{"id":163,"date":"2018-07-28T22:01:35","date_gmt":"2018-07-28T22:01:35","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/?p=163"},"modified":"2018-09-05T23:00:35","modified_gmt":"2018-09-05T23:00:35","slug":"medical-terminology-roots","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmbasicscience\/medicalerminology\/medical-terminology-roots\/","title":{"rendered":"Medical Terminology: Roots"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><a href=\"https:\/\/www.integrativewellnessandmovement.com\/iwmstudentresources\/MedicalTerminology-roots.pdf\" target=\"_blank\" rel=\"noopener\">Download this worksheet here<\/a>.<\/p>\n<ul>\n<li><strong>abdomi<\/strong>: referring to abdomen<\/li>\n<li><strong>acou<\/strong>: hear<\/li>\n<li><strong>adip<\/strong>:\u00a0fat<\/li>\n<li><strong>adeno<\/strong>: referring to gland<\/li>\n<li><strong>alb<\/strong>: white<\/li>\n<li><strong>alges<\/strong>: pain<\/li>\n<li><strong>andr<\/strong>: male<\/li>\n<li><strong>angi<\/strong>: referring to vessel<\/li>\n<li><strong>aqua<\/strong>: water<\/li>\n<li><strong>arterio<\/strong>: referring to artery<\/li>\n<li><strong>arthro<\/strong>: joint<\/li>\n<li><strong>asphixia<\/strong>: lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide<\/li>\n<li><strong>asthen<\/strong>: weak<\/li>\n<li><strong>audi<\/strong>: to hear<\/li>\n<li><strong>auto<\/strong>: self<\/li>\n<li><strong>blasto<\/strong>: referring to germ or cell<\/li>\n<li><strong>blepharo<\/strong>: referring to eyelid<\/li>\n<li><strong>brachii<\/strong>: arm<\/li>\n<li><strong>bronch<\/strong>: windpipe<\/li>\n<li><strong>bucc<\/strong>: cheek<\/li>\n<li><strong>bursa<\/strong>: pouch or sac<\/li>\n<li><strong>calc<\/strong>: stone; heel<\/li>\n<li><strong>callus<\/strong>: hard, thick skin; meshwork of connective tissue<\/li>\n<li><strong>capit<\/strong>: head<\/li>\n<li><strong>carcin<\/strong>: cancer<\/li>\n<li><strong>card<\/strong>:\u00a0heart<\/li>\n<li><strong>cardio<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the heart<\/li>\n<li><strong>cardiologist<\/strong>:\u00a0heart specialist<\/li>\n<li><strong>carpus<\/strong>: wrist<\/li>\n<li><strong>caud<\/strong>: tail<\/li>\n<li><strong>cente<\/strong>: to puncture (usually a body\/cavity)<\/li>\n<li><strong>cephal<\/strong>: head<\/li>\n<li><strong>cerebro<\/strong>: brain<\/li>\n<li><strong>cervico<\/strong>: neck or uterine cervix<\/li>\n<li><strong>chole<\/strong>: referring to bile<\/li>\n<li><strong>chondro<\/strong>: cartilage<\/li>\n<li><strong>cili<\/strong>: eyelid<\/li>\n<li><strong>cleido<\/strong>: clavicle<\/li>\n<li><strong>colo<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the the colon<\/li>\n<li><strong>costo<\/strong>: referring to rib<\/li>\n<li><strong>cranio<\/strong>: skull<\/li>\n<li><strong>cubitus<\/strong>: elbow<\/li>\n<li><strong>cut<\/strong>: skin<\/li>\n<li><strong>cycl<\/strong>: circle or cycle<\/li>\n<li><strong>cysto<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the bladder<\/li>\n<li><strong>cyto<\/strong>: pertaining to a cell<\/li>\n<li><strong>dento<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the teeth<\/li>\n<li><strong>dermo\/dermato<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the skin<\/li>\n<li><strong>digi<\/strong>: finger or toe<\/li>\n<li><strong>dors<\/strong>: back<\/li>\n<li><strong>ede<\/strong>: swelling<\/li>\n<li><strong>encephalo<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the brain<\/li>\n<li><strong>end<\/strong>: inside<\/li>\n<li><strong>entero<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the intestines<\/li>\n<li><strong>esthesio<\/strong>: sensation or perception<\/li>\n<li><strong>febre<\/strong>: fever<\/li>\n<li><strong>flex<\/strong>: bend<\/li>\n<li><strong>foramen<\/strong>: opening or hole<\/li>\n<li><strong>fract<\/strong>: break<\/li>\n<li><strong>gastro<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the stomach<\/li>\n<li><strong>gest<\/strong>: carry, produce, congestion<\/li>\n<li><strong>gingivo<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the gums<\/li>\n<li><strong>glosso, linguo<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the tongue<\/li>\n<li><strong>gno<\/strong>: know<\/li>\n<li><strong>gyn\/gyne<\/strong>: female, woman<\/li>\n<li><strong>hem, hemat,\u00a0hemo, emia<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to blood<\/li>\n<li><strong>hepato<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the liver<\/li>\n<li><strong>hystero, metro<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the uterus<\/li>\n<li><strong>idi<\/strong>: separate, distinct<\/li>\n<li><strong>ilio<\/strong>: ilium<\/li>\n<li><strong>iodo<\/strong>: iodine<\/li>\n<li><strong>lachry, lacri<\/strong>: tears<\/li>\n<li><strong>lact<\/strong>: milk<\/li>\n<li><strong>lingu<\/strong>: tongue<\/li>\n<li><strong>lipo<\/strong>: fat<\/li>\n<li><strong>lympho<\/strong>: lymph<\/li>\n<li><strong>masto, mammo<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the breast<\/li>\n<li><strong>men<\/strong>: month<\/li>\n<li><strong>meningo<\/strong>: membrane<\/li>\n<li><strong>metric<\/strong>: length<\/li>\n<li><strong>myelo<\/strong>: spinal cord<\/li>\n<li><strong>myo<\/strong>:\u00a0muscle<\/li>\n<li><strong>myopathy<\/strong>:\u00a0damage to the muscle<\/li>\n<li><strong>naso<\/strong>: nose<\/li>\n<li><strong>neuro<\/strong>: nerve<\/li>\n<li><strong>nephro nephrene<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the kidney<\/li>\n<li><strong>oculo<\/strong>: eye<\/li>\n<li><strong>odonto<\/strong>: tooth<\/li>\n<li><strong>oophoro<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the ovaries<\/li>\n<li><strong>opthalmo<\/strong>: eye<\/li>\n<li><strong>orchido<\/strong>: of or relating to the testes<\/li>\n<li><strong>oss, osteo<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the bones<\/li>\n<li><strong>oto<\/strong>: ear<\/li>\n<li><strong>ov<\/strong>: egg<\/li>\n<li><strong>ped<\/strong>: child or foot<\/li>\n<li><strong>percuss<\/strong>: to examine by tapping\/striking gently<\/li>\n<li><strong>phago<\/strong>: related to eating, ingesting, or engulfing<\/li>\n<li><strong>pharyngo<\/strong>: related to the throat or pharynx<\/li>\n<li><strong>phlebo, veno<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the veins<\/li>\n<li><strong>phot, photo<\/strong>: light<\/li>\n<li><strong>pleur<\/strong>: rib, side<\/li>\n<li><strong>pneuo, pulmo<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the lungs<\/li>\n<li><strong>pod<\/strong>: foot<\/li>\n<li><strong>procto<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the the anus\/rectum<\/li>\n<li><strong>psycho<\/strong>: pertaining to the mind<\/li>\n<li><strong>pto<\/strong>: fall<\/li>\n<li><strong>ptyal<\/strong>: saliva<\/li>\n<li><strong>pulmo<\/strong>: referring to the lung<\/li>\n<li><strong>pur, pyo<\/strong>: pertaining to pus<\/li>\n<li><strong>pyelo<\/strong>: relating to kidney or pelvis<\/li>\n<li><strong>pyr, pyro<\/strong>: fire<\/li>\n<li><strong>ren<\/strong>: kidney<\/li>\n<li><strong>rhino<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the nose<\/li>\n<li><strong>salpingo<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the fallopian tubes<\/li>\n<li><strong>sangui, sanguin<\/strong>: blood<\/li>\n<li><strong>sect<\/strong>: cut<\/li>\n<li><strong>sepsis<\/strong>: presence of microorganisms\/toxins in the blood; or the toxic condition caused by<\/li>\n<li><strong>sept<\/strong>: wall, divider; seven<\/li>\n<li><strong>sinus<\/strong>: cavity, channel, hollow space<\/li>\n<li><strong>soma, somat<\/strong>: body<\/li>\n<li><strong>spas<\/strong>: draw, pull<\/li>\n<li><strong>spir<\/strong>: coil<\/li>\n<li><strong>stasis<\/strong>: slowing\/stopping of the normal flow of fluid<\/li>\n<li><strong>sterno<\/strong>: sternum<\/li>\n<li><strong>stoma<\/strong>: any small opening on the surface of the body; opening created in the abdominal wall<\/li>\n<li><strong>stomato<\/strong>:\u00a0of or relating to the mouth<\/li>\n<li><strong>tact<\/strong>: touch<\/li>\n<li><strong>tetra<\/strong>: four<\/li>\n<li><strong>therm<\/strong>:\u00a0heat<\/li>\n<li><strong>thoraco<\/strong>: referring to the chest<\/li>\n<li><strong>tom<\/strong>: cut<\/li>\n<li><strong>trich<\/strong>: hair<\/li>\n<li><strong>ur<\/strong>: urine<\/li>\n<li><strong>varic<\/strong>: varicose vein<\/li>\n<li><strong>vaso<\/strong>: referring to vessel<\/li>\n<li><strong>viscer<\/strong>: organ<\/li>\n<li><strong>xen<\/strong>: foreign [material]<\/li>\n<li><strong>xer<\/strong>: dry<\/li>\n<\/ul>\n<p>Reference<\/p>\n<p>Bliven,\u00a0K. (2014, May 29).\u00a0<em>KINE 5003: Functional anatomy, terminology<\/em>\u00a0[PDF].<\/p>\n<p>Des Moines University, Matz,\u00a0D., &amp; Dyche,\u00a0W. (n.d.). Online Medical Terminology Course. Retrieved from https:\/\/www.dmu.edu\/medterms\/<\/p>\n<p>Jenkins,\u00a0G., &amp; Tortora,\u00a0G.\u00a0J. (2012).\u00a0<em>Anatomy and Physiology: From Science to Life, 3rd Edition International Stu<\/em>. John Wiley &amp; Sons.<\/p>\n<p><em>Medical Terminology<\/em>\u00a0[PDF]. (n.d.). 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