Root Words
cardi/o
What is the heart?
Enter/o
What is the root word for intestine"
-itis
What is inflammation?
Arthritis
What is joint inflammation?
A root for skin
Arthr/o
What is the root word for joint?
My/o
What is the root word for muscle?
A tool for looking
What is -scope
Study of the heart
What is cardiology?
pneum/o
What is lung?
Hepat/o
What is the root word for liver?
Oste/o
What is the root word for bone?
-dynia
Whay is pain?
skelatal
What is pertaining to the skeletan?
Sceroderma
What is abnormal hardening of the skin?
Orth/o
What is the root word for Straight?
Angi/o
What is the root word for vein or vessel?
What is megaly?
The study of diseases
What is pathology?
Gastroenterologist
What is a specialist in the study of the stomach and intestine?
Scler/o
What is the root word for- abnormal hardening?
Path/o
What is the root word for disease?
Suffix meaning flow or discharge?
What is -rrhea?
Excessive flow of blood
What is hemorrhage?
Removal of the liver
What is hepatectomy?