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Med. Term. EICC
Medical Terminolgy Root Words
Question | Answer |
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Adeno | Gland |
Calculi | Stone |
Cele | Tumor, Cyst; Hernia |
Cyto | Cell |
Glyco | Sweet,Sugar |
Homeo, Homo | Similar, Same, Like |
Lingua | Tongue |
Lip | Fat |
Lith | Stone |
Madaro | Falling Hair |
Psych | Mind |
Pyo | Pus |
Radi | Rays |
Thermic | Heat |
Arthro | Joint |
Carpo | Wrist |
Chondro | Cartilage |
Costa | Rib |
Cranio | Skull |
Dactyl | Finger |
ili | hip |
manus | hand |
myel | bone marrow |
myo | muscle |
ortho | straighten |
osteo | bone |
pedi | foot |
spondyl | vertebra |
cutis | skin |
dent | teeth |
derma | skin |
hapsia | touch |
odont | teeth |
onco | tumor |
onychia | nail beds |
pedicular | lice |
prurigo | itching |
psora | itch |
sarco | flesh |
sclero | hard |
squama | scaly |
tricho | hair |
chole | bile; gallbladder |
colon | large intestine |
emesis | vomiting |
entero | itestine |
gastro | stomach |
glosso | tongue |
hepat | liver |
ile | ileum |
laparo | abdomen |
myxo | mucus |
procto | anus; rectum |
pyloro | pylorus; gatekeeper |
stoma | opening; mouth |
viscero | body organs |
angio | vessel |
aortal | aorta, main artery |
arterio | artery |
cardio | heart |
emboli | vessel obstruction |
emia | blood |
hema, hemo | blood |
phleb | vein |
thrombo | blood clot |
varico | varicose veins |
vaso | blood vessel |
vena | vein |
ventricu | heart cavity |
broncho | bronchi, airway |
cili | hairlike processes |
ectasis | expansion |
laryngo | larynx, voice box |
naso | nose |
oro | mouth |
oxy | oxygen, keen |
pector | breast, chest |
pleura | rib side |
pneumo | lung |
ptysis | to spit |
pulmo | lungs |
rhin | nose |
tracheo | trachea, windpipe |
creatinine | a waste material in urine |
cysto | bladder |
glomerulo | nephron part; little ball |
nephro | kidney |
peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs |
pyelo | pelvis |
reni | kidney |
uretero | ureter |
urethro | urethra |
uri | urine |
uric | pertaining to urine |
urina | urine |
uro | urine |
bulbo | bulblike; bulbourethral gland |
cervi | neck; uterus |
galacto | milk |
genito | reproductive system |
hyster | uterus |
lactin | milk |
mast | breast |
metr | uterus |
natal | born |
oophoro | ovary |
orchido | testicle |
ova, ovi, ovo | egg |
salping | tube; fallopian |
sperma spermato | seed |
vas | duct; vessel |
audio | sound |
cerebro | brain |
encephalo | brain |
esthesia | sensation |
medulla | brain middle |
meningo | membranes; spinal cord |
neuro | nerves |
occiput | back of skull |
oculo | eye |
ophthalmo | eye |
oto | ear |
parietes | parietel; wall part |
pons | bridges |
tempora | temporal |