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Med. Term. Roots
Book "Medical Terminology in a Flash"; Root Words
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| acous/o | hearing |
| aden/o | gland |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o | adrenal gland |
| adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| aer/o | air |
| albino/o | white |
| angi/o | vessel |
| an/o | anus |
| append/o | appendix |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aort/o | aorta |
| arteri/o | artery |
| ather/o | thick, fatty |
| arthr/o | joint |
| atri/o | atria |
| audi/o | hearing |
| bacteri/o | bacteria |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchus |
| calc/o | calcium |
| carcin/o | cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | carpus |
| cerbr/o | brain |
| cervic/o | cervix (neck) |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| col/o | colon |
| colon/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| corne/o | cornea |
| cost/o | ribs |
| crani/o | cranium / skull |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dent/o | teeth |
| derm/o | skin |
| dermat/o | skin |
| dipl/o | double |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| electr/o | electric |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis |
| epsi/o | vulva |
| erethem/o | red |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| femor/o | femur |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gli/o | glue, gluelike |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gynec/o | women, female |
| hem/o | blood |
| hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| ile/o | ileum |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| kerat/o | cornea, keratinized tissue |
| lamin/o | lamina |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lumb/o | lumbar (low back) |
| lymph/o | lymph |
| mamm/o | breast |
| mast/o | breast |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | menses |
| mening/o | meninges |
| metacarp/o | metacarpus |
| muc/o | mucus |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myo | muscle |
| myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| myring/o | eardrum |
| nas/o | nose |
| nat/o | birth |
| necr/o | dead |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| noct/o | night |
| ocul/o | eye |
| olig/o | scanty |
| onych/o | nail |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| orch/o | testes |
| orchi/o | testes |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| orchid/o | testes |
| or/o | mouth |
| orch/o | testes |
| orchi/o | testes |
| orchid/o | testes |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| ovari/o | ovary |
| ox/o | oxygen |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| pancreat/o | pelvic |
| parathyroid/o | parathyroid |
| patell/o | patella |
| phalang/o | phalanges |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| peritone/o | peritoneum |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phleb/o | pleura |
| pil/o | hair |
| pneum/o | lung, air |
| proct/o | rectum, anus |
| pneumon/o | lung, air |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | renal pelvis |
| rect/o | rectal |
| ren/o | kidney |
| retin/o | retina |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | tubes (fallopian, eustachian) |
| scler/o | hardening |
| sigmoid/o | sigmoid colon |
| sinus/o | sinus |
| sperm/o | sperm |
| spermat/o | sperm |
| spin/o | spine |
| splen/o | spleen |
| stern/o | sternum |
| stomat/o | mouth, mouthlike |
| ten/o | tendon |
| tend/o | tendon |
| tendin/o | tendon |
| thorac/o | chest |
| thromb/o | (clot) thrombus |
| thym/o | thymus |
| thyroid/o | thyroid |
| tibi/o | tibia |
| tonsill/o | tonsil |
| toxic/o | toxin, poison |
| trache/o | trachea |
| trich/o | hair |
| tympan/o | tympanic membrane |
| ureter/o | ureter |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| ur/o | urine |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vagin/o | vagina |
| vas/o | vessel |
| ven/o | vein |
| ventricul/o | ventricle |
| vertebr/o | vertebrae |
| vulv/o | vulva |
| xanth/o | yellow |
| xer/o | dry |
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