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MT: module 1
medical terminology module 1 root words
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| adhes | stuck to |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| aise | comfort (french root) |
| alveol/o | alveolus |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| ather/o | fatty or fatty deposit |
| audi/o | to hear |
| axill | armpit |
| bio | life |
| bronch/i, bronch/o | bronchus |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cellul/o or cyt/o | cell |
| cerebr/i or cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cephal/o | head |
| chem/o | chemical |
| chol/e | bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/i or chondr/o | cartilage |
| chym | juice |
| cis | to cut |
| col/o | colon |
| conjuctiv/o | conjuctiva |
| cost/o | rib |
| cry/o | cold |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | bladder |
| cyst, cyst/o | cell |
| dem | people |
| derm/o or dermat/o | skin |
| dipl/o | double |
| duoden | duodenum |
| edema | swelling |
| electr/o | electricity |
| eme | to vomit |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine |
| epididym/o | epididymis |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| eti/o | cause |
| erythr/o | red |
| fibr, fibr/o, fibrin/o | fibers |
| gastr, gastr/o | stomach |
| gen, gene, genet | formation, produce |
| gingiv, gingiv/o | gums |
| gyneo/o | female |
| hem, hem/o, heamt, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat, hept/o | liver |
| heter/o | other or different |
| hidr, hidr/o | sweat |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hom/o | same or alike |
| hydr, hydr/o | water |
| hyster, hyster/o | uterus or womb |
| infect | to infect |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng, larng/o | larynx |
| leuk, leuk/o | white |
| lith, lith/o | stone |
| lip, lip/o | fat |
| lymph, lymph/o | lymph vessels |
| melan, melan/o | black |
| mening, meningi/o, mening/o | membrane, meninges |
| men/o | menses or menstruation |
| myel, myel/o | bone marrow or spinal cord |
| my/o | muscle |
| nat, nat/o | birth or new |
| necr/o | death |
| nephr, nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| norm | rule |
| onc/o | tumor |
| orexis | appetite |
| opthalm, ophthalm/o | eye |
| oste, oste/o | bone |
| path, path/o | disease |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phag, phag/o | to eat, engulf |
| pharyng, pharynge/o, pharyng/o | pharynx, throat |
| phleb, phleb/o | vein |
| pneum/o | air |
| psych/o | mind |
| pyr/o | heat, fire |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o | kidney |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sacr, sacr/o | sacrum |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| scapul, scapula/o | scapula |
| sept | putrefaction, infection |
| splen/o | spleen |
| spondyl/o | vertebra |
| stern/o | sternum |
| tend/o, ten/o | tendon |
| testicul/o | testis |
| therm/o | heat |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | clot |
| tuss | cough |
| ur, ur/o | urine |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| vas, vas/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| viscer, viscer/o | body organs |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
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