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ed2go medical roots
Medical roots, prefixes, suffixes
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| adeno | gland |
| calculi | stone |
| cele | tumor, cyst, hernia |
| cyto | cell |
| glyco | sweet, sugar |
| homeo, homo | similar, same, like |
| lingua | tongue |
| lip | fat |
| lith | stone |
| madaro | falling hair |
| psych | mind |
| pyo | pus |
| radi | rays |
| thermic | heat |
| arthro | joint |
| carpo | wrist |
| chondro | cartilage |
| costa | rib |
| cranio | skull |
| dactyl | finger |
| ili | hip |
| manus | hand |
| myel | bone marrow |
| myo | muscle |
| ortho | straighten |
| osteo | bone |
| pedi | foot |
| spondyl | vertebra |
| cutis | skin |
| dent | teeth |
| derma | skin |
| hapsia | touch |
| odont | teeth |
| onco | tumor |
| onychia | nail beds |
| pedicular | lice |
| prurigo | itching |
| psora | itch |
| sarco | flesh |
| sclero | hard |
| squama | scaly |
| tricho | hair |
| chole | bile, gallbladder |
| colon | large intestine |
| emesis | vomiting |
| entero | intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| glosso | tongue |
| hepat | liver |
| ile | ileum (last section of small intestine) |
| laparo | abdomen |
| myxo | mucus |
| procto | anus, rectum |
| pyloro | pylorus (gatekeeper) |
| stoma | opening; mouth |
| viscero | body organs |
| angio | vessel |
| aortal | aorta, main artery |
| arterio | artery |
| cardio | heart |
| emboli | vessel obstruction |
| emia | blood |
| hema, hemo | blood |
| phleb | vein |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| varico | varicose veins |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| vena | vein |
| ventricu | heart cavity |
| broncho | bronchi, airway |
| cili | hairlike processes |
| ectasis | expansion |
| laryngo | larynx, voicebox |
| naso | nose |
| oro | mouth |
| oxy | oxygen, keen |
| pector | breast, chest |
| pleura | rib side |
| pneumo | lung |
| ptysis | to spit |
| pulmo | lungs |
| rhin | nose |
| tracheo | trachea, windpipe |
| creatinine | a waste material in urine |
| cysto | bladder |
| glomerulo | nephron part; little ball |
| nephro | kidney |
| peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs |
| pyelo | pelvis |
| reni | kidney |
| uretero | ureter |
| urethro | urethra |
| uri | urine |
| uric | pertaining to urine |
| urina | urine |
| uro | urine |
| bulbo | bulblike; bulbourethral gland |
| cervi | neck; uterus |
| galacto | milk |
| genito | reproductive system |
| hyster | uterus |
| lactin | milk |
| mast | breast |
| metr | uterus |
| natal | born |
| oophoro | ovary |
| orchido | testicle |
| ova, ovi, ovo | egg |
| salping | tube; fallopian |
| sperma, spermato | seed |
| vas | duct; vessel |
| audio | sound |
| cerebro | brain |
| encephalo | brain |
| esthesia | sensation |
| medulla | brain middle |
| meningo | membranes; spinal cord |
| neuro | nerves |
| occiput | back of skull |
| oculo | eye |
| ophthalmo | eye |
| oto | ear |
| parietes | parietel, wall part |
| pons | bridges |
| tempora | temporal |
| a, an | without |
| ab | away from |
| ad | toward |
| algia | pain |
| ante | before; wall part |
| anti | against |
| bi | two; double |
| brady | slow |
| circum | around |
| co, con | together |
| de | down or away from |
| desis | binding; fixation of |
| dia | through |
| dys | difficult; abnormal |
| ecto | outside |
| ectomy | excision |
| endo | within |
| epi | outer, on top of, over |
| exo | away from |
| extra | outside, beyond |
| ferro | iron |
| fore | before |
| form | shape of |
| graphy | writing, record |
| hemi | half |
| hydra, hydro | water |
| hyper | above |
| hypo | below |
| iasis | condition of |
| iatric | medicine |
| ic | pertaining to |
| inter | between |
| intra | within |
| isis, asis | condition of |
| itis | inflammation of |
| juxta | near |
| kinesis | movement |
| kypho | humped |
| logia, logy | science of |
| lysis | disintegration |
| macro | large, long |
| malacia | softening |
| med, medi, medio | middle |
| mega, megaly | enlargement |
| micro | small |
| mono | single, one |
| multi | many |
| neo | new |
| ob | against |
| oid | like, shape; resemble |
| oligo | few |
| ology | study of |
| oma | tumor |
| osis | condition |
| otomy | incision |
| pachy | thick |
| para | near; departure from the norm |
| path | disease |
| penia | deficiency |
| peri | around |
| pexy | fixation, suspension |
| phobia | fear of |
| phoresis | transmission |
| plasty | plastic surgical correction |
| plegia | paralysis; stroke |
| poly | many |
| post | after |
| pre | before |
| pro | in front of; on behalf of |
| pseudo | false |
| ptosis | falling |
| re | back, again |
| retro | backward |
| rrhaphy | suture |
| rhexis | rupture |
| scopy | exam |
| semi | half |
| sphygmo | pulse |
| sub | below |
| super, supra | above |
| sym, syn | together |
| tachy | swift, fast |
| tele | distance |
| toxo | toxic, poison |
| trans | across |
| tri | three |
| ultra | above |
| uni | one |
| xeno | foreign |
| xero | dry |
| albus | white |
| chloro | green |
| chrom | color |
| cirrhos | yellow |
| cyano | blue |
| erythr | red |
| leuko | white |
| melano | black |
| polio | gray |
| purpura | purple; porphyria |
| rhodo | rose |
| rubeo | red |
| xantho | yellow |
| anterior | front side (chest, abdomen) |
| distal | farthest point away from |
| dorsal | backside |
| high fowlers | sitting at a 90 degree angle |
| semi fowlers | sitting at a 45 degree angle |
| inferior | below (anatomical position) |
| lateral | side of |
| medial | middle |
| peripheral | on the edge of; outside of |
| posterior | rear or back of |
| prone | lie on the front side facedown |
| proximal | nearest |
| superior | above (anatomical position) |
| supine | lie on the back |
| transverse | across (go across, lateral, or side to side) |
| ventral | to the belly |
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