Root Words 1
lumb/o
lumbar region
ton/o
tone; tension
-logy
study of
dors/o
back of the body
crani/o
skull
ventr/o
belly side of body; ventral aspect
a-
without
-genesis
formation
fibr/o
fiber
chondr/o
cartilage
astr/o
star; star-shaped
ana-
apart
-ism
process; condition
proxim/o
near the point of origin; near; close
carcin/o
cancer
hist/o
tissue
exo-
outward
-plasia
development; formation
physi/o
function
dist/o
away from the point of origin; far; distant
Kary/o
nucleus
eu-
good; normal
-blast
developing cell
viscer/o
internal organs
bol/o
cast; throw