Med Lab Terms

• adenoid/o: adenoids
• albin/o: white
• arteri/o: artery
• atel/o: incomplete, imperfect
• caud/o: tail
• cephal/o: head
• cervic/o: neck, cervix uteri
• enter/o: intestine
• fibr/o: fiber, fibrous tissue
• fluor/o: luminous, fluorescence
• gastr/o: stomach
• hem/o, hem/a: blood
• hepat: liver
• hidr/o, sudor/o: sweat
• hist/o: tissue
• hydr/o: water
• ichthy/o: dry, scaly
• ili/o: ilium
• infer/o: lower, below
• inguin/o: groin
• kerat/o: horny tissue, hard, cornea
• laryng/o: larynx
• later/o: side, to one side
• leuk/o: white
• lip/o, steat/o: fat
• lith/o: stone
• lob/o: motor movement
• lumb/o: loins
• medi/o: middle
• melan/o: black
• melan/o: death, necrosis
• muc/o: mucus
• my/o: muscle
• myc/o: fungus
• nas/o, rhin/o: nose
• neur/o: nerve
• nucle/o: nucleus
• onych/o: nail
• or/o, stomat/o: mouth
• orth/o: straight