo, dermato, dermo | skin |
| cyano | blue |
| cysto | bladder |
| cyto | cell |
| dacryo, lacrimo | tear |
| dento, odonto | teeth |
| diplo | double |
| disto | far |
| dorso | back |
| ducto | to lead, carry |
| duodeno | duodenum |
| embolo | embolus |
| entero | small intestine |
| esophago | esophagus |
| erythemo, erthymato, erythro | red |
| fascio | fascia |
| femoro | femur |
| fibro | fiber |
| fibulo | fibula |
| galacto, lacto | milk |
| gastro | stomach |
| glio | glue |
| glomerulo | glomerulus |
| glosso, linguo | tongue |
| gluco, glyco | sugar, sweet |
| gonado | gonads |
| gynceco | women, female |
| hemo, hemato | blood |
| hidro, sudoro | sweat |
| histo | tissue |
| hirsuto | hair |
| hepato | liver |
| ichthyo | dry, scaly |
| ileo | ileum, small intestine |
| ilio | ilium, hip |
| immuno | immune |
| infero | lower, below |
| inguino | groin |
| irido | iris |
| jejuno | jejunum |
| jaundo | yellow |
| kerato | horny tissue, hard, cornea |
| kali | potassium |
| karyo | nucleus |
| kinesio | movement |
| klepto | to steal |
| labio | lips |
| lamino | lamina |
| laparo | abdomen |
| laryngo | larnyx |
| latero | side |
| leiomyo | smooth muscle |
| leuko | white |
| lumbo | lumbar |
| litho | stone, calculus |
| lordo | curve |
| lympho | lymph |
| lymphadeno | lymph gland |
| lymphangio | lymph vessel |
| mammo, masto | breast |
| meato | opening |
| medio | middle |
| melano | black |
| meno | menstration |
| meningo | meninges |
| mento | mind |
| metacarpo | hand |
| metatarso | foot |
| metro | uterus, measure |
| musculo, myo | muscle |
| myco | fungus |
| myelo | bone marrow |
| myringo, tympano | ear drum |
| naso, rhino | nose |
| nato | sodium |
| nephro, reno | kidney |
| neuro | nerve |
| nucelo | nucleus |
| nyctalo | night |
| obstetro | midwife |
| oculo | eye |
| odonto | teeth |
| oligo | scanty |
| omphalo | navel |
| onco | tumor |
| onycho | nail |
| oophoro | ovary |
| ophthalmo | eye |
| opto | eye, vision |
| optico | eye, vision |
| oro | mouth |
| orcho, orchio, orchido | testis |
| ortho | straight |
| osteo | bone |
| oto | ear |
| ovario | ovary |
| oxi, oxo | oxygen |
| pancreato | pancrease |
| parathyroido | parathyroid glands |
| patello | patella |
| patho | disease |
| pectoro | chest |
| pedi, pedo | foot, child |
| pediculo | lice |
| pelvi | pelvis |
| peno | penis |
| perineo | perineum |
| peritoneo | peritoneum |
| phaco | lens |
| phago | swallowing, eating |
| phalango | phalanges |
| pharyngo | pharynx |
| philo | attration |
| phlebo | vein |
| photo | light |
| phreno | diaghragm |
| pilo | hair |
| pituitaro | pituitary gland |
| plaso | formation, growth |
| pleuo | pleaura |
| pneumo | air, lung |
| podo | foot |
| polio | gray, gray matter |
| polypo | small growth |
| postero | back |
| presbyo | old age |
| procto | anus, rectum |
| proximo | near |
| psycho | mind |
| ptyalo | saliva |
| pubo | pelvis |
| pulmono | lung |
| pupillo | pupil |
| pyo | pus |
| pyelo | renal pelvis |
| pyloro | pylorus |
| pyro | fire |
| rachio | spine |
| radio | radiation, radius |
| radiculo | nerve root |
| recto | rectum |
| reno | kidney |
| reticulo | net, mesh |
| retino | retina |
| rhabdo | rod shaped |
| rhabdomyo | rod shaped muscle |
| rhino | nose |
| rhytido | wrinkle |
| roentgeno | x-ray |
| rubeo | red |
| sacro | sacrum |
| salpingo | tube |
| scapulo | scapula |
| schizo | split |
| sclero | hardening, sclera |
| scolio | crooked, bent |
| scoto | darkness |
| sebo | sebum |
| semini | semen |
| semino | semen |
| septo | septum |
| sequestro | separation |
| sero | serum |
| sialo | saliva |
| sidero | iron |
| sigmoido | sigmoid colon |
| sino | sinus |
| somato | body |
| somno | sleep |
| sono | sound |
| sphygmo | pulse |
| spiro | breath |
| spleno | spleen |
| spondylo | vertebra |
| squamo | scale |
| stapedo | stapes |
| steato | fat |
| steno | narrowing |
| stetho | chest |
| stheno | strength |
| stomato | mouth |
| sudoro | sweat |
| supero | synopsis |
| synapto | synapsis |
| synovo | synovial membrane |
| tarso | tarsal |
| teno, tendo | tendon |
| testo | testis |
| thalamo | thalamus |
| theco | sheath |
| therapeauto | treatment |
| thermo | heat |
| thoraco | chest |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| thymoo | thymus gland |
| thyro | thyroid gland |
| tibio | tibia |
| tomo | to cut |
| tono | tension |
| tonsillo | tonsils |
| toxo | poison |
| tracheo | trachea |
| tricho | hair |
| tuberculo | a little swelling |
| tympano | tympanic membrane |
| ulno | ulna |
| umbilico | umbilicus |
| unguo | nail |
| uro | ureter |
| uretero | ureter |
| urethro | urethra |
| urino | urine |
| utero | uterus |
| uvulo | uvula |
| vaginio | vagina |
| valvo | valve |
| varico | dilated vein |
| vaso | vessel, vas deferens |
| vasculo | vessel |
| veno | vein |
| ventro | belly side |
| ventriculo | ventricle |
| venulo | venule |
| vertebro | vertebra |
| venulo | vesico |
| vesico | bladder |
| vesiculo | seminal vesicle |
| viscero | internal organs |
| vitro | vitreous body |
| vitreo | glassy |
| vulvo | vulva |
| xantho | yellow |
| xeno | foreign, strange |
| xero | dry |
| xipho | sword |
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