Page 1 – Medical Terminology: Root Words and Meanings

A set of vocabulary flashcards linking root words to their meanings (Page 1).

abdomin/o

abdomen

anter/o

front

astr/o

star-shaped

bol/o

cast; throw

carcin/o

cancer

caud/o

tail

cephal/o

head

chondr/o

cartilage

crani/o

skull

cyt/o

cell

dist/o

away from origin

dors/o

back of the body

fibr/o

fiber

gastr/o

stomach

hist/o

tissue

infer/o

below; inferior to

is/o

same; equal

kary/o

nucleus

later/o

side

lumb/o

lumbar region

medi/o

middle

path/o

disease

pelvi/o

pelvis

physi/o

function

poster/o

posterior (back) of the body

proxim/o

near; near origin

spin/o

spine

super/o

above

thorac/o

chest

ton/o

tone; tension

umbilic/o

umbilicus (navel)

ventr/o

belly side of the body (ventral)

viscer/o

internal organs