Medical Terminology Roots Krm

Front 1

abdomin/o

Back 1

abdomen

Front 2

acr/o

Back 2

top, extreme points, extremeties

Front 3

acu/o

Back 3

sharp, sudden, severe

Front 4

aden/o

Back 4

gland

Front 5

adip/o

Back 5

fat

Front 6

amni/o

Back 6

amnion (sac surrounding embryo in uterus)

Front 7

amyl/o

Back 7

starch

Front 8

an/o

Back 8

anus

Front 9

angi/o

Back 9

vessel

Front 10

anter/o

Back 10

front

Front 11

appendic/o

append/o

Back 11

appendix

Front 12

arteri/o

Back 12

artery

Front 13

arthr/o

Back 13

joint

Front 14

axill/o

Back 14

armpit

Front 15

bi/o

Back 15

life

Front 16

bil/i

Back 16

gall, bile

Front 17

biliruben/o

Back 17

biliruben (bile pigment)

Front 18

blephar/o

Back 18

eyelid

Front 19

bucc/o

Back 19

cheek

Front 20

bronch/o

Back 20

bronchial tubes

Front 21

carcin/o

Back 21

cancer, cancerous

Front 22

cardi/o

Back 22

heart

Front 23

carp/o

Back 23

wrist bones

Front 24

cec/o

Back 24

cecum

Front 25

celio

Back 25

belly, abdomen

Front 26

cephal/o

Back 26

head

Front 27

cerebr/o

Back 27

cerebrum (largest part of brain)

Front 28

cheil/o

Back 28

lip

Front 29

chem/o

Back 29

drug, chemical

Front 30

chol/e

Back 30

gall, bile

Front 31

cholecyst/o

Back 31

gallbladder

Front 32

chondr/o

Back 32

cartilage

Front 33

cervic/o

Back 33

neck (of body or uterus)

Front 34

choledoch/o

Back 34

COMMON bile duct

Front 35

chlorhydr/o

Back 35

hydrochloric acid

Front 36

chrom/o

Back 36

color

Front 37

chron/o

Back 37

time

Front 38

cis/o

Back 38

cut

Front 39

flex/o

Back 39

to bend

Front 40

gastr/o

Back 40

stomach

Front 41

gingiv/o

Back 41

gums

Front 42

gloss/o

Back 42

tongue

Front 43

gluc/o

Back 43

sugar

Front 44

glyc/o

Back 44

sugar

Front 45

coccyg/o

Back 45

coccyx (tailbone)

Front 46

col/o

Back 46

large intestine (colon)

Front 47

cost/o

Back 47

rib

Front 48

crani/o

Back 48

skull

Front 49

crin/o

Back 49

secrete

Front 50

cutane/o

Back 50

skin

Front 51

cyst/o

Back 51

urinary bladder

Front 52

cyt/o

Back 52

cell

Front 53

dactyl/o

Back 53

fingers and toes

Front 54

dent/i

Back 54

tooth

Front 55

derm/o

dermat/o

Back 55

skin

Front 56

dist/o

Back 56

far, distant

Front 57

dors/o

Back 57

back

Front 58

duct/o

Back 58

to lead, carry

Front 59

duoden/o

Back 59

duodenum

Front 60

electr/o

Back 60

electricity

Front 61

encephal/o

Back 61

brain

Front 62

enter/o

Back 62

intestine

Front 63

erythr/o

Back 63

red

Front 64

esophag/o

Back 64

esophagus

Front 65

fac/i

Back 65

face

Front 66

glycogen/o

Back 66

animal starch

Front 67

gnos/o

Back 67

knowledge

Front 68

gynec/o

Back 68

female

Front 69

hemat/o

hem/o

Back 69

blood

Front 70

hepat/o

Back 70

liver

Front 71

hist/o

Back 71

tissue

Front 72

hydr/o

Back 72

fluid, water

Front 73

iatr/o

Back 73

physician, treatment

Front 74

ile/o

Back 74

ileum

Front 75

ili/o

Back 75

upper part of pelvic bone (ilium)

Front 76

immun/o

Back 76

protection

Front 77

inguin/o

Back 77

groin

Front 78

isch/o

Back 78

to hold back

Front 79

jejun/o

Back 79

jejunum (middle of small intestine)

Front 80

kary/o

Back 80

nucleus

Front 81

labi/o

Back 81

lip

Front 82

lapar/o

Back 82

abdomen, abdominal wall

Front 83

laryng/o

Back 83

voice box

Front 84

later/o

Back 84

side

Front 85

leuk/o

Back 85

white

Front 86

lingu/o

Back 86

tongue

Front 87

lip/o

Back 87

fat, lipid

Front 88

lith/o

Back 88

stone

Front 89

log/o

Back 89

study

Front 90

lumb/o

Back 90

lower back

Front 91

lymph/o

Back 91

lymph (clear fluid that bathes tissue spaces)

Front 92

mast/o

mamm/o

Back 92

breast

Front 93

mandibul/o

Back 93

lower jaw

Front 94

medi/o

Back 94

middle

Front 95

morph/o

Back 95

form, shape

Front 96

mort/o

Back 96

death

Front 97

muc/o

Back 97

mucus

Front 98

my/o

Back 98

muscle

Front 99

myel/o

Back 99

spinal cord or bone marrow (depends on context)

Front 100

nat/i

Back 100

birth, labor

Front 101

necr/o

Back 101

death

Front 102

nephr/o

Back 102

kidney

Front 103

neur/o

Back 103

nerve

Front 104

neutr/o

Back 104

neutrophil (platelet white blood cells)

Front 105

nucle/o

Back 105

nucleus

Front 106

norm/o

Back 106

rule, order

Front 107

odont/o

Back 107

tooth

Front 108

onc/o

Back 108

tumor (cancerous)

Front 109

ophthalm/o

Back 109

eye

Front 110

or/o

Back 110

mouth

Front 111

orth/o

Back 111

straight

Front 112

oste/o

Back 112

bone

Front 113

ot/o

Back 113

ear

Front 114

ox/o

Back 114

oxygen

Front 115

palat/o

Back 115

palate

Front 116

pancreat/o

Back 116

pancreas

Front 117

path/o

Back 117

disease

Front 118

ped/o

Back 118

child

Front 119

pelv/i

Back 119

hip region

Front 120

peritone/o

Back 120

peritoneum

Front 121

phag/o

Back 121

to eat, swallow

Front 122

pharyng/o

Back 122

throat

Front 123

phleb/o

Back 123

vein

Front 124

plas/o

Back 124

formation, development

Front 125

pleur/o

Back 125

membrane surrounding lung

Front 126

pneumon/o

Back 126

lung

Front 127

poster/o

Back 127

back, behind

Front 128

proct/o

Back 128

anus and rectum

Front 129

prote/o

Back 129

protein

Front 130

proxim/o

Back 130

nearest

Front 131

psych/o

Back 131

mind

Front 132

pulmon/o

Back 132

lung

Front 133

pylor/o

Back 133

pyloric sphincter

Front 134

py/o

Back 134

pus

Front 135

radi/o

Back 135

x-ray, radioactivity

Front 136

rect/o

Back 136

rectum

Front 137

ren/o

Back 137

kidney

Front 138

rhin/o

Back 138

nose

Front 139

sacr/o

Back 139

sacrum (bottom of spine)

Front 140

sarc/o

Back 140

flesh

Front 141

sect/o

Back 141

cut

Front 142

sialaden/o

Back 142

salivary gland

Front 143

sial/o

Back 143

saliva, salivary

Front 144

sigmoid/o

Back 144

sigmoid colon

Front 145

spin/o

Back 145

backbone

Front 146

splen/o

Back 146

spleen

Front 147

staphyl/o

Back 147

clusters

Front 148

steat/o

Back 148

fat

Front 149

stomat/o

Back 149

mouth

Front 150

strept/o

Back 150

twisted chains

Front 151

thel/o

Back 151

nipple

Front 152

theli/o

Back 152

nipple

Front 153

thorac/o

Back 153

chest

Front 154

thromb/o

Back 154

clotting, clot

Front 155

tonsill/o

Back 155

tonsils

Front 156

top/o

Back 156

place, location

Front 157

trache/o

Back 157

windpipe

Front 158

umbilic/o

Back 158

navel

Front 159

ur/o

Back 159

urine, urinary tract

Front 160

uvul/o

Back 160

uvula

Front 161

ven/o

Back 161

vein

Front 162

ventr/o

Back 162

belly side of body

Front 163

vertebr/o

Back 163

backbones

Front 164

viscer/o

Back 164

internal organs