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med terms
root words
Term | Definition |
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abdomin/o | abdomen |
angi/o | vessel |
bacteri/o | bacteria |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancer/cancerous |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cyst/o | sac or cyst containing fluid; urinary bladder |
cyt/o | cell |
electr/o | electricity |
enter/o | intestines |
fibrin/o | fiber |
gnath/o | jaw |
gynec/o | woman, female |
hem/o | blood |
hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
irid/o | iris |
kerat/o | keratin/ (protein) |
lip/o | fat |
mast/o | breast |
necr/o | death |
nephr/o | kidney |
onc/o | tumor |
path/o | disease |
pelv/o | pelvic |
radi/o | x-ray |
ren/o | renal, the kidney |
sarc/o | flesh |
sial/o | saliva, salivary gland |
thromb/o | clot |
trache/o | trachea |
uter/o | uterus |
Root word | The main core of the medical term. |
Combinning word | A letter that is added between word parts. |