Medical Termonology Roots and Connecting Vowels

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acr/o

extremeties, top, extreme

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acu/o

sharp, severe, sudden

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aden/o

gland

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amni/o

amnion

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angi/o

vessel

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anter/o

front

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anteri/o

artery

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arthr/o

joint

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axill/o

armpit

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bi/o

life

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blephar/o

eyelid

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bol/o

to cast (throw)

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bronch/o

bronchial tubes

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carcin/o

cancer

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cardi/o

heart

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carp/o

wrist bone

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cephal/o

head

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cerebr/o

cerebrum (largest part of the brain)

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cervic/o

neck (of the body or uterus)

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chem/o

drug, chemical

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chondr/o

cartilage

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chrom/o

colour

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chron/o

time

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cib/o

meals

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cis/o

to cut

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coccyg/o

coccyx (tailbone)

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col/o

colon

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cost/o

ribs

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crani/o

skull

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crin/o

to secrete

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cutane/o

skin

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cyst/o

urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst

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cyt/o

cell

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dactyl/o

fingers, toes

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derm/o

skin

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dermat/o

skin

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dist/o

far, distant

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dors/o

back portion of the body

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duct/o

to lead, carry

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electr/o

electricity

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encephal/o

brain

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enter/o

intestines (usually small)

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erythr/o

red

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flex/o

to bend

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furc/o

forking, branching

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gastr/o

stomach

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gloss/o

tongue

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glyc/o

sugar

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gnos/o

knowledge

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gynec/o

woman, female

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hemat/o

blood

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hem/o

blood

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hepat/o

liver

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hist/o

tissue

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hydr/o

water, fluid

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iatr/o

treatment, physican

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ili/o

ilium (part of the pelvic bone)

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immun/o

protection

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inguin/o

groin

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isch/o

to hold back

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kary/o

nucleus

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lapar/o

abdonmen, abdominal wall

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laryng/o

larynx (voicebox)

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later/o

side

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leuk/o

white

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log/o

study of

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lumb/o

lower back

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lymph/o

lymph

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mamm/o

breast

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mast/o

breast

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medi/o

middle

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morph/o

shape, form

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mort/o

death

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muc/o

mucus

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my/o

muscle

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myel/o

spinal cord, bone marrow

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nat/i

birth

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necr/o

death (of cells or the whole body)

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nephr/o

kidney

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neur/o

nerve

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neutr/o

neutrophil

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norm/o

rule, order

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nucle/o

nucleus

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onc/o

tumor

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ophthalm/o

eye

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oste/o

bone

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ot/o

ear

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ox/o

oxygen

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path/o

diseas

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ped/o

child

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pelv/i

pelvis, hip region

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peritone/o

peritoneum

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phag/o

eating, swallowing

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phleb/o

vein

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plas/o

development, formation, growth

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pleur/o

pleura

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pneumon/o

lung, air, gas

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poster/o

back, behind

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proxim/o

nearest

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psych/o

mind