Medical Terms: Basic Word Structure

aden/o

• lip

• abdomen

• gland

• toward

Arthr/o

• Bone
• Tissue
• Electricity
• Joint

cancer

• carcin/o
• cyan/o
• cyt/o
• cephal/o

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS3-2

NGSS.HS-LS3-1

heart

• cardi/o
• cutane/o
• erythr/o
• abdomin/o

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-3

head

• cephal/o
• lapar/o
• vascul/o
• aden/o

cell

• cyt/o
• aer/o
• aden/o
• vas/o

Tags

NGSS.HS-LS1-4

NGSS.HS-LS1-1

NGSS.HS-LS1-2

NGSS.HS-LS1-7

urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid

• -lysis
• cyst/o
• nephr/o
• urethr/o

skin

• derm/o
• lapar/o
• cardi/o
• angi/o

The term "cyte" means cell, so a hemocyte is a

• bone cell

• liver cell

• gall bladder cell

• blood cell

Kidney

• hepato

• gastro

• cysto

• nephro

Tags

NGSS.MS-LS1-3