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root words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| adip | fat |
| cutane | skin |
| derma(t) | skin |
| diaphor | sweat |
| hist | tissue |
| ichthy | dry, scaly |
| kerat | hard |
| mast | breast |
| melan | black |
| necr | death of (cells, etc.) |
| onych | nail |
| prurit, psor | itching |
| arthr | joint |
| carp | wrist |
| crani | skull |
| dactyl | finger or toe |
| fibul | small lower leg bone |
| lord | curve |
| metatar | foot |
| oste | bone |
| ped, pod | foot |
| phalang | bones of the fingers and toes |
| rachi | spine |
| scoli | crooked, bent |
| spondyl | vertebrae |
| burs | bursa |
| chondr | cartilage |
| fasci | fiber separating muscles |
| fibr | fiber |
| leiomy | smooth muscle |
| my | muscle |
| rhabdo | rod shaped |
| synov | snynovial membrane |
| tendin | tendon |
| ton | tendon |
| alges | pain |
| cerebr | cerebrum |
| encephal | brain |
| esthes | sensation |
| lex | word, phrase |
| lepsy | seizure |
| mening | meninges |
| ment | mind |
| myel | spinal cord |
| neur | nerve |
| phas | speech |
| psycho | mind |
| somat | body |
| aneur | widening |
| angi | vessel |
| aort | aorta |
| arter(i) | artery |
| card(i) | heart |
| coron | heart |
| cyt(e) | cell |
| embol | embolus |
| oxy | oxygen |
| pector | chest |
| phleb | vein |
| sten | narrowed |
| thromb | clot |
| vas(cul) | blood vessel |
| ven | vein |
| aden | gland |
| bacter | bacteria |
| emia | blood |
| hem(at) | blood |
| lymph | lymph |
| phleb | vein |
| sepsis | to putrefy |
| splen | spleen |
| thromb | clot |
| thym | thymus gland |
| aer | air |
| aero | gas |
| bronch(i) | bronchus |
| capn | carbon dioxide |
| laryng | larynx |
| nas | nose |
| ox | oxygen |
| phys(o) | air |
| pneum(on) | lung, air |
| respir | breath |
| rhin | nose |
| sinus | sinus |
| spir | breath |
| trache | trachea |
| chol | bile |
| col(on) | colon |
| duoden | duodenum |
| enter | intestine |
| esophag | esophagus |
| gastr | stomach |
| hepat | liver |
| herni | hernia |
| lapar | abdomen |
| orexia | appetite |
| pepsia | digestion |
| phag | swallow |
| albumin | protein |
| cyst | bladder |
| glycos | glucose |
| keton | ketones |
| lith | stone |
| nephr | kidney |
| ren | kidney |
| ur | urine, urinary |
| uresis | urination |
| ureter | ureter |
| urethr | urethra |
| vesic | bladder |
| aden | gland |
| adren(o) | adrenal |
| crine | to secrete |
| glyc | sugar |
| gluc(os) | sugar |
| lipid | fat |
| myx | mucus |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| plas | development |
| somat | body |
| tetan | tetanus |
| thym | thymus |
| thyr | thyroid |
| cervic | cervix |
| condyle | raised growth |
| gynec | woman |
| hyster | uterus |
| lact | milk |
| mamm | breast |
| mast | breast |
| men | menstruation |
| metr(i) | uterus |
| ovari | ovary |
| ovul | egg |
| salping | fallopian tube |
| tocia | birth |
| uter | uterine |
| vagin | vagina |
| andr | male |
| balan | glans penis |
| crypt | hidden |
| orch | testis |
| prostat | prostate gland |
| semin | semen |
| sperm | sperm |
| test | testis, testicle |
| varic | dilated vein |
| vas | vessel, duct |
| vesicule | seminal vesicle |
| acous, acus | hearing |
| audi | hearing |
| cerumin | wax like |
| labryinth | inner ear |
| myring | eardrum |
| ot | ear |
| salping | eustachian tube |
| tympan | eardrum |
| ambly | dim, dull |
| blephar | eyelid |
| conjunctiv | conjunctiva |
| corne | cornea |
| glauc | gray |
| irid, ir | iris |
| lacrim | tear duct |
| morph | shape, structure |
| ocul | eye |
| ophthalm | eye |
| opia | vision |
| opt(ic) | vision, eye |
| phot | light |
| retin | retina |
| sler | sclera |
| stigmat | point(ed) |
| tropia | misalignment |
| vitr | vitreous body |
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