Nurse 2200H Medical Terminology: Combining Forms and Roots

acous/o

hearing

aden/o

gland

adip/o

fat

adren/o

gland

angi/o

blood vessel

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

bucc/o

cheek

bronch/i

bronchus

burs/o

bursa

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

cephal/o

head

chol-

bile

chondri-

cartilage

coron-

heart

cost-

rib

crani/o

brain

cutane-

skin

cyst/o, cysti-

bladder or sac

derm-, dermat/o

skin

duoden/o

duodenum

gastr-

stomach

gloss-

tongue

hem-, hema-, hemat-, hemo-, hemat/o

blood

hepat/o, hepatico-

liver

hist/o, histo-

tissue

hyster/o

uterus

ileo-

ileum

ischi/o

ischium

kerat/o

cornea (eye or skin), hard/horny tissue, keratin

lacrim/o

tear

lact/o, lacti

milk

laryng/o

larynx

lingu/o

tongue

lip/o

fat

lymph/o

lymph

mamm-, mast/o

breast

mening/o

meninges

muscul/o

muscle

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord or bone marrow

nephr/o

kidney

neur/i, neur/o

nerve

oculo-

eye

onco-

tumor, bulk, volume

onych/o

fingernail, toenail

oo-

egg, ovary

oophor/o

ovary

op-, opt-

vision

ophthalm/o

eye

orchid/o, orchio-

testis

orth/o

straight, normal, correct

osseo-

bony

ossi-

bone

ost-, oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

ovar/i, ovario-, ovi-, ovo-

ovary

phalang-

phalanx

pharyng/o

pharynx, throat

phleb/o

vein

phren/i, phreno-, phrenico-

diaphragm

pleur-, pleur/a, pleur/o

rib, pleura

pneum/a, pneumat/o

air, lung

proct/o

anus, rectum

prostat-

prostate

pseudo-

false

psych/o, psyche-

mind

radio-

radiation, radius

ren/o

kidney

retin-

retina

rhin/o

nose

salping/o

tube

sarco-

muscular, flesh-like

schiz/o

split, cleft

sclera-, sclero-

hardness

sigmoid/o

sigmoid colon

sperma-, spermo-, spermato-

sperm

splen/o

spleen

sten/o

narrowed, blocked

stern-

sternum

stom/a, stomat/o

mouth

thorac/o, thoracico-

chest

thromb/o-

blood clot

thyr/o

thyroid gland

tonsill

tonsil

trache/o

trachea

tympan/o

eardrum

ur/o

urine

vagin-

vagina

varic/o

duct, blood vessel

vasculo-

blood vessel

ven/o

vein

verbr-

vertebra, spine

myc/o

fungus

necr/o

death

pachy/o

thick

rhytid/o

wrinkles

seb/o

sebum

staphyl/o

grapelike clusters