Medical Terminology
Unit Three
 
Root or affix
Definition
abdomin/o abdomen
centesis puncture
cerebr/o cerebrum
chol/e bile, gall
cocc/i coccus
crani/o cranium
cyst/o bladder, sac
hydr/o water
lith/o stone, calculus
lumb/o loin, lumbar area
metr/o, meter measure
ot/o ear
pelv/i pelivs
phob/ia fear
pub/o pubis
py/o pus
rhin/o nose
therap/o treatment
thorac/o thorax, chest
ab-- away from
ad-- toward
supra-- above
-ar pertaining to
-scope, scopy examining, looking at
-orrhea flow
-meter measuring instrument
-genesis, gen/o development, formation, beginning
 
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