root words

aden/o

gland

alveol/o

air sac

andr/o

man

angin/o

choking pain

angi/o

blood vessel

apic/o

apex, tip

arthr/o

joint

calyc/o

cup, calyx

capnia/o

CO₂

cardi/o

heart

chir/o

hand

col/o

colon

colp/o

vagina

crani/o

skull

cyt/o

cell

dermat/o

skin

dur/o

hard

enter/o

intestines

farct/o

stuffed, filled

fasci/o

fascia

gastr/o

stomach

gynec/o

woman

hidr/o

sweat

hyster/o

uterus

lith/o

stone

mast/o

breast

men/o

month, menstrual

myc/o

fungus

myring/o

eardrum

neur/o

nerve

odont/o

tooth

olfact/o

smell

omphal/o

navel (belly button)

onc/o

tumor

onych/o

nail

ophthalm/o

eye, vision

orth/o

straight, upright

ot/o

ear

path/o

disease

pector/o

chest

pedicul/o

louse

phag/o

eating, swallowing

pharyng/o

throat

phas/o

speech

phon/o

voice, sound

plak/o

plaque

pleg/o

paralysis

pleur/o

pleura (lung membrane)

ploid/o

double

polyploid/o

many

pne/o

breathing

prax/o

action, movement

pylor/o

pylorus (stomach outlet)

rhin/o

nose

scoli/o

crooked

spondyl/o

vertebra

staped/o

stapes (ear bone)

sten/o

narrow

thorac/o

chest