Common Roots: medical terminology

Vocabulary flashcards created from lecture notes on common medical roots.

Arthr/o

joint

Cardi/o

heart

Enter/o

small intestine

Gastr/o

stomach

Hepat/o

liver

Neur/o

nerve

Hem/o & Hemat/o

blood

My/o & Muscul/o

muscle

Angi/o & Vas/o & Vascul/o

vessel (blood)

Derm/o & Dermat/o & Cutane/o

skin

Pneum/o & Pneumon/o & Pulmon/o

lung

Gen/o

creation / cause

Hydr/o

water

Morph/o

change

Myc/o

fungus

Necr/o

death

Orth/o

straight

Path/o

suffering / disease

Phag/o

eat

Plast/o

formation (change)

Py/o

pus

Scler/o

hard

Sten/o

narrow

Troph/o

development / nourishment

Xen/o

foreign