Med Terms #1 (Roots)

Arthro

Arthro

Joint

Cardio

Heart

Dermo

Skin

Entero

Small Intestine

Gastro

Stomach

Geno

Creation, cause

Hemo

Blood

Hepato

Liver

Hydro

Water

Morpho

Change

Myc

Fungus

Myo

Muscle

Necro

Relating to death

Neuro

Nerve

Ortho

Joint

Patho

Disease

Phago

Mouth

Plaso

Formation

Pneumo

Lungs

Prefix

Added to the beginning of a term when needed to further modify the root

Pyo

Pus

Root

Foundation or subject of a term

Sclero

Hard

Steno

Narrowness; Constriction

Suffix

Ending that gives essential meaning of a term

Tropho

Nourishment

Vasculo

Vessel (blood vessel)

Xeno

Foreign

Xero

Dryness