Medical Terminology Most Common Root Words (M-Z)
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| macr | abnormal largeness
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| mamm | breast
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| mandibul | lower jawbone
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| mast | breast
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| mastoid | mastoid
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| maxill | upper jawbone
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| meat | meatus
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| melan | opening
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| mening | meninges
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| menisc | crescent
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| men | menstruation
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| ment | mind
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| metr | uterus
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| mon | one
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| morph | shape
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| mus | mucus
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| myc | fungus
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| myel | bone marrow, spinal cord
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| myel | bone marrow
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| myos | muscle
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| myring | eardrum
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| my | muscle
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| narc | stupor
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| nas | nose
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| nat | birth
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| necr | cell death
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| nephr | kidney
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| neur | nerve
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| noct | night
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| nyct | night
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| nyctal | night
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| ocul | eye
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| olig | few
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| omphal | navel
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| onc | tumor
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| onych | nail
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| oo | egg
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| oophor | ovary
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| ophthalm | eye
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| opt | vision
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| orch | testicle
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| orchi | testis
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| orchid | testicle
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| organ | organ
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| or | mouth
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| orth | straight
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| oste | bone
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| ot | ear
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| ov | egg
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| ox | oxygen
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| pachy | thick
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| palat | palate
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| pancreat | pancreas
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| papill | nipple
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| parathyroid | parathyroid gland
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| par | give birth to
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| patell | kneecap
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| path | disease
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| part | labor
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| pector | chest
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| ped | child, food
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| pelv | pelvis
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| perine | perineum
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| peritone | peritoneum
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| petr | stone
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| phac | lens
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| phag | swallow
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| phak | lens
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| phalang | pharynx
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| phas | speech
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| phleb | vein
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| phot | light
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| phren | mind
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| physi | nature
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| plasm | plasma
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| pleur | pleura
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| pneumat | lung
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| pneum | air
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| pneumon | lung
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| pod | foot
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| poli | gray matter
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| poikil | irregular
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| polyp | small growth
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| poster | back
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| prim | first
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| proct | rectum
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| prostat | prostate gland
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| pseud | false
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| psych | mind
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| pub | pubis
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| puerper | childbirth
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| pulmon | lung
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| pupil | pupil
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| pyel | renal pelvis
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| pylor | pylorus
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| py | pus
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| pyr | fever
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| quadr | four
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| rachi | vertebra
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| radic | nerve root
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| radicul | nerve root
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| radi | lower arm bone
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| rect | rectum
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| ren | kidney
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| retin | retina
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| rhabd | rodshaped
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| rhin | nose
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| rhytid | wrinkles
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| rhiz | nerve root
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| salping | fallopian tube
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| sarc | connective tissue
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| scapul | shoulder bone
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| scler | sclera
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| scoli | crooked
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| seb | oil
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| sept | septum
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| sial | siliva
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| somat | body
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| somn | sleep
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| son | sound
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| spermat | sperm
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| sperm | spermatozoan
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| sphygm | pulse
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| spir | breathing
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| splen | spleen
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| spondyl | vertebra
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| staped | middle ear bone
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| staphyl | grapelike clusters
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| stern | breastbone
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| steth | chest
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| stomat | mouth
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| strept | twisted chains
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| synovi | synovial membrane
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| tars | ankle bones
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| tars | edge of eyelid
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| tendin | tendon
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| tend | tendon
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| ten | tendon
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| test | testicle
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| therm | heat
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| thorac | chest
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| thromb | clot
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| thym | thymus gland
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| thyroid | thyroid gland
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| thyr | thyroid gland
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| tibi | lower leg bone
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| tom | cut
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| ton | tension
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| tonsil | tonsils
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| top | place
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| toxic | poison
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| trachel | neckline
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| trache | trachea
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| trich | hair
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| typan | eardrum
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| uln | lower arm bone
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| ungu | nail
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| urethr | urethra
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| ur | urine
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| urin | urinary tract
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| uter | uterus
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| uvul | uvula
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| vagin | vagina
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| valv | valve
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| valvul | valve
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| vas | vessel
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| vein | vein
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| ventricul | ventricle
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| vetebr | vertebra
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| vesic | bladder, sac
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| vesicul | seminal vesticles
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| viscer | internal organs
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| vulv | vulva
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| xanth | yellow
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| xer | dry
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