Roots

aden/o

gland
appendic/o

appendix
aur/o

ear
blephar/o

eyelid
brach/i

arm
bucc/a

cheek
carcin/o

cancer
carp/o

wrist
cephal/o

head
cerebr/o

brain
cheil/o

lip
chir/o

hand
chol/e

bile
colp/o

vagina
cyst/o

bladder
dactyl/o

finger or toe
fac/i

face
genti/o

reproductive organs
gingiv/o

gums
gloss/o

tongue
labi/a/o

lip
lip/o

fat
lith/o

stone
lymph/o

lymph tissue
mening/o

membrane covering brain and spinal cord
myc/o

fungus
myring/o

eardrum
nas/o

nose
nephr/o

kidney
ocul/o

eye
ophthalm/o

eye
onc/o

mass, tumor
ot/o

ear
pancreat/o

pancreas
pedi/a

child
pharyng/o

pharynx
ped/o

foot
proct/o

rectum
psych/o

mind
pyel/o

kidney
rect/o

rectum
ren/o

kidney
sarc/o

flesh
splen/o

spleen
spondyl/o

vertebrae
stern/o

sternum
stom/a

mouth
thyr/o

thyroid gland (located near the base of the neck)
trich/o

hair
tympan/o

eardrum
ureter/o

ureter (the duct by which urine passes from the kidney to the bladder)
urethr/o

urethra (the duct by which urine is conveyed out of the body from the bladder, and which in male vertebrates also conveys semen)
ur/o

urine
uter/o

uterus (the organ in the lower body of a woman or female mammal where offspring are conceived and in which they gestate before birth; the womb)
vertebr/o

vertebrae (each of the series of small bones forming the backbone, having several projections for articulation and muscle attachment, and a hole through which the spinal cord passes)
viscer/o

internal organs

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Roots

Description

Medical terminology: roots

Updated

2012-07-19T17:13:23Z

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