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Root Words
A root word is defined as the part of a ward that conveys its essential meaning.
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| abdomino- | belly or abdominal wall |
| acou- | to hear |
| acq- | water |
| acro- | extreme ends of a part |
| aden- | a gland |
| adip- | soft fat of animals |
| alb- | white |
| alg- | pain |
| all- | other, different |
| anc-, ang- ank- | bend or hollow |
| andr- | male |
| angi- | blood vessel |
| aort- | large artery exiting from the left ventricle |
| arter- | artery |
| arth- | joint |
| artic- | joint |
| asphyxia- | unconsciousness due to suffocation |
| asth- | short drawn breath, panting |
| asthenia | weakness |
| aud-, aur-, aus- | to hear |
| bio- | life |
| brachy- | short |
| branchi- | arm |
| bronch- | one of hte major divisions of the trachea |
| bucc- | cheek |
| burs- | pouch or sac |
| caes-, cis | cut |
| call- | hard, thick skin |
| calx, calca- | heel |
| can- | maligant tumor |
| caput, capitis | head |
| carc- | cancer |
| card-, cardia- | heart |
| carotid | great arteries of the neck |
| carpus | wrist |
| caus-, caut- | to burn |
| celi- | hollow or cavity, specifically the abdomen |
| cent- | center/centimeter/centigrade |
| -centesis | puncture of a cavity |
| ceph | head |
| cerv- | neck |
| chol- | bile |
| chond- | cartilage |
| chrom- | color |
| cil- | hairlike process |
| cleid- | collarbone (clavicle) |
| cochlea | part of the inner ear |
| coll- | gelatin, neck |
| cond- | knuckle |
| core | pupil |
| cori- | skin |
| corp- | the body |
| cry- | cold |
| cubitus | elbow |
| -cuss | shake violently |
| cyan- | blue |
| cyc- | circle |
| cyst | bladder, cyst |
| dent- | tooth |
| derm- | skin |
| digit | finger |
| duct | to lead or guide |
| edem- | swelling |
| embryo | fetus |
| enter- | intestines |
| eryth- | red |
| -esth- | sensation |
| eti- | cause |
| facil- | easy |
| febr- | fever |
| flex | to bend |
| foramen | opening |
| fract- | to break into pieces |
| gangi- | tumor under the skin, junction of nerve cells |
| gangr- | gnawing sore |
| gast- | stomach, belly |
| gen-, gon- | become, produce |
| gets- | carry, produce |
| glmerulus | plexus of capillaries |
| gnosis | knowledge |
| -gram | something writtem |
| -graph | to wtire |
| gyn- | female |
| hem-, -em | blood |
| hepat- | liver |
| heter- | other, different |
| homo- | the same |
| humerus | upper arm |
| hydr- | water |
| hyster- | the womb |
| idi- | personal, one's own |
| idio- | distinct |
| ingui- | front of body between hips and groin |
| lact- | milk |
| lev- | left side |
| ligament | band of fibrous tissue connecting two bones |
| ling- | tongue |
| -lith- | stone |
| mal- | bad |
| meatus | external opening |
| med- | middle |
| mega- | large |
| melan-, melen- | black |
| men-, mena- | monthly |
| menin- | membrance coveing the brain and spinal cord |
| morb- | disease |
| myel- | marrow or spinal cord |
| myo- | muscle |
| nephr- | kidney |
| noct- | night |
| nomen-, nomin- | name |
| oa-, oss-, ost- | bone |
| ocul- | eye |
| odon- | tooth |
| oo-, ov- | egg |
| opthalm- | eye |
| orch- | testes |
| ot- | ear |
| palpate | to touch |
| pari-, part- | to bear |
| pariet- | wall |
| path- | disease |
| pea-, ped- | foot |
| ped- | child |
| percuss | to strike |
| phag- | to eat |
| photo- | light |
| placnta | organ supplying nutrients to the fetus during gestation |
| pleur- | membrane surrounding lung and lining the thoracic cavity |
| pneum- | breathing |
| pod- | foot |
| pseud- | false |
| psych- | mind |
| ptosis | falling down |
| pty- | spit out |
| pur-, pus-, py- | pus |
| pyel- | pelvis (including pelvis of kidney) |
| pyr- | fever |
| quad-, quar-, quat- | four |
| radius | rod |
| ren- | kidney |
| reticulum | network |
| retina | inner nerve-containing layer of the eye |
| rhin- | nose |
| rub- | red |
| salpinx | tube |
| sang- | blood |
| scler- | hard |
| sebum | hard fat of animals |
| sect-, seg- | to cut |
| sepsis | containing growning bacteria |
| sept- | wall |
| serum | fluid formed when blood clots |
| sinus | cavity or hallow |
| somat- | body |
| sphincter | muscle that closes an opening when it contracts |
| spir- | coil |
| stasis | standing |
| stature | height |
| status | condition |
| stern- | chest |
| stoma | opening or mouth |
| sulc- | groove on surface of brain |
| tachy- | rapid |
| tact- | to touch |
| talus | heel |
| tarus | bones of the forefoot |
| tel- | distance |
| temp- | time, or temple of the head |
| tendon | fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone |
| tetr- | four |
| tom- | to cut |
| toxic | poisonous |
| trachea | windpipe |
| trich- | hair |
| ur-, urin- | urine |
| vagina | female genital canal |
| caric- | dilated vein |
| vertebra | bone supporting the spinal column |
| vertex | top of the skull |
| vertigo | dizziness |
| viscera | internal organs |
| xen- | foreign |
| xer- | dry |
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