Medical Terminology Word Roots

cost-

• cartilage

• money

• rib

• bones

-gram

• record

• size

• small

• joint

acro-

• sac

• extremities

• fluid

• movement

rhexis

• wreckless

• break, burst

• torn

• bones

carcin-

• under, less

• poison

• cancer

• crash

-penia

• production

• decrease

• pen

• original

gen-

• twist

• genesis

• original, production

• binding

burso-

• shred

• sac

• break

• torn

retr(o)-

• upwards

• retreat

• backwards

• downwards

trip-

• fall

• rub, friction

• to go away

• middle