Medical Terms

cardi-

root meaning "heart"

hem-

root meaning "blood"

angio-

root meaning "vessel"

neur-

root meaning "nerve"

encephal-

root meaning "brain"

myel

root meaning "spinal cord"

gastr-

root meaning "stomach"

hepat-

root meaning "liver"

enter-

root meaning "intestine"

pneum-

root meaning for “lung”

laryng-

root meaning “voice box”

nephr-

root meaning “kidney”

cyst-

root meaning “bladder”

urethr-

root meaning “urethra”

oste

root meaning “bone”

myo

root meaning “muscle”

arthr

root meaning “joint”

gynec

root meaning “female”

andr

root meaning “male”

uter

root meaning “uterus”

onc

root meaning “tumor”

carcin

root meaning “cancer”

sarco

root meaning “flesh”

peri-

meaning “around”