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CNA 2016 roots*
med term root word
| Term | Definition |
|---|---|
| abdomin/o | abdomen |
| aden/o | gland |
| adren/o | addrenal gland |
| angi/o | vessel |
| arterio | artery |
| athr/o | joint |
| broncho | bronchus, bronchi |
| card, cardi/o | heart |
| cephal/o | head |
| chole, chol/o | bile |
| chondr/o | cartilage |
| colo | colon, large intestine |
| cost/o | rib |
| crani/o | skull |
| cyan/o | blue |
| cyst/o | bladder, cyst |
| cyt/o | cell |
| dent/o | tooth |
| derma | skin |
| duoden/o | duotenum |
| encephal/o | brain |
| enter/o | intestines |
| fibr/o | fiber, fibrous |
| gastr/o | stomach |
| gloss/o | tongue |
| gluc/o | sweetness, glucose |
| gyn, gyne, gyneco | woman |
| hem, hema, hemo, hemat/o | blood |
| hepat/o | liver |
| hydr/o | water |
| hyster/o | uterus |
| ile/o, ili/o | ileum |
| laparo | abdomen, loin, flank |
| laryng/o | larynx |
| lith/o | stone |
| mamm/o | breast, mammary gland |
| mast/o | breast, mammary gland |
| meno | menstration |
| my/o | muscle |
| myel/o | apinal cord, bone marrow |
| necro | death |
| nephr/o | kidney |
| neur/o | nerve |
| ocul/o | eye |
| oophor/o | ovary |
| opthalm/o | eye |
| orth/o | straight, normal, correct |
| oste/o | bone |
| ot/o | ear |
| ped/o | child/foot |
| pharyng/o | pharynx |
| phleb/o | vein |
| pnea | breathing, respiration |
| pneum/o | lung, air, gas |
| proct/o | rectum |
| psych/o | mind |
| pulmo | lung |
| py/o | pus |
| rect/o | rectum |
| rhin/o | nose |
| salping/o | eustachian tube, uterine tube |
| splen/o | spleen |
| sten/o | narrow, constriction |
| stern/o | sternum |
| stomat/o | mouth |
| therm/o | heat |
| thoraco | chest |
| thromb/o | clot, thrombus |
| thyr/o | thyroid |
| toxic/o | poison, poisonous |
| toxo | poison |
| trache/o | trachea |
| urethr/o | urethra |
| urin/o | urine |
| uro | urine, urinary tract, urination |
| uter/o | uterus |
| vas/o | blood vessel, vas deferens |
| ven/o | vein |
| vertebr/o | spine vertebrae |
| glyc/o | sugar |
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