Medical Terminology: Root Words
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| adeno | gland
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| calculi | stone
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| cele | tumor, cyst; hernia
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| cyto | cell
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| glyco | sugar
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| homo, homeo | alike, similar
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| lingua | tongue
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| lip | fat
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| lith | stone
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| madaro | falling hair
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| psych | mind
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| pyo | pus
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| radi | rays
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| thermic | heat
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| arthro | joint
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| carpo | wrist
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| chondro | cartilage
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| costa | rib
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| cranio | skull
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| dactyl | finger, toe, digit
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| ili | hip
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| manus | hand
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| myel | bone marrow, spinal cord
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| myo | muscle
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| ortho | straighten
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| osteo | bone
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| pedi | foot, child, infant
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| spondyl | vertebra
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| cutis | skin
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| dent | teeth
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| derma | skin
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| hapsia | touch
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| odont | teeth
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| onco | tumor
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| onychia | nail bed
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| pedicular | lice
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| prurigo | itching
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| psora | itch
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| sarco | flesh
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| sclero | hard
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| squama | scaly
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| tricho | hair
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| chole | gallbladder, bile
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| colon | large intestine
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| emesis | vomiting
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| entero | intestines
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| gastro | stomach
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| glosso | tongue
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| hepat | liver
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| ile | ileum
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| laparo | abdomen
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| myxo | mucus
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| procto | anus, rectum
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| pylor | pylorus, gatekeeper
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| stoma | mouth, opening
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| viscero | body organs
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| angio | vessel
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| aortal | aorta, main artery
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| arterio | artery
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| cardio | heart
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| emboli | vessel obstruction
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| emia | blood
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| hemo | blood
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| phleb | vein
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| thrombo | blood clot
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| varico | varicose veins
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| vena | vein
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| ventricu | heart cavity
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| broncho | airway
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| cili | hairlike process
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| ectasis | expansion
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| laryngo | voice box, larynx
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| naso | nose
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| oro | mouth
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| oxy | oxygen
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| pector | chest, breast
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| pleura | rib side
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| pneumo | lung
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| ptysis | spit, sputum
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| pulmo | lung
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| rhin | nose
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| tracheo | windpipe
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| creatinine | waste material in urine
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| cysto | bladder
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| glomerulo | nephron part; little ball
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| nephro | kidney
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| peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs
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| pyelo | pelvis
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| reni | kidney
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| uretero | ureter
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| urethro | urethra
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| uri, uro, urina | urine
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| uric | pertaining to urine
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| bulbo | bulblike; bulboeurethral gland
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| cervi | neck
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| galacto | milk
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| genito | reproductive system
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| hyster | uterus
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| lactin | milk
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| mast | breast
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| metr | uterus
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| natal | born
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| oophoro | ovary
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| orchido | testicle
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| ova,ovi,ovo | egg
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| salping | fallopian tube
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| sperma, spermato | seed, sperm
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| vas | duct; vessel (vas deferens)
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| audio | sound
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| cerebro | brain
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| enecephalo | brain
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| esthesia | sensation
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| medulla | brain middle
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| meningo | membranes of spinal cord
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| neuro | nerve
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| occiput | back of skull
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| oculo | eye
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| ophthalmo | eye
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| oto | ear
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| parietes | wall part of brain
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| pons | bridge
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| tempora | temporal
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