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NUR9 Common Roots
NUR9 Common Roots from Lippincott (KCC-07)
| Root / Vowel | Meaning |
|---|---|
| abdomin /o | abdomen |
| angi / o | vessel |
| arteri /o | artery |
| blephar /o | eyelid |
| bronchi /o | bronchus |
| carcin /o | cancer |
| cardi /o | heart |
| cerebr /o | cerebrum (brain) |
| cephal /o | head |
| chol /e | bile, gall |
| cholecyst /o | gallbladder |
| col /o | colon |
| crani /o | skull |
| cutane /o | skin |
| cyan /o | blue |
| cyst /o | sac, bladder |
| dermat /o | skin |
| encepha /o | brain |
| enter /o | intestine |
| erythr /o | red |
| esophag /o | esophagus |
| gastr /o | stomach |
| gluc /o | sugar, glucose |
| gynec / o | woman, female |
| hemat /o | blood |
| hepat /o | liver |
| hydr /o | water, fluid |
| hyster /o | uterus |
| laryng /o | larynx (voice box) |
| leuk /o | white |
| lymph /o | lymph |
| my /o | muscle |
| necr /o | death |
| nephr /o | kidney |
| neur /o | nerve |
| noct /o | night |
| oophor /o | ovary |
| mamm /o | breast |
| mast /o | breast |
| megal /o | enlargement |
| melan /o | black |
| mening /o | meninges |
| men /o | menes, menstruation |
| muc /o | mucus |
| myel /o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
| ophthalm /o | eye |
| os /o | mouth |
| oste /o | bone |
| ot /o | ear |
| pharyng /o | pharynx (throat) |
| phleb /o | vein |
| pneum /o | lung, air, breathing |
| proct /o | anus, rectum |
| ren /o | kidney |
| rhin /o | nose |
| salping /o | fallopian tube |
| scler /o | hardening, sclera (white of the eye) |
| sigmoid /o | sigmoid colon |
| spermat /o | sperm |
| spin /o | spine |
| stern /o | sternum (breastbone) |
| tend /o | tendon |
| therm /o | heat |
| thorac /o | chest, thorax |
| thromb /o | blood clot |
| thyr /o | thyroid gland |
| trache /o | trachea |
| tympan /o | tympanic membrane (eardrum) |
| ureter /o | ureter |
| urethr /o | urethra |
| ur /o | urine |
| uter /o | uterus |
| vagin /o | vagina |
| vascul /o | blood vessel |
| vas /o | vas deferens, vessel |
| ven /o | vein |
| vertebr /o | vertebra (backbone) |
Created by:
eugene.p.d.nunes
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