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medical terminology root words

  1. aden/o
    gland
  2. arteri/o
    artery
  3. arthr/o
    joint
  4. audi/o
    hearing
  5. blephar/o
    eyelid
  6. bucc/o
    cheek
  7. burs/o
    bursa
  8. calc/i
    stone
  9. cardi/o
    heart
  10. cervic/o
    neck, neck of an organ
  11. cholecyst/o
    gallbladder
  12. cost/o
    rib
  13. crani/o
    skull
  14. cutane/o
    skin
  15. cyan/o
    blue
  16. cyst/o
    bladder
  17. cyt/o
    cell
  18. derm/o
    skin
  19. dors/o
    back
  20. encephal/o
    brain
  21. fasci/o
    fibrous tissue
  22. fibr/o
    connective tissue
  23. gastr/o
    stomach
  24. glyc/o
    sugar, glucose
  25. hepat/o
    liver
  26. ir/o
    iris
  27. kal/i
    potassium
  28. lacrim/o
    tear
  29. lapar/o
    abdomen
  30. leuk/o
    white
  31. lip/o
    fat
  32. myel/o
    spinal cord
  33. my/o
    muscle
  34. nephr/o
    kidney
  35. neur/o
    nerve
  36. onc/o
    tumor
  37. opt/o
    vision
  38. oste/o
    bone
  39. pector/o
    chest
  40. pneumon/o
    lung
  41. psych/o
    mind
  42. rhin/o
    nose
  43. synovi/o
    lining the joint
  44. ven/o
    vein
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arohn
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medical terminology root words
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medical terminology for AAMA medical assistant exam
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