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Root Words/
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| cheil/o | lip |
| chol/e | gall/bile |
| cholangio/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| col/o | colon |
| dent/i | tooth |
| faci/o | face |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| hepat/o | liver |
| labi/o | lip |
| lapar/o | abdomen |
| lingu/o | tongue |
| lith/o | stone |
| or/o | mouth |
| ordont/o | tooth |
| pharng/o | throat |
| proct/o | rectum |
| pylor/o | pylorus The passage at the lower end of the stomach that opens into the duodenum |
| sial/o | saliva |
| sialaden/o | salivary gland |
| steat/o | fat |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| uvul/o | uvula A small, conical, fleshy mass of tissue suspended from the center of the soft palate. |
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acetabul/o | hip socket |
| acr/o | height/extremities |
| aden/o | in relationship to a gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adip/o | fat |
| adren/o, adrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| albin/o | white |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| alveol/o | alveolus A tiny, thin-walled, capillary-rich sac in the lungs where the exchange of oxygen and carbon dioxide takes place. Also called air sac. |
| ambly/o | dim |
| amni/o | amnion |
| an/o | anus |
| andr/o | male |
| andren/o | adrenal gland |
| andrenal/o | adrenal gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | bent, fused |
| aort/a | aorta |
| aponeur/o | tendon type |
| appendic/o | appendix |
| aque/o | water |
| arche/o | first |
| arter/o, arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| atel/o | incomplete |
| ather/o | plaque |
| atri/o | atrium |
| audi/o | hearing |
| aut/0 | self |
| axill/o | armpit |
| azot/o | urea (chief nitrogenous component of urine) |
| balan/o | glans penis |
| bi/o | life |
| bil/i | bile |
| bilirubin/o | bile pigment |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachi/o | arm |
| bronch/o | bronchus |
| bronchi/o | bronchus |
| bronchiol/o | bronchiole |
| burs/o | fluid-filled sac in a joint |
| calc/o, calc/i | calcium |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | carpals (wrist bones) |
| cauter/o | burn |
| cec/o | cecum |
| celi/o | abdomen |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebell/o | cerebellum |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum |
| cervic/o | neck/cervix |
| chol/e | gall/bile |
| cholangio/o | bile duct |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| choledoch/o | common bile duct |
| cholester/o | cholesterol |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chori/o | chorion (the outermost of the extraembryonic membranes of land vertebrates, contributing to the formation of the placenta in the placental mammals) |
| clavi/o, clavicul/o | clavicle (collar bone) |
| col/o | colon |
| colp/o | vagina |
| coni/o | dust |
| conjunctiv/o | conjunctiva (the mucous membrane that lines the exposed portion of the eyeball and inner surface of the eyelids) |
| cor/o | pupil |
| corne/o | cornea |
| coron/o | heart |
| cortic/o | cortex (a. the outer region of an organ or structure, as the outer portion of the kidney. b. the cerebral cortex) |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium (skull) |
| crin/o | secrete |
| crypt/o | hidden |
| culd/o | cul-de-sac |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan | blue |
| cycl/o | ciliary body (the part of the vascular tunic of the eye that connects the choroid with the iris) |
| cyst/o | bladder/or fluid filled sac or pouch |
| dacry/o | tear |
| dacryocyst/o | pertaining to the lacrimal sac |
| dent/i | tooth |
| derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
| diaphragmat/o | diaphragm |
| dips/o | thirst |
| disc/o | intervertebral disc |
| diverticul/o | diverticulum (a blind, tubular sac or process branching off from a canal or cavity) |
| duoden/o | duodenum (the first portion of the small intestine, from the stomach to the jejunum) |
| dur/o | dura mater (the tough, fibrous membrane forming the outermost of the three coverings of the brain and spinal cord) |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | small intestine |
| eosin/o | rosy |
| epididym/o | epididymis (an elongated organ on the posterior surface of a testis that stores sperm while they mature and constitutes the convoluted beginning of the vas deferens) |
| epiglott/o | epiglottis (a thin, valvelike, cartilaginous structure that covers the glottis during swallowing, preventing the entrance of food and drink into the larynx) |
| episi/o | vulva |
| erythr/o, erythem/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| essi/o, esthesi/o | sensation |
| estr/o | female |
| femor/o | thighbone |
| fet/o | fetus |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| galact/o | milk |
| gangli/o | ganglion (a. a mass of nerve tissue existing outside the central nervous system. b. any of certain masses of gray matter in the brain, as the basal ganglia) |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gingiv/o | gum |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus (a compact cluster of capillaries) |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | sugar |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| glycos/o | sugar |
| gonad/o | ovaries and testes |
| gyn/o | female |
| gynec/o | female |
| hepat/o | liver |
| herni/o | hernia |
| heter/o | different |
| hidr/o | sweat |
| home/o | same |
| hormon/o | hormone |
| humer/o | humerus (upper arm bone) |
| hydr/o | water |
| hymen/o | hymen (A membranous fold of tissue that partly or completely occludes the external vaginal orifice) |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| ichthy/o | dry/scaly |
| ile/o | ileus (intestinal obstruction) |
| ili/o | ilium (upper pelvic bone) |
| immun/o | immune |
| inguin/o | groin |
| ir/o | iris |
| irid/o | iris |
| ischi/o | ischium (posterior pelvic bone) |
| jaund/o | yellow |
| jejun/o | jejunum (The section of the small intestine between the duodenum and the ileum) |
| kal/i | potassium |
| kerat/o | hard, cornea |
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