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Medical Terminology
Key Common Medical Word Roots
Term | Definition |
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angi | vessel |
arteri | artery |
arthr | joint |
cardi | heart |
cyan | blue |
cyst | bladder |
cyt | cell |
cyte | cell |
dermat | skin |
erythr | red |
glyc | sugar, glucose |
hem | blood |
hemat | blood |
hepat | liver |
hist | tissue |
leuk | white |
my | muscle |
myel | bone marrow, or spinal cord |
nephr | kidney |
neur | nerve |
oste | bone |
ox | oxygen |
path | disease |
ped | child |
phleb | vein |
pneumon | air, lung |
pulmon | lung |
ren | kidney |
scler | hard |
thromb | clot |
tox | poison |
ur, urin | urine |
vas | vessel |
ven | vein |