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WR medical term
Word roots medical terminology
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| or/o, stomat/o | Mouth |
| odont/o, dent/o | Tooth |
| gingiv/o | Gums |
| gloss/o, lingu/o | Tongue |
| gastr/o | Stomach |
| enter/o | Intestines |
| jejun/o | Jejunum |
| colon/o, col/o | Colon (large intestine) |
| sigmoid/o | Sigmoid colon |
| rect/o | Rectum |
| an/o | Anus |
| proct/o | Anus and Rectum |
| sial/o | Saliva |
| chole/o, bil/i, chol/e | Bile (gall) |
| abdomin/o, celi/o, lapar/o | Abdomen |
| cyst/o, vesic/o | Bladder |
| doch/o | Duct |
| glomerul/o | Glomerulus (plural: glomeruli) |
| nephr/o, ren/o | Kidney |
| pyel/o | Renal pelvis |
| ur/o, urin/o | Urine |
| lith/o | Stone |
| ureter/o | Ureter |
| meat/o | Opening or meatus |
| balan/o | Penis (glans penis), balanitis |
| orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o, test/o, testicul/o | Testicle |
| sperm/o, spermat/o, sperm/i | Sperm |
| colp/o, vagin/o | Vagina |
| perine/o | Perineum |
| episi/o, vulv/o | Vulva |
| gynec/o, gyn/o | Woman |
| lact/o | Milk |
| mast/o, mamm/o | Breast |
| oophor/o, ovari/o | Ovary |
| hyster/o, metr/o, uter/o | Uterus |
| salping/o | Fallopian tube |
| toc/o | Labor |
| femor/o | Femur (thigh bone) |
| fet/o | Fetus |
| natr/o | Sodium |
| part/o, nat/o | Birth |
| carcin/o | Cancer |
| chondr/o | Cartilage |
| conjunctiv/o | Conjunctiva |
| crani/o | Skull or cranium |
| cyan/o | Blue |
| cycl/o | Ciliary body or ciliary muscle of the eye |
| dacr/o, dacry/o | Tear; tear duct or lacrimal sac |
| dactyl/o | Fingers or toes |
| dips/o | Thirst or thristy |
| dur/o | Hard, dura mater; tough outer membrane surrounding the brain and spinal cord |
| ellipt/o | Oval or elliptical shape; used to describe abnormal elongated red blood cells |
| embol/o | Embolus; Mass of matter or blood clot/blockage |
| fasci/o | Fascia; thin fibrous connective tissue |
| gangli/o | Ganglion; group of neuron cell bodies located in peripheral nervous system (nerve bundle) |
| irid/o, ir/o | Iris |
| kal/o | Potassium |
| kerat/o | hard or cornea of the eye |
| lacrim/o | tear duct; tear |
| onych/o, ungu/o | Nail |
| melan/o | Black |
| pil/o | Hair |
| pachy/o | Thick |
| palat/o | Palate; roof of the mouth |
| olig/o | Few, scanty, deficient |
| myring/o | Eardrum |
| xanth/o | Yellow |
| retin/o | Retina |
| mening/o | Meninges (membrane surround the brain and spinal cord) |
| gnosi/o | Know |
| hypophys/o | Pituitary gland |
| men/o | Menustration |
| nat/o | Birth |
| amni/o | Amnion; Innermost membrane covering the fetus |
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Alena stephanoff
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