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medical terminology - rootwords
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| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| acr/o | extremities |
| aden/o | gland |
| adenoid/o | adenoids |
| adip/o | fat |
| aer/o | air |
| alb/o | white |
| albumin/o | albumin |
| amni/o | amnion |
| amyl/o | starch |
| angi/o | vessel |
| ankyl/o | crooked or fused |
| anter/o | anterior/before |
| aort/o | aorta |
| apped(ic)/o | appendix |
| arteri/o | artery |
| arthr/o | joint |
| articul/o | joint |
| atel/o | imperfect |
| ather/o | yellow, fatty plaque |
| aur/i | ear |
| bil/i | bile |
| blast/o | embryonic form |
| blephar/o | eyelid |
| brachy/o | short |
| branchi/o | arm |
| bronch(i)/o | windpipe |
| bucc/o | cheek |
| burs/o | bursa |
| calc/i | calcium |
| calcane/o | heel |
| carcin/o | cancerous |
| cardi/o | heart |
| carp/o | carpus/wrist |
| caud/o | tail |
| cec/o | cecum |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | brain |
| cervic/o | neck |
| chlor/o | green |
| chol/e | bile |
| cholecyst/o | gallbladder |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| chori/o | fetal covering |
| clavicul/o | clavicle |
| coccyg/o | coccyx |
| col/o | colon |
| colp/o | hollow, vagina |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | cranium, skull |
| cry/o | cold |
| crypt/o | hide, conceal |
| cutane/o | skin |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | cyst, bladder |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dactyl/o | finger, toe |
| dent/i dent/o | teeth |
| derm/a dermat/o | skin |
| dextr/o | right |
| dips/o | thirst |
| disc/o | disc, disk |
| dist/o | far, distant |
| dors/o | directed toward, on the back |
| duoden/o | duodenum |
| ech/o | sound |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestine |
| erythr/o | red |
| esophag/o | esophagus |
| esthesi/o | feeling |
| femor/o | femur |
| fet/o | fetus |
| fibr/o | fiber |
| fibul/o | fibula |
| front/o | forehead, front |
| galact/o | milk |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| genit/o | genitals |
| ger/o | old |
| glomerul/o | glomerulus |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| glyc/o | sugar, sweet |
| gnath/o | jaw |
| granul/o | grain, particle |
| gynec/o | female |
| hem/a hemat/o | blood |
| hapat/o | liver |
| hist/o | tissue |
| hom/o | common, same |
| humer/o | humerus |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyster/o | uterus, womb |
| ile/o | ileum (small intestine) |
| ili/o | ilium (hip bone) |
| immun/o | immune |
| infer/o | lowermost, below |
| intestin/o | intestine |
| irid/o | colored cirle, iris |
| ischi/o | ischium (hip) |
| jejun/o | jejunum |
| labi/o | lip |
| lacrim/o | tear, crying |
| lact/o | milk |
| lapar/o | flank, abdominal wall |
| laryng/o | larynx (windpipe) |
| later/o | side |
| leuc/o leuk/o | white |
| lingu/o or gloss/o | tongue |
| lip/o | fat |
| lith/o | stone |
| lob/o | lobe |
| lumb/o | lower back |
| lymph/o | lymph, lymphatics |
| mamm/o mast/o | breast |
| medi/o | middle |
| melan/o | black |
| men/o | month |
| mening/o | membrane |
| metr/i | uterine tissue |
| mon/o | one, only |
| muc/o | mucus |
| muscul/o | muscle |
| my/o | muscle |
| myc/o | fungus |
| myel/o | marrow, spinal |
| narc/o | sleep, numbness |
| nas/o | nose |
| ne/o | new |
| necr/o | dead, corpse |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| odont/o | teeth |
| odyn/o | pain, distress |
| onc/o | bulk, tumor |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| or/o | mouth |
| orchi/o | testicle |
| orth/o | straight |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| pancreat/o | pancreas |
| patell/o | patella (kneecap) |
| path/o | disease |
| pelv/i | pelvis |
| periton/o | peritoneum |
| pharmac/o | drugs, medicine |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phleb/o | vein |
| phon/o | sound, voice |
| phot/o | light |
| phren/o | mind, diaphram |
| pleur/o | pleura |
| pneum/o | air, breathing, lung |
| poster/o | posterior, toward back |
| proct/o | rectum, anus |
| prostat/o | prostate |
| proxim/o | nearest to the point of orgin |
| pseud/o | false |
| psych/o | mind |
| pub/o | pubis |
| pulm/o pulmon/o | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| pyel/o | trough, renal pelvis |
| radi/o | radius, radiant energy |
| rect/o | rectum |
| ren/o pulmon/o | kidneys |
| rhin/o | nose |
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