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Medical Terminology
Root Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Cardi/o | Heart |
| Hepat/o | Liver |
| Derm/o, Dermat/o | Skin |
| Gastr/o | Stomach |
| Hem/o, Hemat/o | Blood |
| my/o | Muscle |
| Nephr/o, Ren/o | Kidney |
| Neur/o | Nerve, Nervous System |
| Oste/o | Bone |
| Pulmin, Pneum/o | Lungs, Air |
| Thorac/o | Chest |
| Vas/o, Vascul/o | Blood Vessel |
| Blephar/o | Eyelid |
| Viscer/o | Internal Organs |
| Ophthalm/o | Eye (specialist) |
| Opt/o, Ocul/o | Eye |
| Rhin/o | Nose |
| Pt/o | Pus |
| Ox/o | Oxygen |
| Cyst/o | fluid filled pouch |
| Fibr/o | Fiber (fiberous tissue) |
| Laryng/o | Voice Box (Larynx) |
| Cutane/o | Skin |
| Diphther/a | Leather, Hide, or Membrane |
| Embol/o | Plug (or stopper) |
| Atel/o | Incomplete, Underdeveloped, Imperfect |
| Carcin/o | Cancer |