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Word Roots N-M
Part II List of Word Roots terms for Med Terminology
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| nas(o) | nose |
| -natal | birth |
| neo- | new |
| neuro- | nerve/nervous system |
| neph(r,ro) | kidney |
| ocul(o) | eye |
| -ologist | person who studies or does something |
| -ology | study of/science of |
| -oma | tumor/swelling |
| onco | mass/bulk/tumor |
| orth(o) | normal/straight |
| ost(e,eo) | bone |
| -oscopy | diagnostic exam |
| ot(o) | ear |
| -otomy | cutting into |
| -paresis | paralysis |
| -partum | birth/labor |
| path-(ia,o,y) | disease/abnormal condition |
| ped(ia) | child |
| -penia | lack of/abnormal reduction in number |
| peri- | around |
| -pexy | fixation |
| -phobia | fear |
| -phylaxis | protection/prevention |
| -plasty | surgical correction/repair |
| -pnea | breathing |
| pneumo | lungs/air |
| poly- | much |
| post- | after/behind |
| pre- | before/in front of |
| pseudo- | false |
| psych(i,o) | pertaining to the mind |
| pyr(o)- | heat/fever |
| quad(ra,ri) | four |
| radi(o) | xrays/radiation |
| rhin(o)- | nose |
| -rraphy | suture of/sewing up of a gap or defect |
| -rrhagia | sudden or excessive flow |
| sarc(o)- | malignant connective tissue |
| sclero(o)- | hardening (ex: hardening of the arteries - atherosclerosis) |
| -sect | cut |
| sep(ti,tic)- | poison/rot/infection |
| -stasis | stoppage/maintaining a constant level |
| -stomy | artificial opening |
| sub- | less/under/below |
| tach(o,y)- | rapid/fast |
| -therapy | treatment |
| -trophy | nutrition/growth/development |
| tympan(o)- | eardrum/tympanic membrane |
| -uria | urine |
| vas(o)- | vessel/duct |
| ven(a)- | vein |
| vertebr(o)- | spine/vertebrae |
| zoo- | animal |
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