medical root words
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natashanoir on August 14, 2012
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medical root words with combining forms and meanings for each.
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Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 LAPAR/O | Flank/Abdominal Wall |
| SPERMAT/O | Seed |
| SOMAT/O | Body |
| THORAC/O | Chest |
| TARS/O | Tarsal (Ankle Bone) |
| SACR/O | Sacrum |
| PY/O | Pus |
| VEN/O | Vein |
| VAS/O | Vessel, Ductus Deferens |
| VAG/O | Vagus Nerve |
| PHREN/O | Mind/Diaphram |
| INFER/O | Lowermost/Below |
| CERVIC/O | Neck |
| BRACHY | Short |
| MYC/O | Fungus |
| LEUC/O, LEUK/O | White |
| CRY/O | Cold |
| COST/O | Rib |
| LACT/O | Milk |
| BLEPHAR/O | Eyelid |
| PHARMAC/O | Drugs/Medicine |
| MENING/O | Membrane |
| ERYTHR/O | Red |
| NAS/O | Nose |
| BRACHI/O | Arm |
| SPONDYL/O | Vertebra |
| PYEL/O | Renal Pelvis, Trough |
| NECR/O | Dead, Corpse |
| PANCREAT/O | Pancreas |
| RHIN/O | Nose |
| RECT/O | Rectum |
| RADI/O | Radius, Radient Energy |
| ILE/O | Ileum (Small Intestine) |
| GLYC/O | Sugar, Sweet |
| HUMER/O | Humerus |
| CRYPT/O | Hide, Conceal |
| DEXTR/O | Right |
| ACR/O | Extremeties |
| NEUR/O | Nerves |
| FET/O | Fetus |
| CYT/O, (-CYTE) | Cell |
| AORT/O | Aorta |
| NE/O | New |
| ILI/O | Ilium (Hip Bone) |
| FEMOR/O | Femur |
| BLAST/O | Embryonic Form |
| ARTHR/O | Joint |
| GER/O | Old |
| CEC/O | Cecum |
| LINGU/O | Tongue |
| ALBUMIN/O | Albumin |
| SPHEN/O | Sphenoid, Wedge |
| UTER/O | Uterus |
| HEM/A, HEM/O, HEMAT/O | Blood |
| ANGI/O | Vessel |
| PELV/I | Pelvis |
| ESTHESI/O | Feeling |
| AER/O | Air |
| CARP/O | Carpus, Wrist |
| COLP/O | Hollow, Vagina |
| MUC/O | Mucus |
| MUSCUL/O, MY/O | Muscle |
| AUR/I | Ear |
| LATER/O | Side |
| GENIT/O | Genitals |
| LABI/O | Lip |
| CHLOR/O | Green |
| CARCIN/O | Cancer |
| DORS/O | Directed towards or on the back |
| CALCANE/O | Heel |
| BURS/O | Bursa |
| MEDI/O | Middle |
| HYDR/O | Water |
| CAUD/O | Tail |
| HEPAT/O | Liver |
| DISC/O | Disc, Disk |
| GALACT/O | Milk |
| ADIP/O | Fat |
| PHOT/O | Light |
| ENTER/O, INTESTIN/O | Intestine |
| ECH/O, SON/O | sound |
| ANTER/O | Anterior, Before |
| MEN/O | Month |
| JEJUN/O | Jejunum |
| DERM/A, DERMAT/O | Skin |
| CRANI/O | Cranium, Skull |
| ABDOMIN/O | Abdomen |
| MELAN/O | Black |
| PHARYNG/O | Pharynx |
| MON/O | One, Only |
| COCCYG/O | Coccyx |
| OSTE/O | Bone |
| GNATH/O | Jaw |
| FIBR/O | Fiber |
| PROSTAT/O | Prostate |
| LITH/O | Stone |
| DACTYL/O | Finger, Toe |
| NEPHR/O | Kidney |
| ADEN/O | Gland |
| OOPHOR/O | Ovary |
| ELECTR/O | Electricity |
| LACRIM/O | Crying, Tear |
| HOM/O | Common, Same |
| BIL/I, CHOL/E | Bile |
| PATH.O | Disease |
| BRONCHI/O, BRONCH/O | Windpipe |
| SER/O | Serum |
| ODONT/O | Teeth |
| PERITON/O | Peritoneum |
| ORTH/O | Straight |
| OR/O | Mouth |
| ONC/O | Bulk, Tumor |
| ANKYL/O | Crooked or Fused |
| ATHER/O | Yellow, fatty plague |
| CHONDR/O | Cartilage |
| PHELB/O | Vein |
| IMMUN/O | Immune |
| ARTERI/O | Artery |
| AMYL/O | Starch |
| PATELL/O | Patella, Kneecap |
| CEPHAL/O | Head |
| ALB/O | White |
| CEREBR/O | Brain |
| STERN/O | Sternum |
| TEMPOR/O | Temple |
| TEN/O | Tendon (Tight Band) |
| XANTH/O | Yellow |
| VULV/O | Vulva |
| VERTEBR/O | Vertebra |
| TONSILL/O | Tonsil |
| TIBI/O | Tibia |
| THROMB/O | Clot, Thrombus |
| THERM/O | Heat |
| URETER/O | Ureter |
| UR/O | Urine |
| ULN/O | Ulna |
| TRACHE/O | Trachea (Windpipe) |
| TOX/O | Poison |
| URETHR/O | Urethra |
| LYMPH/O | Lymphatics, lymph |
| CLAVICUL/O | Clavicle |
| DIPS/O | Thirst |
| PSYCH/O | Mind |
| LARYNG/O | Larynx (Voice box) |
| MAMM/O, MAST/O | Breast |
| GASTR/O | Stomach |
| PUB/O | Pubis |
| PULM/O, PULMON/O | Lung |
| ATEL/O | Imperfect |
| FIBUL/O | Fibula |
| SEMIN/O | Semen |
| FRONT/O | Forehead, Front |
| BUCC/O | Cheek |
| CALC/I | Calcium |
| ENCEPHAL/O | Brain |
| SPLEN/O | Spleen |
| IRID/O | Iris, Colored Circle |
| CYST/O | Cyst, Bladder |
| ARTICUL/O | Joint |
| NARC/O | Sleep, Numbness |
| DIST/O | Distant, Far from origin |
| DUODEN/O | Duodenum |
| CYAN/O | Blue |
| COL/O | Colon |
| PLEUR/O | Pleura |
| LIP/O | Fat |
| CHORI/O | Fetal Covering |
| CUTANE/O | Skin |
| POSTER/O | Posterior, in the back |
| PNEUM/O | Air, Breathing, Lung |
| PHON/O | Sound, Voice |
| ORCHI/O | Testicle |
| PROCT/O | Rectum, Anus |
| OT/O | Ear |
| PROXIM/O | Nearest point of origin |
| SALPING/O | Tube |
| ISCHI/O | Ischium (Hip) |
| GLOSS/O | Tongue |
| APPEND(IC)/O | Appendix |
| ADENOID/O | Adenoids |
| OPTHALM/O | Eye |
| GLOMERUL/O | Glomerulus |
| SCROT/O | Scrotum |
| LUMB/O | Lower back |
| DENT/I, DENT/O | Teeth |
| CHOLECYST/O | Gallbladder |
| HIST/O | Tissue |
| GYNEC/O | Female |
| AMNI/O | Amnion (Membrane) |
| ESOPHAG/O | Esophagus |
| CARDI/O | Heart |
| GRANUL/O | Grain, Particle |
| LOB/O | Lobe |
| HYSTER/O | Uterus, Womb |
| VENTR/O | Ventral, Belly side |
| MYEL/O | Marrow, Spinal Cord |
| ODYN/O | Pain, Distress |
| PSEUD/O | False |
| REN/O | Kidneys |
| METR/I | Uterine Tissue |
| LATR/O | treatment, physician |
| SARC/O | flesh |
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