word roots Flashcards
lith/o
stone, calculus
cyst/o
urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
nephr/o
kidney
pyel/o
renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
ren/o
kidney
ureter/o
ureter
urethr/o
urethra
kerat/o
horny, hard, cornea
myring/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
ot/o
ear, hearing
retin/o
retina
scler/o
sclera, white of eye, hard
tympan/o
tympanic membrane, eardrum
spondyl/o
vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone
oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o
bone
myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
crani/o
skull
cost/o
rib
optic/o, opt/o
eye, vision
thorac/o
chest
chondr/o
cartilage
arthr/o
joint
ankly/o
crooked, bent, stiff
trache/o
trachea, windpipe
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
pleur/o
pleura, side of the body
pharyng/o
pharynx, throat
laryng/o
larynx, throat
bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchial tube, bronchus
vagin/o
vagina
uter/o
uterus
salping/o
uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
orch/o, orchid/o
testicles, testis, testes
oophor/o, ovari/o
ovary
ov/o
egg
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
men/o
menstruation, menses
hyster/o
uterus
colp/o
vagina
neur/i, neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
mening/o
meninges, membranes
encephal/o
brain
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
my/o
muscle
fasci/o
fascia, fibrous band
splen/o
spleen
aden/o
gland
xer/o
dry
ungu/o
nail
seb/o
sebum
hidr/o
sweat
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
cutane/o
skin
onc/o
tumor
carcin/o
cancerous
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
pyr/o
fever, fire
py/o
pus
path/o
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
myc/o
fungus
melan/o
black, dark
lip/o
fat, lipid
leuk/o
white
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
hist/o
tissue
erythr/o
red
cyt/o
cell
cyan/o
blue
coron/o
coronary, crown
cervic/o
neck, cervix
cephal/o
head
albin/o
white
adip/o
fat
thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
pancreat/o
pancreas
gonad/o
sex gland
adren/o
adrenal glands
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
hepat/o
liver
gastr/o
stomach
esophag/o
esophagus
enter/o
small intestine
proct/o
anus and rectum
col/o, colon/o
colon, large intestine
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
radi/o
radiation, x-rays
ech/o
sound
ven/o
vein
thromb/o
clot
phleb/o
vein
hem/o, hemat/o
blood, pertaining to the blood
card/o, cardi/o
heart
ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
arteri/o
artery
aort/o
aorta
angi/o
pertaining to blood or lymph vessels
physi/o
nature
ventr/o
belly side of the body
py/o
pus
burs/o
bursa
kyph/o
bent, hump
lord/o
curve, swayback, bent
lumb/o
lumbar, lower back
scoli/o
curved, bent
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
clon/o
violent action
fibr/o
fibrous tissue, fiber
kinesi/o, kines/o
movement
tax/o
coordination, order
ton/o
tone, stretching, tension