Parts of a Medical Term: Common Roots

abdomin/o

abdomen

aden/o

gland

angi/o

vessel

arteri/o

artery

arthr/o

joint

lapar/o

abdomen

laryng/o

larynx

leuk/o

white

lith/o

stone

lymph/o

lymph vessel or lymph node

malig

bad, cancerous

mamm/o

breast

metr/o/a

uterus

my/o

muscle

myel/o

spinal cord

nephr/o

kidney

neur/o

nerve

audi/o

hearing

aur/a

ear

blast/o

immature cell

brach/i/o

arm

bronch/i/o

bronchus

bucc/o

cheek

carcin/o

cancer

cardi/o

heart

caud/o

toward the rear

carvic/a

neck

cholecyst/o

gallbladder

chondr/o

cartilage

chrom/o

color

col/o

colon

ocul/o

eyes

odont/o

tooth

onc/o

cancer

ophth/o

eyes

or/o

mouth

orch/o

testis, testicle

oste/o

bone

crani/o

toward the head

cutan/e

skin

cyan/o

blue

cyst/i/o

bladder, cyst

cyt/o

cell

dacr/o

tear duct

dent

tooth

derm/a

skin

ot/i/o

ear

pancreat/o

pancreas

path/o

disease

perine/o

perineum

peritone/o

peritoneum

phag/o

eat

pharmac/o

drug

diaphragm/o

diaphragm

dors/o

toward the back

duoden/o

duodenum

electr/o

electric

encephal/o

braine

endocrin/o

endocrine

ehter/o

intestine

erythr/o

red

epes/i/o

vulvae

esthes/i/o

sensation

phleb/o

vessel

pleur/o/a

pleura

pneum/o

lung

pseud/o

fake

pulmon/o

lung

py/o

infection

radicul/o

nerve

ren/a

kidneyre

retin/o

retina

rostr/a

toward the nose

esophag/

esophagus

eti/o

cause

fac/i/o

face

femor/o

femoralga

gastr/o

stomach

gingiv/o

gums

gloss/o

tongue

glyc/o

sugar

hem/o/a

blood

hep/a

liver

salping/o

fallopian tube

sarc/o

flesh

sept/o

sinus

splen/o

spleen

sin/o/u

sinus

thorac/o

thorax

thromb/o

clot

thry/o

thyroid

thyr/o

thyroid

trache/o

trachea

histi/o

tissue

humer/o

humerus

hydr/o

water

hyster/o

uterus

ile/o

ileum

ili/o

iliium

kal/i

potassium