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Med. Term. EICC
Medical Terminolgy Root Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Adeno | Gland |
| Calculi | Stone |
| Cele | Tumor, Cyst; Hernia |
| Cyto | Cell |
| Glyco | Sweet,Sugar |
| Homeo, Homo | Similar, Same, Like |
| Lingua | Tongue |
| Lip | Fat |
| Lith | Stone |
| Madaro | Falling Hair |
| Psych | Mind |
| Pyo | Pus |
| Radi | Rays |
| Thermic | Heat |
| Arthro | Joint |
| Carpo | Wrist |
| Chondro | Cartilage |
| Costa | Rib |
| Cranio | Skull |
| Dactyl | Finger |
| ili | hip |
| manus | hand |
| myel | bone marrow |
| myo | muscle |
| ortho | straighten |
| osteo | bone |
| pedi | foot |
| spondyl | vertebra |
| cutis | skin |
| dent | teeth |
| derma | skin |
| hapsia | touch |
| odont | teeth |
| onco | tumor |
| onychia | nail beds |
| pedicular | lice |
| prurigo | itching |
| psora | itch |
| sarco | flesh |
| sclero | hard |
| squama | scaly |
| tricho | hair |
| chole | bile; gallbladder |
| colon | large intestine |
| emesis | vomiting |
| entero | itestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| glosso | tongue |
| hepat | liver |
| ile | ileum |
| laparo | abdomen |
| myxo | mucus |
| procto | anus; rectum |
| pyloro | pylorus; gatekeeper |
| stoma | opening; mouth |
| viscero | body organs |
| angio | vessel |
| aortal | aorta, main artery |
| arterio | artery |
| cardio | heart |
| emboli | vessel obstruction |
| emia | blood |
| hema, hemo | blood |
| phleb | vein |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| varico | varicose veins |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| vena | vein |
| ventricu | heart cavity |
| broncho | bronchi, airway |
| cili | hairlike processes |
| ectasis | expansion |
| laryngo | larynx, voice box |
| naso | nose |
| oro | mouth |
| oxy | oxygen, keen |
| pector | breast, chest |
| pleura | rib side |
| pneumo | lung |
| ptysis | to spit |
| pulmo | lungs |
| rhin | nose |
| tracheo | trachea, windpipe |
| creatinine | a waste material in urine |
| cysto | bladder |
| glomerulo | nephron part; little ball |
| nephro | kidney |
| peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs |
| pyelo | pelvis |
| reni | kidney |
| uretero | ureter |
| urethro | urethra |
| uri | urine |
| uric | pertaining to urine |
| urina | urine |
| uro | urine |
| bulbo | bulblike; bulbourethral gland |
| cervi | neck; uterus |
| galacto | milk |
| genito | reproductive system |
| hyster | uterus |
| lactin | milk |
| mast | breast |
| metr | uterus |
| natal | born |
| oophoro | ovary |
| orchido | testicle |
| ova, ovi, ovo | egg |
| salping | tube; fallopian |
| sperma spermato | seed |
| vas | duct; vessel |
| audio | sound |
| cerebro | brain |
| encephalo | brain |
| esthesia | sensation |
| medulla | brain middle |
| meningo | membranes; spinal cord |
| neuro | nerves |
| occiput | back of skull |
| oculo | eye |
| ophthalmo | eye |
| oto | ear |
| parietes | parietel; wall part |
| pons | bridges |
| tempora | temporal |