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Word roots
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
my/o, muscul/o, myos/o | muscle |
fat | adip/o, lip/o, steat/o |
Dermat/o, derm/o, cutane/o | skin |
pil/o, trich/o | hair |
onych/o, ungu/o | nail |
seb/o, sebace/o | oil |
hidr/o | sweat |
squam/o | scale |
crypt/o | hidden |
kerat/o | hard or horny |
xer/o | dry |
xanth/o | yellow |
erythr/o | red |
leuk/o, alb/o | white |
melan/o | black |
cyan/o | blue |
eye | ocul/o, opthalm/o, opt/o |
lacrim/o, dacry/o | tear |
blephar/o | eyelid |
corne/o, kerat/o | cornea |
conjunctiva | conjuctiv/o |
scler/o | sclera |
vitreous liquid | vitre/o |
cycl/o | cillary body |
retin/o | retina |
Ir/o, irid/o | Iris |
lens | phac/o, phak/o |
ear | aur/o, ot/o |
sound or hearing | acous/o, audi/o |
cerumin/o | earwax |
eardrum | tympan/o, myring/o |
mastoid process | mastoid/o |
labyrinth/o | labyrinth |
vestibule | vestibul/o |
cochle/o | cochlea |
oste/o | bone |
crain/o | head, skull |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
lumb/o | loin/lower back |
brachi/o | arm |
dactyl/o | finger |
wrist | carp/o |
rib | cost/o |
femor/o | femur |
tibi/o | tibia |
ankle | tars/o |
chondr/o | cartilage |
joint | arthr/o |
burs/o | bursa |
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o | tendon |
fasci/o | fascia |
brain | cerebr/o, encephal/o |
cerebell/o | cerebellum |
lobe | lob/o |
head | cephal/o |
meninges | mening/o, meningi/o |
dur/o | dura |
neur/o | nerve |
gangli/o | nerve bundle |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
aden/o | gland |
adren/o | adrenal gland |
cortic/o | outer surface |
gonads | gonad/o |
pancreat/o | pancreas |
pituitary gland | pituitar/o, hypophys/o |
thymus | thym/o |
thyroid | thyr/o, thyroid/o |
sugar | gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o |
crin/o | to secrete |
coagulation | coagul/o |
thromb/o | clot |
cell | cyt/o |
vein | ven/o, phleb/o |
lymph/o | lymph |
tonsill/o | tonsils |
spleen | splen/o |
immun/o | immune system |
valve | valvul/o |
atrium | atri/o |
septum | sept/o |
cardi/o, | heart |
ventricle | ventricul/o |
coron/o | heart's blood supply |
vessel | angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o |
aorta | aort/o |
artery | arteri/o |
ather/o | fatty plaque |
adenoid | adenoid/o |
nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
laryng/o | larynx (voice box) |
pharynx (throat) | pharyng/o |
trachea (wind pipe) | trache/o |
sinus | sin/o, sinus/o |
air or lungs | pneum/o, pneumat/o, pneumon/o |
pulmon/o | lungs |
bronchus | bronch/o, bronchi/o |
bronchiole | bronchiol/o |
alveolus (air sac) | alveol/o |
stern/o | sternum |
chest | thorac/o, pector/o(also pectus), steth/o |
pleur/o | pleura |
diaphragm. | phren/o |
stomat/o, or/o | mouth |
gums | gingiv/o |
tooth | dent/o, odont/o |
gloss/o, lingu/o | tongue |
gastr/o | stomach |
esophag/o | esophagus |
phag/o | eat |
enter/o | intestines |
carcin/o | cancer |
duoden/o | duodenum |
jejunum | jejun/o |
ile/o | ileum |
colon | col/o, colon/o |
rectum | rect/o |
anus | an/o |
proct/o | anus and rectum |
saliva | sial/o |
sigmoid colon | sigmoid/o |
bile(gall) | bli/i, chol/e |
abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o | abdomen |
cyst/o, vesic/o | bladder |
duct | doch/o |
liver | hepat/o, hepatic/o |
peritone/o | peritoneum |
glomerul/o | glomerulus |
kidney | ren/o, nephr/o |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
ur/o, urin/o | urine |
lith/o | stone |
urethra | urethr/o |
ureter | ureter/o |
meat/o | opening |
penis | balan/o |
epididym/o | epididymis |
orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o | testicles |
prostate | prostat/o |
sperm/o, spermat/o, sperm/i | sperm |
vagina | colp/o, vagin/o |
vulva | episi/o, vulv/o |
perineum | perine/o |
gyn/o, gynec/o | woman |
mast/o, mamm/o | breast |
lact/o | milk |
cervic/o | cervix, neck |
uterus | hyster/o, metr/o, uter/o |
pelvis | pelv/i |
ovary | oophor/o, ovari/o |
men/o | menstruation |
salping/o | eustacian tubes, fallopian tubes |
dips/o | thirst |
path/o | suffering/disease |
pharmac/o | drug |
troph/o | nourishment/development |
mind | psych/o, phren/o |
amni/o | amnion |
chori/o, chorion/o | chorion |
labor | toc/o |
fetus | fet/o |
part/o, nat/o | birth |