nursing rootwords Word Scramble
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root word | meaning |
aden/o | gland |
angi/o | blood, lymph vessels |
arteri/o | artery |
arth/o | joint |
ather/o | plaque |
carcin/o | cancerous |
cardi/o | heart |
Chol/e | bile, gall |
chondr/o | cartilage |
Chrom/o | color |
col/o | colon |
colp/o | vagina |
cyan/o | blue |
cyst/o | bladder, sac of fluid |
derm/a or derm/o | skin |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestine |
episi/o | vulva |
erythr/o | red |
fasci/o | fascia |
gasto/o | stomach |
gynec/o | woman, female |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hist/o | tissue |
hyster/o | uterus, womb |
ile/o | ileum, distal portion of small intestine |
ili/o | hip bone, ilium |
immun/o | immune, portected, safe |
laryng/o, | larynx |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat, lipid |
lith/o | stone, calculus |
lymph/o | lymph |
mamm/o | breast |
mast/o | breast |
melan/o | black, dark |
men/o | menstration, menses |
my/o | muscle |
myel/o | spinal cord, bone marrow |
nephr/o | kidney |
neur/o | nerve |
oculo/o | eye |
onc/o | tumor |
oophor/o ovari/o | ovary |
orth/o oste/o | bone, straight |
ot/o | ear |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
phleb/o | vein |
pneum/o | lung |
proct/o | rectum, anus |
pulm/o | lung |
ren/o | pertaining to kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sarc/o | flesh, connective tissue |
splen/o | spleen |
ten/o, tendin/o | tendon |
thorac/o | chect, thorax |
tympan/o | eardrum, middle ear |
vagin/o | vagina |
ven/o | vein |
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ajlett
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