NREMT Root Words

arth

joint

hepat

liver

ven

vein

oste

bone

cardi/o

heart

pulmon/o

lungs

respir/o

breathing

hepat/o

liver

nephr/o

kidney

gastr/o

stomach

enter/o

intestines

col/o

colon

crani/o

skull

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

brain

my/o

muscle

derm/o

skin

hemat/o ; hem/o

blood

angi/o ; vas/o

vessel

eryhtr/o

red

ur/o

urine

phelb/o ; ven/o

vein

aden/o

gland

anter/o

front

dors/i

back or posterior

hist/o

tissue

sept/o

infection

ventr/i ; ventr/o

front of body

viscer/o

boscera (internal organs)

chor/o

green

chrom/o

color

cyan/o

blue

erythr/o

red

leuk/o

white

melan/o

black

xanth/o

yellow

CA

carcinoma

chemo

chemotherapy

Dx

diagnosis

METS

metastases

Px

Prognosis

RBC

red blood cell

XRT

radiation therapy

WBC

white blood cell

anter/o

front

caud/o

tail (downward)

cephal/o

head (upward)

dist/o

away (from the point of attachment of a body part)

dors/o

back

infer/o

below

later/o

side

medi/o

middle

poster/o

back, behind

proxim/o

near (the point of attachment of a body part)

super/o

above

ventr/o

belly (front)