Term
AR-throh
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Term
KAR-dee-oh
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Medical Terms, common roots
Term | Definition | |
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Arth/o AR-throh | joint | |
cardi/o KAR-dee-oh | heart | |
enter/o EN-ter-oh | small intestine | |
gastr/o GAS-tro | stomach | |
hepat/o he-PAH-toh | liver | |
neur/o NUR-oh | nerve | |
hem/o HEE-moh | blood | |
hemat/o heh-MAH-toh | blood | |
my/o MAI-oh | muscle | |
muscul/o MUS-kyoo-loh | muscle | |
angi/o AN-gee-oh | vessel (most commonly refers to blood vessel, but can also refer to other types of vessels as well) | |
vas/o VAS-oh | vessel | |
vascul/o VAS-skyoo-loh | vessel | |
derm/o | skin | |
dermat/o der-MAH-toh | skin | |
cutane/o | skin | |
pneum/o NOO-moh | lung | |
pneumon/o noo-MAW=moh | lung | |
pulmon/o PUL-maw-noh | lung | |
gen/o JIN-oh | creation, cause | |
hydr/o HAI-droh | water | |
morph/o MOR-foh | change | |
myc/o MAI-koh | fungus | |
necr/o NEH-kroh | death | |
orth/o OR-thoh | straight | |
path/o PAH-thoh | suffering, disease | |
phag/o FAY-goh | eat | |
plas/o PLAH-soh | formation | |
py/o PAI-oh | pus | |
scler/o | hard | |
sten/o STIH-noh | narrowing | |
troph/o TROH-foh | nourishment, development | |
xen/o ZEE-noh | foreigh |