click below
click below
Normal Size Small Size show me how
Medical Term Ch 1-2
Common and General Purpose Roots
Term | Definition |
---|---|
arthr/o | joint |
cardi/o | heart |
enter/o | small intestine |
gastr/o | stomach |
hepat/o | liver |
neur/o | nerve |
hem/o or hemat/o | blood |
my/o or muscul/o | muscle |
angi/o or vas/o or vascul/o | vessel (most commonly refers to blood vessel, but can also refer to other types of vessels as well) |
derm/o or dermat/o or cutane/o | skin |
pneum/o or pneumon/o or pulmon/o | lung |
gen/o | creation, cause |
hydr/o | water |
morph/o | change |
myc/o | fungus |
necr/o | death |
orth/o | straight |
path/o | suffering, disease |
phag/o | eat |
plas/o | formation |
py/o | pus |
scler/o | hard |
sten/o | narrowing |
troph/o | nourishment, development |
xen/o | foreign |