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Root Medical Terms
Question | Answer |
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abdomin/o, lapar/o | abdomen |
acr/o | extremity or topmost |
aden/o | gland |
aer/o | air or gas |
angi/o, vas/o, vascul/o | vessel |
carcin/o | cancer |
cardi/o | heart |
cephal/o | head |
cyan/o | blue |
cyt/o | cell |
derm/o, dermat/o, cutane/o | skin |
dextr/o | right or on the right side |
erythr/o | red |
fibr/o | fiber |
gastr/o | stomach |
gen/o | origin or production |
gluc/o, glucos/o, glyc/o | sugar |
hem/o, hemat/o | blood |
hepat/o | liver |
hydr/o | water |
leuk/o | white |
lip/o | fat |
lith/o | stone |
melan/o | black |
morph/o | form |
nas/o, rhin/o | nose |
necr/o | death |
or/o | mouth |
orth/o | straight, normal or correct |
oste/o | bone |
path/o | disease |
ped/o | child or foot |
phob/o | exaggerated fear or sensitivity |
phon/o | voice or sound |
plas/o | formation |
pod/o | foot |
psych/o | mind |
py/o | pus |
ren/o, nephr/o | kidney |
scler/o | hard |
sinistr/o | left or on the left side |
son/o | sound |
sten/o | narrow |
therm/o | heat |
tox/o, toxic/o | poison |
troph/o | nourishment or development |
ur/o, urin/o | urine |