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Medical Terminology: Root Words

Combining Form, Suffix, Prefix & Meaning

Question	Answer
myelo	bone marrow
chol/e	bile, gall
nulli	none
posterior	dorsal
infero	inferior
labi/o	lips
cheilo	lip
immun/o	safe
cyst/o	bladder
urin/o	urine
metr/o	uterus
graphy	process of recording
opsy	to view
bacteri/o	bacteria
protein	protein/o
galact/o	milk
cerebro	brain
genous	produced by
-pause	stoppage
in	not, no
anterior	ventral
perine/o	perineum
jum	structure
nephr/o	kidney
-prandial	meal
version	turning, tilting
ism	process
albino	white
an	pertaining to
episo/o	external genitalia
acro	top extremity
osteo	bone
superior	cranial
meter	instrument to measure
-continence	to stop
raso	scrape
adreno	adrenal gland
hyster/o	uterus
cranio	skull
tocia	labor
ligati/o	binding
urethr/o	urethra
salpinx	fallopian tube
oxy-	sharp
diaphore	profuse sweating
-para	to bear, give birth
trigon/o	trigone
ureter/o	ureter
patho	diease
ventro	front
ion	process
arche	beginning
lith/o	stone
reno nephro	kidneys
partum	labor
cost/o	rib
calico, calyco	calix
chondro	cartiledge
pilo	hair
umbilic/o	navel
balan/o	glans penis
radi/o	radioactive
-spadias	opening, tear
prostat/o	prostate
orchid/o	testes
versi/o	tilting, turning
er,ician,logist,ist	specialist
thel/o	nipple
intestin/o	intestine
cather/o	something inserted
histo	tissue
LLQ	lower left quadrant
top/p	place
men/o	menstruation
esophago	esophagus
hiat/o	gape, opening
cutaneo	skin
onycho	nail
sebo	sebum
pyel/o	renal pelvis
cyto	cell
parathyroido	parathyroid gland
glomerul/o	glomerulus
-cyesis	pregnancy
penia	decrease, deficiency
-gravida	pregnancy
plasm	development, formation
ren/o	kidney
amni/o	amnion
gram	record, writing
tub/o	tube
-cidal	to kill
ultra	excess, beyond
ur/o	urinary tract
enter/	sm intestine
eu-	normal, good
primi-	first
fibr/o	fibers
per	through
LUQ	left upper quadrant
xero	dry
medull/o	medulla
caudo	tail
stasis	stoppage,controlling
secundi-	second
glosso	tongue
graph	instrument used to record
culd/o	cul-de-sac
lymphadreno	lymph glands
axillo	arm pit
scopy	process of visually examining
viscero	internal organs
steato	fat
dermo	skin
cilio	hair
oophoro ovario	ovary
vesic/o	bladder
trans	across
sis	state of condition
opsy	to view
corpor/o	body
meat/o	meatus
-ine	pertaining to
cervico	neck
andr/o	male
alveolo	air sac
cephalo	head
colo	lrg intestines
crypt/o	hidden
myelo	spinal cord
ia	state of condition
gnosis	knowledge
angio	vessel
-potence	power
neuro	nerve

myelo	Answer: bone marrow	1	0	false
bile, gall	Question: chol/e	2	1	false
none	Question: nulli	3	1	false
dorsal	Question: posterior	4	1	false
inferior	Question: infero	5	1	false
labi/o	Answer: lips	6	0	false
cheilo	Answer: lip	7	0	false
immun/o	Answer: safe	8	0	false
cyst/o	Answer: bladder	9	0	false
urine	Question: urin/o	10	1	false
uterus	Question: metr/o	11	1	false
graphy	Answer: process of recording	12	0	false
to view	Question: opsy	13	1	false
bacteria	Question: bacteri/o	14	1	false
protein	Answer: protein/o	15	0	false
milk	Question: galact/o	16	1	false
brain	Question: cerebro	17	1	false
produced by	Question: genous	18	1	false
stoppage	Question: -pause	19	1	false
not, no	Question: in	20	1	false