Med Term: The Basics

Cardi/o

• activity
• respiratory
• heart
• bone

GASTR/ O

• throat
• stomach
• Abdomen
• Nerve

-ectomy

• Disease
• Excision, removal
• Specialist
• Vessel

viscer/o

• cells

• Gland

• internal organs

• White

Hepat/o

• liver
• Red
• White
• Gland

Arthr/o

• Bone
• Tissue
• Electricity
• Joint

Neur/o

• Nerve

• Kidney

• Disease

• Liver

-itis

• Condition
• Specialist
• Inflammation
• Study of

Most medical word roots are derived from:

• Latin and Greek

• Spanish and French

• German and Latin

• Latin and Englis

The root word for liver is:

• mast

• hepat

• oste

• my