hepat/o

Medical Root
hepat/o

hepat/o means liver (from the Greek).

What does hepat/o mean?

The root hepat/o means "liver". It is used to build many medical terms, and comes from the Greek.

Example words using hepat/o

WordMeaning
hepatitisinflammation of the liver
hepatomegalyenlarged liver

Related word parts

chol/e · gastr/o

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