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Understanding Medical Words Tutorial
A quick review of what we covered so far.
- Brain is enceph
- Eye is ocul or oculo
- Nose is rhino
- Liver is hepat or hepato
- Head is ceph
- Heart is cardi or cardio
- Stomach is gastr or gastro
- Large intestine is colo
These are root words for the other areas of your body.
- Chest is thorac or thoraco
- Lung is pneumo or pleura
- Breast is mamm or mammo
- Blood clot is thromb or thrombo
- Kidney is neph