Science: Root words

[Raja Bahar]

angi/o vessel
arthr/o joint
cardi/o heart
col/o colon/o large intestine
crani/o skull
derm/o skin
gastr/o stomach
hepat/o liver
my/o muscle
neur/o nerve
osteo/o bone
rhin/o nose
trache/o trachea
-ectasis, -ectasia stretching, dialation,
widening
-emesis vomiting
-lysis destruction,
breakdown,
separation
-pepsia digestion
-phagia eating, swallowing
-plasty surgical repair
-ptosis droop; sag; protrude
-ptysis spitting
-rrhage, -rrhagia bursting forth (of
blood)
-rrhaphy suture
-rrhea flow, discharge
-spasm sudden, involuntary
-stasis to stop; control
-stenosis tightening, stricture,
narrowing
-tresia opening
bucc/o cheek
cec/o cecum
celi/o belly; abdomen
cheil/o lip
chol/e bile; gall
cholangi/o bile vessel
cholecyst/o gallbladder
choledoch/o common bile duct
col/o colon
colon/o colon
dent/i tooth
duoden/o duodenum
enter/o intestines (usually
small)
esophag/o esophagus
gastr/o stomach
gingiv/o gum
gloss/o tongue
glyc/o glucose; sugar
hepat/o liver
herni/o hernia
ile/o ileum
jejun/o jejunum
labi/o lip
lingu/o tongue
lip/o fat; lipid
lith/o stone; calculus
odont/o tooth
or/o mouth
palat/o palate (roof of the
mouth)
pancreat/o pancreas
proct/o anus & rectum
pylor/o pylorus
rect/o rectum
sialaden/o salivary glands
splen/o spleen
steat/o fat
stomat/o mouth

angi/o vessel
arthr/o joint
cardi/o heart
col/o colon/o large intestine
crani/o skull
derm/o skin
gastr/o stomach
hepat/o liver
my/o muscle
neur/o nerve
osteo/o bone
rhin/o nose
trache/o trachea

cali/o, calic/o calyx
cyst/o urinary bladder
glomerul/o glomerulus
meat/o meatus
nephr/o kidney
pyel/o renal pelvis
ren/o kidney
trigon/o trigone (region of the
bladder)
ureter/o ureter
urethr/o urethra
vesic/o urinary bladder
albumin/o albumin
azot/o nitrogen
bacteri/o bacteria
dips/o thirst
ket/o, keton/o ketone bodies
lith/o stone
noct/o night
olig/o scanty
-poietin substance that
forms
py/o pus
-tripsy to crush
ur/o urine (urea)
urin/o urine
-uria urination; urine
condition

min/o amnion
cervic/o cervix, neck
chori/o, chorion/o chorion
colp/o vagina
culd/o cul-de-sac
episi/o vulva
galact/o milk
gynec/o woman, female
hyster/o uterus, womb
lact/o milk
mamm/o breast
mast/o breast
men/o menses,
menstruation
metr/o, metri/o uterus
my/o, myom/o muscle, muscle
tumor
nat/i birth
obstetr/o pregnancy and
childbirth
o/o egg
oophor/o ovary
ov/o egg
ovari/o ovary
ovul/o egg
perine/o perineum
phor/o to bear
salping/o fallopian tubes
uter/o uterus
vagin/o vagina
vulv/o vulva
dys- painful
endo- within
in- in
intra- within
multi- many
nulli- no, not, none
pre- before
-arche beginning
-cyesis pregnancy
-gravida pregnant
-parous bearing, bringing
forth
-rrhea disscharge
-salpinx uterine tube
-tocia labor, birth
-version act of turning
primi- first
retro- backward

ndr/o male
balan/o glans penis
cry/o cold
crypt/o hidden
epididym/o epididymis
gon/o seed
hydr/o water, fluid
orch/o, orchi/o,
orchid/o testis, testicle
prostat/o prostate gland
semin/o semen, seed
sperm/o, spermat/o spermatozoa,
semen
terat/o monster
test/o testis, testicle
varic/o varicose veins
vas/o vessel, duct; vas
deferens
zo/o animal life
-genesis formation
-one hormone
-pexy fixation, put in place
-stomy new opening