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Anatomy - Roots
Combining Forms - Roots
Term | Definition |
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aden/o | gland |
arthr/o | joint |
bi/o | life |
carcin/o | cancerous, cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cerebr/o | cerebrum |
cis/o | to cut |
crin/o | to secrete |
cyst/o | urinary bladder, a sac or cyst |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o, dermat/o | skin |
electr/o | electricity |
encephal/o | brain |
enter/o | intestines (usually the small intestine) |
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 |
neur/o | nerve |
onc/o | tumor (cancerous) |
ophthalm/o | eye |
oste/o | bone |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child |
psych/o | mind |
radi/o | x-ray |
ren/o | kidney |
rhin/o | nose |
sarc/o | flesh |
sect/o | to cut |
thromb/o | clot, clotting |
ur/o | urinary tract, urine |
abdomin/o | abdomen |
adip/o | fat |
anter/o | front |
bol/o | to cast (throw) |
cervic/o | neck (of body or uterus) |
chondr/o | cartilage |
chrom/o | color |
coccyg/o | coccyx (tailbone) |
crani/o | skull |
dist/o | far, distant |
dors/o | back portion of body |
hist/o | tissue |
ili/o | ilium (of the pelvic bone) |
inguin/o | groin |
kary/o | nucleus |
later/o | side |
lumb/o | lower back |
medi/o | middle |
nucle/o | nucleus |
pelv/i | pelvis |
poster/o | back, behind |
proxim/o | nearest |
sacr/o | sacrum |
sarc/o | flesh |
spin/o | spine, backbone |
thel/o | nipple |
thorac/o | chest |
trache/o | trachea, windpipe |
umbilic/o | navel, umbilicus |
ventr/o | belly side of body |
vertebr/o | vertebra(e), backbone(s) |
viscer/o | internal organs |