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Root word
the main part of the word that tells the basic meaning (usually a body part)
Suffix
added to the end of a word to change its meaning or show what's happening (condition, disease, procedure, etc.)
Eponym
a medical term named after a person or place
Acr/o
extremities
Anter/o
front
Axill/o
armpit
Brachi/o
arm
Capit/o
head
Carp/o
wrist
Cephal/o
head
Cervic/o
neck or cervix (neck of uterus)
Derm/a
skin
Dors/i
back or posterior
Faci/o
face
Gingiv/o
gums in mouth
Inguin/o
groin
Lapar/o
abdomen
Later/o
side
Mamm/a
breast
Occipit/o
back of head
Odont/o
teeth
Optic/o
seeing or sight
Pod/o
foot
Rhin/o
nose
Steth/o
chest
Tars/o
foot
Thorac/o
chest or thorax
Trachel/o
neck or neckline
Trich/o
hair or hairline
Ventr/i
front of body
Abdomin/o
abdomen
Aden/o
gland
Angi/o
vessel
Arteri/o
artery
Arteriol/o
arteriole
Arthr/o
joint
Atri/o
atrium
Bronch/i
bronchus
Bronchiol/o
bronchiole
Carcin/o
cancer
Cardi/o
heart
Cellul/o
cell
Cerebr/o
cerebrum
Chol/e
bile
Cholecyst/o
gallbladder
Chondr/i
cartilage
Chrom/o
color
Col/o
colon
Cry/o
cold
Cutane/o
skin
Cyan/o
blue
Cyt/o
cell
Encephal/o
brain
Enter/o
intestine
Erythr/o
red
Fibr/o
fibers
Gastr/o
stomach
Hemat/o
blood
Hepat/o
liver
Histi/o
tissue
Leuk/o
white
Lipid/o
fat
Melan/o
black
My/o
muscle
Myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
Nephr/o
kidney
Neur/o
nerve
Oss/eo
bone
Oss/I
bone
Ost/e
bone
Path/o
disease
Phleb/o
vein
Pneum/a
lungs
Pneum/o
lungs
Py/o
pus
Ren/I
kidney
Ren/o
kidney
Sept/o
infection
Splen/o
spleen
Thym/o
thymus
Tympan/o
eardrum
Ur/e
urine
Ur/ea
urine
Urin/o
urine
Vas/o
vein
Ven/o
vein
Xanth/o
yellow
A-
without or not
An-
lack of or without
Ambi-
both
Ante-
before or in front of
Anti-
opposing or against
Auto-
self or by yourself
Brady-
slow
Brachy-
short
Circum-
around
Co-
together or with
Con-
together or with
Com-
together or with
Contra-
against or opposed to