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MT: Root words
actual examples of root words for module 1
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| Bronchus | bronch/i, bronch/o |
| Vessel, Vascular | angi/o |
| Urine | ur, ur/o |
| Chemical | chem/o |
| Cough | tuss |
| Blue | cyan/o |
| Gums | gingiv, gingiv/o |
| To hear | audi/o |
| Cell | cellul/o, cyt/o |
| Stuck to | adhes |
| Nose | rhin/o |
| Life | bi/o |
| Abdomen | abdomin/o or Lapar/o |
| Flesh | sarc/o |
| Formation, produce | gen, gene, genet |
| Water | hydr, hydr/o |
| Cause | eti/o |
| To eat, engulf | phag, phag/o |
| Kidney | nephr, nephr/o or ren/o |
| Menses or menstration | men/o |
| Clot | thromb/o |
| Epididymis | epididym/o |
| To vomit | eme |
| Juice | chym |
| Larynx | laryng, larng/o |
| Gland | aden/o |
| Cell | cyt, cyt/o |
| Artery | arteri/o |
| Bladder | cyst/o |
| Joint | arthr/o |
| Lymph vessels | lymph, lymph/o |
| Gallbladder | cholecyst/o |
| Sacrum | sacr, scar/o |
| Death | necr/o |
| White | leuk, leuk/o |
| Muscle | my/o |
| Urethra | urethr/o |
| Vessel | vas, vas/o |
| Membrane, meninges | mening, meningi/o, mening/o |
| Uterus or womb | hyster, hyster/o |
| Chest | thorac/o |
| Stone | lith, lith/o |
| Scapula | scapul, scapula/o |
| Vein | phleb, phleb/o |
| Fat | lip, lip/o |
| Black | melan, melan/o |
| Skin | cutane/o or derm/o, dermat/o |
| Bone marrow or spinal cord | myel, myel/o |
| Cartilage | chondri/l, chondr/o |
| Head | cephal/o |
| Heart | cardi/o |
| Ureter | ureter/o |
| Armpit | axill |
| Colon | Col/o |
| Cerebrum | cerebr/i, cerebr/o |
| People | dem |
| Brain | encephal/o |
| Air | pneum/o |
| To cut | cis |
| Cold | cry/o |
| Fatty or fatty deposit | ather/o |
| Alveolus | alveol/o |
| Spleen | splen/o |
| Same or alike | hom/o |
| Tumor | onc/o |
| Double | dipl/o |
| To infect | infect |
| Vertebra | spondyl/o |
| Testis | testicul/o |
| Duodenum | duoden/o |
| Ventricle | ventricul/o |
| Stuck to | adhes |
| Stomach | gastr, gastr/o |
| Tissue | hist/o |
| Bile | chol/e |
| Birth or new | nat, nat/o |
| Liver | hepat, hept/o |
| Rectum | rect/o |
| Red | erythr/o |
| Electricity | electr/o |
| Swelling | edema |
| Disease | path, path/o |
| Tendon | tend/o, ten/o |
| Rule |