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ROOT WORDS
MEDICAL TERM
Question | Answer |
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adeno | gland sweat gland, (SWEATY DINOSAUR) |
calculi | stone (MATH) |
cele | tumor cyst hernia (FOR SALE) |
cyto | cell (JAIL CELL) |
glyco | sweet sugar (DOUGHNUTS) |
hemo, homo | similar same like (SAME HOME) |
lingua | tongue (IN MOUTH) |
lip | fat (FATTY FOODS) |
lith | stone (SPEAKING WITH STONES IN MOUTH) |
madora | falling hair (CUTTING HAIR) |
psych | mind (MENTAL) |
pyo | pus (POPPING A ZIT) |
radi | rays (RADIATION) |
thermic | heat (TEMPERATURE) |
arthro | joint joint inflammation (ARM BEND) |
carpo | wrist |
chondro | cartilage soft (MOVEMENT OF JOINTS) |
costa | rib (BUYING RIBS FOR DINNER) |
craino | skull (BRAIN,HEAD) |
dactyl | finger (WEB FINGERS) |
ili | hip (PERSON IS HIP, COOL) |
manus | hand (HELPING HAND) |
myel | bone marrow (SOFT TISSUE IN THE INTERIOR BONES) |
myo | muscle (STRONG) |
ortho | straighten (STRAIGHTENING YOUR HAIR) |
osteo | bone (BONES IN THE BODY) |
pedi | foot (STAND ON YOUR FOOT) |
spondyl | vertebra (YOUR SPINE) |
cutis | skin (COVERS THE WHOLE BODY) |
dent | teeth (DENTIST) |
derma | skin (DERMATOLOGIST) |
hapsia | touch (FEELING SOMETHING) |
odont | teeth (DENTIST) |
onco | tumor |
onychia | nail beds (FLOWER BED) |
pedicular | lice (HEAD,BUGS) |
prurigo | itching (MOSQUITO BITE) |
psora | itch (SCRATCH IT) |
sarco | flesh (SKIN EATING, OPEN WOUND) |
scleo | hard (BRICK) |
squamous | scalelike (SCALY FISH) |
tricho | hair (WIG) |
chole | bile, gallbladder (REMOVED,HAD MINE TAKING OUT) |
colon | large intestine (COLONY, BUTT) |
emesis | vomiting (THROW UP) |
entero | intestine (ENTER, INSIDE) |
gastro | stomach (HUNGARY, WHERE FOOD GOES) |
glosso | tongue (IN MOUTH, YOU STICK OUT AT PEOPLE) |
hepat | liver (LIVER AND ONIONS FOR DINNER) |
ile | ileum (DUODENUM, JEJUNUM, 3 SECTIONS IN THE SMALL INTESTINE) |
laparo | abdomen (GAS PAINS) |
myxo | mucus (YELLOWISH SALIVA, NASAL) |
procto | anus, rectum (BUTT) |
pyloro | pylorus, gatekeeper (HOLDS FOOD IN STOMACH READY TO DIGEST) |
stoma | opening, mouth (SURGICAL OPENING) |
viscero | body organs (EVERYTHING INSIDE THE BODY) |
angio | vessel (BROKEN VESSELS SPOTS) |
aortal | aorta (MAIN ARTERY IN THE HEART) |
arterio | artery |
cardio | heart (DECK OF HEARTS) |
emboli | vessel obstruction (BLOOD CLOT) |
emia | blood |
hema, hemo | blood |
phleb | vein (WHEN GETTING BLOOD WORK DONE, YOU LOOK FOR IT) |
thrombo | blood clot |
varico | varicose veins (VEINS ON LEGS POP OUT) |
vaso | blood vessel |
vena | vein (BLOOD GOES THROW THEM) |
ventricu | heart cavity (HEART CAVITY) |
broncho | airway (WINDPIPE) |
cili | hairlike (WIG) |
ectasis | expansion (BREATHING IN) |
laryngo | larynx (VOICE BOX) |
naso | nose (NASAL) |
oro | mouth (ORAL, TALK WITH) |
oxy | oxygen, keen (STRONG, NEED AIR TO BREATH) |
petor | breast, chest (BOOBS) |
pleura | rib side (RIBS) |
pneumo | lung (NEED TO BREATH WITH) |
ptysis | to spit (SPIT) |
pulmo | lungs (NEED TO BREATH WITH) |
rhin | nose (RHINOCEROS, RHINO) |
tracheo | trachea, windpipe (WINDPIPE, AIR TRAVELS THROUGH) |
creatinine | waste material (WASTE MATERIAL) |
cysto | bladder (BLADDER) |
glomerulo | nephron, part, little ball (LITTLE BALL, YARN, GLOBE) |
nephro | kidney (KIDNEY, PAIR) |
peritoneo | lining of abdominal organs (LINING OF ABDOMINAL ORGANS) |
pyelo | pelvis (PELVIS,HIPS) |
reni | kidney (KIDNEY) |
uretero | ureter (KIDNEY STONES) |
urethro | urethra (URETHRA) |
uri | urine (PEE) |
uric | pertaining to urine (URINE, PEE) |
urina | urine (PEE, BEER) |
uro | urine (PEE, YELLOW) |
bulbo | bulblike, bulourethral gland (BULBLIKE, LIKE) |
cervi | uterus, neck (NEXT MASSAGE) |
galacto | milk (BREAST MILK) |
genito | reproductive system (REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM |
hyster | urterus (URTERUS, TEARS GIVEN BIRTH) |
lactin | milk (BREAST MILK) |
mast | breast (BREAST, BREASTBONE) |
metr | uterus (URANUS, FAR AWAY) |
natal | born (BABY BORN) |
oophoro | ovary (EGGS) |
orchido | testicle (BALLS) |
ova, ovi, ovo | egg (EGG) |
salping | tube, fallopian (SALPING TICKETS) |
sperma, spermato | seed (PLANTING SEEDS) |
vas | duct, vessel (DONALD DUCK) |
audio | sound |
cerebro | brain |
encephalo | brain (HALO) |
esthesia | sensation |
medulla | brain middle (MIDDLE OF BRAIN) |
meningo | membraines, spinal cord (MEN BRAINS) |
neuro | nerves |
occiput | back of skull (PART THAT LAYS ON PILLOW) |
oculo | eye (BINOCULAS) |
ophthalmo | eye (BINOCULAS) |
oto | ear (HEAR FROM) |
parietes | parietel, wall part (WALL OF BRAIN) |
pons | bridges (I PUT WINDOW DOWN WHEN DRIVING OVER THEM) |
tempora | temporal |