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MTSGFF Roots
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Acr/o | extremities |
| Aden/o | gland |
| Adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| Andr/o | male |
| Angi/o | vessel (blood) |
| Ankyl/o | crooked; bent |
| Arteri/o | artery |
| Arthr/o | joint |
| Balan/o | glans penis |
| Blast/o | immature |
| Blephar/o | eyelid |
| Bronch/o | bronchial tube |
| Cancer/o | cancerous |
| Cardi/o | heart |
| Cephal/o | head |
| Cheil/o | lip |
| Chol/e | bile; gall |
| Cholangi/o | bile vessel |
| Chondr/o | cartilage |
| Col/o | colon (large) |
| Colp/o | vagina |
| Cor/o | pupil |
| Cost/o | rib |
| Crin/o | secrete |
| Crypt/o | hidden |
| Cyan/o | blue |
| Cyst/o | urinary bladder |
| Cyt/o | cell |
| Dacry/o | tear |
| Derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| Dextr/o | both; sugar |
| Dips/o | thirst |
| Dors/o | back (of body) |
| Ech/o | reflected sound |
| Enter/o | intestines (small) |
| Erythr/o | red |
| Esophag/o | esophagus |
| Esthesi/o | nervous sensation |
| Galact/o | milk |
| Gloss/o | tongue |
| Hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
| Hepat/o | liver |
| Hidr/o | sweat |
| Hydr/o | water |
| Hyster/o | uterus |
| Gangli/o | ganglion |
| Gastr/o | stomach |
| Glauc/o | gray |
| Glyc/o | glucose; sugar |
| Irid/o | iris |
| Kary/o | nucleus |
| Kinesi/o | movement |
| Laryng/o | larynx |
| Later/o | side |
| Lept/o | thin, slender |
| Leuk/o | white |
| Lith/o | stone |
| Lymph/o | lymph |
| Mast/o | breast |
| Melan/o | black |
| Men/o | menses |
| Metr/o | uterus |
| Myc/o | fungus |
| My/o | muscle |
| Myel/o | spinal cord; bone marrow |
| Myring/o | tympanic membrane |
| Nephr/o | kidney |
| Neur/o | nerve |
| Onych/o | nail |
| Oophor/o | ovary |
| Opthalm/o | eye |
| Orchid/o | testis |
| Oste/o | bone |
| Ot/o | ear |
| Pharyng/o | throat |
| Phleb/o | vein |
| Phon/o | voice; sound |
| Pneum/o, pneumon/o | lung; air; gas |
| Presby/o | old age |
| Proct/o | anus and rectum |
| Prostat/o | prostate gland |
| Rachi/o | spinal column |
| Retin/o | retina |
| Rhabdomy/o | striated (skeletal) muscle |
| Rhin/o | nose |
| Salping/o | fallopian tube |
| Sacr/o | flesh |
| Scler/o | sclera |
| Seb/o | sebum |
| Sider/o | iron |
| Sinister/o | left |
| Somat/o | body |
| Splen/o | spleen |
| Stern/o | sternum (breast bone) |
| Stomat/o | mouth |
| Tax/o | order |
| Tend/o | tendon |
| Thromb/o | clot |
| Thry/o | thyroid gland |
| Tox/o | poison |
| Trache/o | trachear (wind pipe) |
| Trich/o | hair |
| Tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
| Urther/o | urethra |
| Ven/o | vein |
| Xanth/o | yellow |