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Abbreviations
Page 5 Root Words
Term | Definition |
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or/o | mouth |
orth/o | straight, normal |
os, oste/o | bone |
path/o | disease |
pharyng/o | pharynx |
phleb/o | vein |
pleur/o | pleura |
pneum/o | lung |
pod | feet |
poly | many |
proct/o, rect/o | rectum |
pulm/o | lung |
pyel/o | pelvis of the kidney |
py/o | pus |
rhin/o | nose |
salping/o | tube, uterine or eustachian |
scler/o, uncer | hard, sclera |
splen/o | spleen |
sten/o | narrowed |
stern/o | sternum |
thromb/o | clot |
thyr/o | thyroid |
trache/o | thrachia |
urethr/o | urethra |
ur/o, uria | urine |
uter/o | uterus |
vas/o | vessel |
ven/o | vein |
ventricul/o | ventricle of the heart or brain |