myel/o
Word root Routine Blood Collections
Bone marrow or spinal cord.
Example: myelogram (imaging of the spinal cord)
Sources
- Appendix A: Word Parts and What They Mean · MedlinePlus, U.S. National Library of Medicine
Terms built with myel/o
- osteomyelitisInfection of bone; a known complication of an infant heel puncture that reaches the calcaneus.
Related terms
- lip/oFat or lipid.
- lymph/oLymph, the fluid of the lymphatic system.
- my/o, muscul/oMuscle.
- myc/oFungus.
- necr/oDeath (of cells or tissue).
- neur/oNerve or nervous system.
- path/oDisease.
- ped/oChild; in some words, foot.