Root Words - definition to combining term
card/i
card/o
card/io
erythr/o
red
VS
vital signs
c̅
with
laryng/o
larynx
voice box
cran/i
gland
aden/o
blue
cyan/o
ROM
Range of Motion
decrease, lower, below
mast/o
mamm/o
breast
enter/o
kidney
nephr/o
melan/o
black
BM
Bowel Movement
p̄
after
immun/o
immune
gastr/o
skin
derm/o
dermat/o
chlor/o
green
npo
nothing by mouth
ā
before
arteri/o
artery
hydr/o
bone
oste/o
purple
purpura
prn
as needed
Δ
change
ven/o
phleb/o
vein
neur/o
nose
rhin/o
white
albin/o
leuk/o
rx
prescription
s̅
without
pulmon/o
pulmonary
respiratory system
lungs
opt/o or ophthalm/o
ear
ot/o
aur/o
yellow
Xanth/o
Cirroh/o
EHR
Electronic Health Record
female
cis/o
to cut
hem/o or hemat/o