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Chapter 14 Roots/CF
All of Roots and Combining words of Medical language of lesson 14
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| -iat | to take |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -cis- | to cut |
| cry/o- | icy cold |
| -surg- | operate |
| digit- | finger or toe |
| -nucle- | kernel |
| orchi- | testicle |
| prostat- | prostate |
| -sect- | cut off |
| urethr/o- | urethra |
| vas-vas/o- | duct |
| resect/o- | cut off |
| immun/o- | immune response |
| -defici- | lacking, indequate |
| -drome | running |
| gon/o- | seed |
| human | human being |
| papill- | pimple |
| molluse- | soft |
| contagi/o- | transmissible by contact |
| opportun- | to take advantage of |
| replic- | reply |
| trich/o- | hair |
| -monas | single unit |
| -mon- | single |
| balan- | gland penis |
| cavern- | cave |
| -spad- | tear or cut |
| erect- | to set up, straight |
| -phim- | muzzle |
| sperm/i- | sperm |
| spongio- | sponge |
| -zoo- | animal |
| sperm- | seed (sperm) |
| -plas- | molding, formation |
| -gonad- | testicle, ovary |
| -feril- | able to reproduce |
| -ur- | urine |
| ejacul- | shoot out |
| mot- motil- | to move |
| epididym- | epididymis |
| hydr/o- | water |
| inguin- | groin |
| orchi/o- | testicle |
| varic/o- | varicosity |
| andr/o- | male |
| sermin/i- | semen |
| vasgin- | shealth, vagina |
| bulb/o | bulb |
| -didymis | testis |
| genit- | primary male or female sex organs |
| pen- | penis |
| perine- | perineum |
| scrot- | scrotum |
| testicul- | testicle |