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Stack #60640
Medical Terminology: Root Words
| Medical Term | Meaning |
|---|---|
| adeno | gland |
| calculi | stone |
| cele | tumor, cyst; hernia |
| cyto | cell |
| glyco | sugar |
| homo, homeo | alike, similar |
| 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, toe, digit |
| ili | hip |
| manus | hand |
| myel | bone marrow, spinal cord |
| myo | muscle |
| ortho | straighten |
| osteo | bone |
| pedi | foot, child, infant |
| spondyl | vertebra |
| cutis | skin |
| dent | teeth |
| derma | skin |
| hapsia | touch |
| odont | teeth |
| onco | tumor |
| onychia | nail bed |
| pedicular | lice |
| prurigo | itching |
| psora | itch |
| sarco | flesh |
| sclero | hard |
| squama | scaly |
| tricho | hair |
| chole | gallbladder, bile |
| colon | large intestine |
| emesis | vomiting |
| entero | intestines |
| gastro | stomach |
| glosso | tongue |
| hepat | liver |
| ile | ileum |
| laparo | abdomen |
| myxo | mucus |
| procto | anus, rectum |
| pylor | pylorus, gatekeeper |
| stoma | mouth, opening |
| viscero | body organs |
| angio | vessel |
| aortal | aorta, main artery |
| arterio | artery |
| cardio | heart |
| emboli | vessel obstruction |
| emia | blood |
| hemo | blood |
| phleb | vein |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| varico | varicose veins |
| vena | vein |
| ventricu | heart cavity |
| broncho | airway |
| cili | hairlike process |
| ectasis | expansion |
| laryngo | voice box, larynx |
| naso | nose |
| oro | mouth |
| oxy | oxygen |
| pector | chest, breast |
| pleura | rib side |
| pneumo | lung |
| ptysis | spit, sputum |
| pulmo | lung |
| rhin | nose |
| tracheo | windpipe |
| creatinine | 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, uro, urina | urine |
| uric | pertaining to urine |
| bulbo | bulblike; bulboeurethral gland |
| cervi | neck |
| galacto | milk |
| genito | reproductive system |
| hyster | uterus |
| lactin | milk |
| mast | breast |
| metr | uterus |
| natal | born |
| oophoro | ovary |
| orchido | testicle |
| ova,ovi,ovo | egg |
| salping | fallopian tube |
| sperma, spermato | seed, sperm |
| vas | duct; vessel (vas deferens) |
| audio | sound |
| cerebro | brain |
| enecephalo | brain |
| esthesia | sensation |
| medulla | brain middle |
| meningo | membranes of spinal cord |
| neuro | nerve |
| occiput | back of skull |
| oculo | eye |
| ophthalmo | eye |
| oto | ear |
| parietes | wall part of brain |
| pons | bridge |
| tempora | temporal |
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