Ch. 1 Roots
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Created by:
GodzScout on January 19, 2012
Subjects:
Language of Medicine - medical terminology class
Description:
root words in combining form
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39 terms
Terms | Definitions |
|---|---|
 aden/o | gland |
| arthr/o | joint |
| bi/o | life |
| carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
| cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| cerebr/o | cerebrum (largest part of the brain) |
| cis/o | to cut ie: in/cis/ion = process of cutting into ie: ex/cis/ion = process of cutting out |
| crin/o | to secrete (to form and give off) |
| cyst/o | urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (a fluid filled sac) |
| cyt/o | cell |
| derm/o dermat/o | skin |
| electr/o | electricity |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| erythr/o | red |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| glyc/o | sugar |
| gnos/o | knowledge |
| gynec/o | woman, female |
| hemat/o hem/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| iatr/o | treatment, physician |
| leuk/o | white |
| log/o | study of... |
| nephr/o | kidney (Greek; used with suffixes such as -osis, -itis, -ectomy to describe abnormal conditions adn operative procedures.) |
| onc/o | tumor |
| ophthalm/o | eye |
| ost/o | bone |
| path/o | disease |
| ped/o | child |
| psych/o | mind |
| radi/o | x-rays |
| ren/o | kidney (Latin; used with -al to describe the kidneys) |
| rhin/o | nose |
| sarc/o | flesh |
| sect/o | to cut |
| thromb/o | clot, clotting |
| ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
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