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MED104 ROOTS
Medical Terms, common roots
| Term | Definition | |
|---|---|---|
| Arth/o AR-throh | joint | |
| cardi/o KAR-dee-oh | heart | |
| enter/o EN-ter-oh | small intestine | |
| gastr/o GAS-tro | stomach | |
| hepat/o he-PAH-toh | liver | |
| neur/o NUR-oh | nerve | |
| hem/o HEE-moh | blood | |
| hemat/o heh-MAH-toh | blood | |
| my/o MAI-oh | muscle | |
| muscul/o MUS-kyoo-loh | muscle | |
| angi/o AN-gee-oh | vessel (most commonly refers to blood vessel, but can also refer to other types of vessels as well) | |
| vas/o VAS-oh | vessel | |
| vascul/o VAS-skyoo-loh | vessel | |
| derm/o | skin | |
| dermat/o der-MAH-toh | skin | |
| cutane/o | skin | |
| pneum/o NOO-moh | lung | |
| pneumon/o noo-MAW=moh | lung | |
| pulmon/o PUL-maw-noh | lung | |
| gen/o JIN-oh | creation, cause | |
| hydr/o HAI-droh | water | |
| morph/o MOR-foh | change | |
| myc/o MAI-koh | fungus | |
| necr/o NEH-kroh | death | |
| orth/o OR-thoh | straight | |
| path/o PAH-thoh | suffering, disease | |
| phag/o FAY-goh | eat | |
| plas/o PLAH-soh | formation | |
| py/o PAI-oh | pus | |
| scler/o | hard | |
| sten/o STIH-noh | narrowing | |
| troph/o TROH-foh | nourishment, development | |
| xen/o ZEE-noh | foreigh |