Medical Terminology Root Words

Front 1

Blephar/o

Back 1

Eyelid

Front 2

Bucco/o

Back 2

Cheek

Front 3

Cholecyst/o

Back 3

Gallbladder

Front 4

Colp/o

Back 4

Vagina

Front 5

Cyst/o

Back 5

A fluid sac or pouch, urinary bladder

Front 6

Derm/o

Back 6

Skin

Front 7

Encephal/o

Back 7

Brain

Front 8

Enter/o

Back 8

Intestine

Front 9

Hem/o or hemat/o

Back 9

Blood

Front 10

My/o

Back 10

Muscle

Front 11

Myel/o

Back 11

Spinal cord, bone marrow

Front 12

Onych/o

Back 12

Nail

Front 13

Oste/o

Back 13

Bone

Front 14

Phleb/o

Back 14

Vein

Front 15

Pulm/o or pulmon/o

Back 15

Lungs

Front 16

Synov/i

Back 16

Synovial fluid, joint, or membrane

Front 17

Pneumo/pneumato

Back 17

Air, gas; can also pertain to lung, respiration

Front 18

Bronch/o or Bronchi

Back 18

Bronchus

Front 19

Rhino/Naso

Back 19

Nose

Front 20

Pharyngo

Back 20

Pharynx

Front 21

Cyst/o

Back 21

Relating to the bladder

Front 22

Ex/o

Back 22

Outside of, without

Front 23

Hydr/o

Back 23

Relating to fluid, water or hydrogen

Front 24

Lith/o

Back 24

Calcification, Stone

Front 25

Nephr/o

Back 25

Relating to the kidney

Front 26

Orchi/o

Back 26

Relating to the testicles

Front 27

Osche/o

Back 27

Relating to the scrotum

Front 28

Pyel/o

Back 28

Relating to the renal pelvis

Front 29

Vesic/o

Back 29

Relating to the urinary bladder