Commmon Roots

Arthro

joint

cardio

heart

entero

small intestine

gastro

stomach

hepat/o

liver

neur/o

nerve

hem/o or hemat/o

blood; in relation to

my/o or muscul/o

muscle

angi/o or vascul/o or vas/o

blood vessel

derm/o or dermat/o or cutane/o

skin

pneum/o or pneumon/o or 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

eating, swallowing

plas/o

formation

py/o

pus

scler/o

hard

sten/o

narrowing

troph/o

nourishment, development

xen/o

foreign