Root words med terminology

Abdomino

abdomen

Adeno

gland

Ashes

stuck to

Adreno

adrenal gland

Aise

comfort

alveol/o

alveolus

angi/o

vessel, vascular

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

ahter/o

fatty / fatty deposit

audi/o

to hear

Axill

armpit

Bio

life

bronch/i/o

bronchus

cardi/o

heart

cyt/o

cell

cerebr/i/o

cerebrum

cephal/o

head

chem/o

chemical

chol/e

bile

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

chondr/i/o

cartilage

Chym

juice

Cis

to cut

col/o

colon

conjunctiv/o

conjunctiva

cost/o

rib

cry/o

cold

cutane/o

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyst/o

bladder

cyt/o

cell

Dem

people

derm(dermat)/o

skin

dipl/o

double

Duoden

duodenum

Edema

swelling

electr/o

electricity

Eme

to vomit

encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestine

epididym/o

epididymis

esophag/o

esophagus

eti/o

cause

erythr/o

red

fibr/o(fibrin)

fibers

Gastr/o

stomach

gen, gene, genet

formation, produce

gingiv/o

gums

gynec/o

female

Hem, hem/o, hemat, heart

blood

Hepat, hept/o

liver

heter/o

other or different

hidr/o

weat

hist/o

tissue

hom/o

same or alike

hydr/o

water

Hyster, hyster/o

uterus or womb

Infect

to infect

lapar/o

abdomen

Laryng, larng/o

larynx

leuk , leuk/o

white

lith/o

stone

lip/o

fat

lymph/o

lymph vessels

melan/o

black

Mening, meningi/o, mening/o

mebrane, meninges

men/o

menses or menstruation

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

my/o

muscle

nat/o

birth or new

necr/o

death

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

Norm

rule

onc/o

tumor

Orexis

appetite

opthalm , ophthalm/o

eye

oste/o

bone

path/o

disease

peritone/o

peritoneum

phag/o

to eat, engulf

Pharyng, pharynge/o

pharynx, throat

phleb /o

vein

Pneum

air

Psycho

mind

pyr/o

heat, fire

rect/o

rectum

ren/o

kidney

rhin/o

nose

sacro/o

sacrum

sarc/o

flesh

scapula/o, scapul

scapula

Sept

putrefaction, infection

speln/o

spleen

spondyl/o

vertebra

stern/o

sternum

tend/o

tendon

testicul/o

testis

therm/o

heat