Medical Terminology Chapter 1 - roots

terms from Chapter 1

aden/o

gland

arth/o

joint

bi/o

life

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

cerebr/o

cerebrum

cis/o

to cut

crin/o

to secrete

cyst/o

urinary glandar, a sac or cyst

cyt/o

cell

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

electr/o

electricity

encephala/o

brain

enter/o

small intestine

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

glyc/o

sugar

gnos/o

knowledge

gynec/o

woman, female

hermat/o, hem/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

latr/o

treatment, physician

leuk/o

white

log/o

study of

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

onc/o

tumor

ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

ped/o

child

psych/o

mind

radi/o

x-rays

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sarc/o

flesh

sect/o

to cut

thromb/o

clot, clotting

ur/o

urine, urinary tract