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Now you've had some practice with prefixes and suffixes, so let's move on to root words used in medical terminology.
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adipo & lipo = fat aero = air alveol = lung's air sacs amylo = starch andro = man aneurysm = weakened blood vessel wall angio & vaso = vessel appendo = appendix arterio = artery arthro = joint bacterio = bacteria baro = pressure bili = bile blast = immature broncho = bronchial tubes carcino = cancer cardio = heart catheter = tube cutaneo & dermo = skin cysto = bladder or cyst cyte = cell embolo = matter in blood vessel encephalo = brain entero = intestine gravid & gravida = pregnant hepato = liver immuno = safety, protected gastro = stomach glosso & linguo = tongue gluco & glyco = sugar |
gyne or gyneco = woman hemo & hemato = blood hepato = liver hydro = water infarct = area of tissue left dead secondary to loss of blood supply laparo = abdomen litho = stone lumbo = lower back lympho = lymph masto = breast meningo = membranes surrounding brain & spinal cord meno = menstrual muco = mucus myco = fungus myo = muscle nephro & reno= kidney neuro = nerve oculo, opto, ophthalmo = eye onco = tumor osteo = bone oto = ear oxo = presence of oxygen patho = disease pedi = child phlebo = vein pneumo & pulmono = lung psycho = mind pyro = fever sarco = flesh stomato = mouth thrombo = platelet or clot |
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