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Medical term words with Root and Root Pronunciation

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Adeno / ah + dee + no   Gland  
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Calculi / Cal + cue + lie   Stone  
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Cele / Sell   Tumor, Cyst, Hernia  
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Cyto / Sigh + toe   Cell  
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Glyco / Gl + eye + co   Sweet, Sugar  
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Homeo / Hoe + me + oh   Similar, Same, Like  
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Lingue / Ling + wha   Tongue  
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Lip   Fat  
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Lith / Lith as in fifth   Stone  
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Madaro / Ma + dare + oh   Falling Hair  
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Psych / Sike   Mind  
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Pyo / Pie + oh   Pus  
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Radi / Ray + dee   Rays  
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Thermic / Ther + mick   Heat  
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Arthro / Are + throw   Joint  
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Carpo / Car + poe   Wrist  
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Chondro / Con + droh   Cartilage  
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Costa / Cost + uh   Rib  
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Cranio / Crane + knee + oh   Skull  
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Dactyl / Dact + till   Finger  
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ili / Ill + lee   Hip  
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Manus / Man + us   Hand  
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Myel / My +el   Bone Marrow  
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Myo / My + oh   Muscle  
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Ortho / Or + thoh   Straighten  
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Osteo / Ah + stee + oh   Bone  
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Pedi / Pee + dee   Foot  
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Spondyl / Spawn + Dill   Vertebra  
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Cutis / Cue + tis   Skin  
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Dent   Teeth  
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Derma / Dur + muh   Skin  
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Hapsia / Hap + see + uh   Touch  
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Odont / Oh + don + t   Teeth  
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Onco / On + caw   Tumor  
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Onychia / Oh + nick + ee + uh   Nail beds  
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Pedicular / Puh + dick + you + ler   Lice  
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Prurigo / Pru + rig + oh   Itching  
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Psora / Sore + uh   Itch  
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Sarco / S + ark + oh   Flesh  
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Sclero / S + clear + oh   Hard  
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Squama / Skwah + ma   Scaly  
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Tricho / Trick + oh   Hair  
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Chole / Coal + lee   Gallbladder, bile  
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Colon / Coal + on   Large Intestine  
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Emesis / Emmy + sis   Vomiting  
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Entero / En + tear + oh   Intestine  
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gastro / Gas + tr + oh   Stomach  
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Glosso / Gloss + oh   Tongue  
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Hapat / He + pat   Liver  
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ile / ill + lee   ileum  
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Laparo / Lap + uh + row   Abdomen  
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Myxo / Mix + oh   Mucus  
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Procto / prock + toe   Anus, rectum  
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Pyloro / Pie + lore + oh   pylorus, Gatekeeper  
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Stoma / stow + muh   opening; mouth  
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Viscero / V + is + ur + oh   Body organs  
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Angio / An + gee + oh   Vessel  
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Aortal / Ay + or + tuh   Aorta, Main artery  
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Arterio / Ar + teer + ee + oh   Artery  
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Cardio / Car + dee + oh   Heart  
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Emboli / Em + bo + lie   Vessel obstruction  
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Emia / Em + ee + uh   Blood  
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Hema / He + muh or Hemo / He + moe   Blood  
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Phled / Fleab   Vein  
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Thrombo / Thorm + bow   Blood clot  
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Varico / Vair + ee + co   Varicose Veins  
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Vaso / Vay + so   Blood Vessel  
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Vena / Vee + nuh   Vein  
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Ventricu / Ven + trick + you   Heart Cavity  
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Broncho / Bronk + oh   Bronchi, Airway  
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Cili / Sill + ee   Hairlike Processes  
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Ectasis / Ek + ta + sis   Expansion  
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Laryngo / La + ring + go   Larynx, Voice box  
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Naso / Nay + so   Nose  
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Oro / Ore + oh   Mouth  
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Oxy / Ox + ee   Oxygen, Keen  
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Pector / Pect + tore   Breast, Chest  
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Pleura / Pluh + rah   Rib side  
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Pneumo / new + mow   Lung  
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Ptysis / Tie + sis   To spit  
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Pulmo / Pull + moe   Lungs  
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Rhin / Rine   Nose  
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Tracheo / Tray + key + oh   Trachea, Windpipe  
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Creatinine / Kree + at + in + in   A waste material in urine  
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Cysto / Sis + toe   Bladder  
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Glomerulo / Glum + uh + rule + oh   Nephron part; Little ball  
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Nephro / Nef + row   Kidney  
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Peritoneo/ Pear + uh + toe knee + oh   Lining of Abdominal organs  
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Pyelo / Pie + el + oh   Pelvis  
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Reni / Ree + knee   Kidney  
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Uretero / Your + uh + tuh + row   Ureter  
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Urethro / Your + ee + thow   Urethra  
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Uri / Your + ee   Urine  
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Uric / Your + ick   Pertaining to urine  
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Urina / Your + ee + nuh   Urine  
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Uro / Your + oh   Urine  
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Bulbo / Bull + bow   Bulblike, Bulbourethral  
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Cervi / Serve + ee   Neck, Uterus  
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Galacto / Guh + lack + toe   Milk  
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Genito / Gen + it + oh   Reproductive system  
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Hyster / His + tear   Uterus  
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Lactin / Lack + tin   Milk  
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Mast   Breast  
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Metr / Me + tur   Uterus  
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Natal / Nah + tul   Born  
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Oophoro / Ooh + four + oh   Ovary  
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Orchido / or + kid + oh   Testicle  
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Ova, Ovi, Ovo / Oh + vuh   Egg  
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Salping / Sal + ping   Tube; Fallopian  
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Sperma, Spermato / Spur + ma   Seed  
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Vas / Vahs   Duct; Vessel  
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Audio / Awe + dee + oh   Sound  
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Cerebro / Suh + re + bro   Brain  
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Encephalo / In + sef + uh + low   Brain  
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Esthesia / Es + tea + juh   Sensation  
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Medulla / Muh + due + la   Brain middle  
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Meningo / Men + ing + oh   Membranes; Spinal cord  
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Neuro / new + row   Nerves  
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Occiput / Awk + see + put   Back Of skull  
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Occulo / Ah + cue + low   eye  
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Ophthalmo / Op + thal + moe   Eye  
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Oto   Ear  
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Parietes / Pa + rye + eh + tease   Parietel; wall part  
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Pons / Pawns   Bridges  
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Tempora   Temporal  
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