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Med term
| Root | Defintion | Examples |
|---|---|---|
| arthr/o (Ar-THROH) | joint | arthritis |
| cardi/o (kar-DEE-OH) | heart | pericardium |
| enter/o (EN-ter-oh) | small intestine | dysentery |
| gastr/o (GAS-tro) | stomach | gastritis |
| hepat/o (he-PAH-toh) | liver | hepatitis |
| neur/o (NUR-oh) | nerve | neurology |
| hem/o (HEE-moh) | blood | hemorrhage |
| hemat/o (heh-MAH-toh) | blood | hematoma |
| my/o (MAI-oh) | muscle | myalgia |
| muscul/o (MUS-kyoo-loh) | muscle | muscular, musculoskeletal |
| angi/o (AN-gee-oh) | vessel | angioplasty |
| vas/o (VAS-oh) | vessel | vasospasm,vasectomy |
| derm/o (DER-moh) | skin | dermis |
| dermat/o (der-MAH-toh) | skin | dermatology |
| pneumon/o (nooMAW-moh) | lung | pneumonia |
| pulmon/o (PUL-maw-noh) | lung | pulmonologist |
| gen/o (JIN-oh) | creation, cause | pathogenic |
| hydr/o (HAI-droh) | water | hydrophobia |
| morph/o (MOR-foh) | change | morphology |
| myc/o (MAI-koh) | fungus | dermatomycosis |
| necr/o (NEH-kroh) | death | necrosis |
| orth/o (OR-thoh) | straight | othodontist |
| path/o (PAH-thoh) | suffering, disease | pathology |
| phag/o (FAaY-goh) | eat | aphagia |
| plas/o (PLAH-soh) | formation | hypreplasia |
| py/o (PAI-oh) | pus | pyemia |
| scler/o (SKLEH-roh) | hard | scleroderma |
| sten/o (STIH-noh) | narrowing | stenosis |
| troph/o (TROH-foh) | nourishment, development | hypertrophy |
| xen/o (ZEE-noh) | foreign | xenograft |
| -ac (ak) | pertaining to | cardiac |
| -al (al) | pertaining to | skeletal |
| -ar (ar) | pertaining to | muscular |
| -ary (ar-ee | pertaining to | pulmonary |
| -eal (ee-al) | pertaining to | esophageal |
| -ic (ik) | pertaining to | medic |
| -tic (tik) | pertaining to | neurotic |
| -ous (us) | pertaining to | subcutaneous |
| -ia (ee-ah) | condition | penumonia |
| -ism (ih-zum) | condition | autism |
| -ium (ee-um) | tissue, structure | pericardium |
| -y (ee) | condition, procedure | hypertrophy |
| -icle (ik-el) | small | ventricle |
| -ole ( |