Root Words Flashcards
Angi/o
Pertaining to blood or lymph vessels
Aort/o
Aorta
Ather/o
Plague, fatty substance
Arter/o, Arteri/o
Artery
Card/o, Cardi/o
Heart
Hem/o, Hemat/o
Blood, pertaining to the blood
Pheb/o
Vein
Thromb/o
Clot
Ven/o
Vein
Ech/o
Sound
Radi/o
Radiation, x-rays
Cholecyst/o
Gallbladder
Col/o, Colon/o
Colon, large intestine
Duoden/i, Duoden/o
Dueodenum
Enter/o
Small intestine
Esophag/o
Esophagus
Gastr/o
Stomach
Hepat/o
Liver
Sigmoid/o
Sigmoid colon
Adredn/o, Adrenal/o
Adrenal glands
Gonad/o
Sex gland
Pancreat/o
Pancreas
Thyr/o, Thyroid/o
Thyroid gland
Adip/o
Fat
Albin/o
White
Cephal/o
HEad
Cervic/o
Neck, cervix (neck of the uterus)
Coron/o
Coronary, crown
Cyan/o
Blue
Cyt/o
Cell
Erythr/o
Red
Hist/o
Tissue
Lapar/o
Abdomen, abdominal wall
Leuk/o
White
Lip/o
Fat,lipid
Melan/o
Black, dark
Myc/o
Fungus
Path/o
Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
Py/o
Pus
Pyr/o
Fever, fire
Sarc/o
Flesh (connective tissue)
Carcin/o
Cancerous
Onc/o
Tumor
Cutane/o
Skin
Derm/o, Dermat/o
Skin
Hidr/o
Sweat
Seb/o
Sebum
Ungu/o
Muscle
Xer/o
Dry
Aden/o
Gland
Splen/o
Spleen
Fasci/o
Fascia, fibrous band
My/o
Muscle
Ten/o, Tend/o, Tendin/o
Tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
Encephal/o
Brain
Ening/o
Meninges, membranes
Neur/i, Neur/o
nerve nervous tissue
Hyster/o
uterus
Men/o
menstruation, menses
Oo/o Ov/i Ov/o
egg
Oophor/o, Ovari/o
ovary
Salping/o
uterine (fallopian) tube, Auditory (eustachian) tube
uter/o
uterus
Bronch/o, Bronchio/o
bronchial tube, bronchus
Laryng/o
larynx, voice box
Pharyng/o
throat, pharynx
Pleur/o
pleura, side of the body
Pneum/o, Pneumon/o
lung, air
Pulm/o Pulmon/o
lung
Trache/o
trachea windpipe
Ankly/o
crooked, bent, stiff
Arthr/o
joint
Chrondr/o
cartilage
Cost/o
rib
Crani/o
skull
Myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
Oss/e, Oss/i, Ost/o, Oste/o
bone
Spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, backbone
Retin/o
retina
Scler/o
sclera, white of the eye, hard
Tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
Cyst/o
urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
Lith/o
stone, calculus
Nephr/o
kidney
Pyel/o
renal pelvis, bowl of the kidney
Ren/o
kidney
Ureter/o
ureter
Urethr/o
urethra