350 med term roots Word Scramble

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350 med term roots

350 Medical Terminology Words Dean Vaughn System

Question	Answer
gastr	stomach
cardi	heart
megal	enlarged
itis	inflammation
dermat	skin
plast	surgical repair
cerebr	brain
path	disease
ectomy	surgical removal
enter	intestines (usually small)
osis	any condition
otomy	cut into
aden	gland (adrenal)
angi	vessel
oma	tumor
nephr	kidney
hepat	liver
arthr	joint
blephar	eyelid
ologist	specialist
rhin	nose
gingiv	gum
malacia	soft
ology	the study of
spasm	involuntary contraction
algia	pain
crani	skull
end	inside, within
hemi	half
oid	like
hyper	above normal
cyst	sac of fluid
chole	bile
hypo	under
scop	observe
hyster	uterus
ostomy	create an opening
para	beside, beyond
lysis	loosening, deteriorate
cervic	neck
chondr	cartilage
cyan	blue
hem(at)	blood
ost	bone
psycho	mind
lip	fat
my	muscle
lith	stone
opthalm, opt	eye
proct	anus
cost	rib
gram	record
acro	extremities
rhexis	burst, break
carcin	cancer
penia	decrease
gen	original production
burso	sac
retr(o)	backwards
trip	rub, friction
strept	twist
desis	binding
mani	madness
glosso	tongue
trophy	development
supra	above
ptosis	falling
dyn	pain
mast	breast
rraphy	suture
dent	teeth
cephal	head
auto	self
epi	upon
hydro	water
lobo	section
emisis	vomitting
contra	against, counter
iasis	condition
trans	through, across
brady	slow
ectasis	expansion
cyt	cell
odont	tooth
leuk	white
esthesia	sensation
cantho	angel at the end of the eyelid
steno	narrow, contracted
cheil	lip
cele	hernia
benign	non-cancerous
semen	seed
celio	abdomen
eurethro	red
vaso	vessel
melan	black
cauda	tail
lingua	tongue
myring	eardrum
spondyl	spinal column
ovar	egg (female reproduction)
centesis	puncture
oto	eye
bili	bile
squam	scale
mening	membrane
cec	blind passage
macul	spot
pexy	suspension
onco	tumor
or	mouth
sub	under
spiro	coil
lacrim	tear
viscero	organ
lact	milk
onych	nail, claw
thorac	chest
pyle	gate
vesic	bladder
sphenic	wedge
myel	marrow, spinal cord
anti	against
myco	fungus
hallux	great toe
physio	nature
bucc(o)	cheek
palpbr	eyelid
plasia	development
rug	fold, crease, wrinkle
aur	ear
acoust(i)	hearing
colp(o)	hollow, vagina
phon	voice, sound
leio	smooth
cor	heart
ren	kidney
orchi	testis
encephal	brain
thalam	inner chamber
plexus	braid
cilia	eyelash
dendr	tree, branching
phleb	vein
pilo	hair
histo	tissue
stoma	mouth
tympan	eardrum
umbilic	navel
salpingo	tube
helio	sun
astr	star-shaped
asthenia	weakness
fascia	sheet, band
iso	equal
tarso	ankle
tope	place
pod	foot
malign	bad
adnexa	tied, connected
ocul	eye
lapar	abdominal wall
dacry	tear
ment	mind
part	labor, bring forth
scler(a)	hard
somato	body
trachel	neck
sinus	hollow, cavity
hypno	sleep
sept	wall, fence
scirr(h)	hard
antr	cavity
crine	secrete
dura	hard
pneum	lung
phage	to eat
phren	mind
corne	horny
plak	plate
iris	rainbow
kerat	horny
pulmon	lung
ptyal	saliva
alveol	cavity
oophor	ovary
oment	covering
sedat	calm, quiet
furca	fork-shaped
radic	root
radi	ray
fistul	pipe
edema	swelling
dactyl	finger, toe
metabol(e)	change
pariet	wall
ependym	wrapping
gravid	pregnant
aer	air
glyco	sweet
tarso	framework of the eyelid
cheir, chir	hand
calc	heel, stone
cine	move
digit	finger, toe
dors	back
gangli	swelling
gemin	twin, pair
grad	walk, take steps
gran	grain, particle
labi	lips
micr	small
peps	digest
pleur	pleura, ribs, side
mamm	breast
colla	glue
later	side
rachi	spinal column
phob	fear
phot	light
dys	bad
cut	skin
en	in
peri	around, about
pro	in front of, before
mechano	machine
dynam	power
osmo	odor
traumat	wound
trich	hair
maxill	upper jaw bone
an, a	without, not
phak	lens
pre	in front of, before
strict	draw tight
turbin	shaped like a top
ameb	change
semi	half
neo	new
hormone	excite
therm	heat
syn, sym	together
vuls	twitch, pull
post	after
metr	uterus
tegument	covering, skin
pan	all
poly	many
ramus	branches
neuro	nerve, nervous
thromb	lump, clot
ab	not
plegia	paralysis
ante	before
thel	nipple
ex	out, away from
lein	spleen
tumor	swelling
vestibule	entrance
puer	child
sarc	flesh
proli	offspring
macro	very large
lal	speech
intra	within
inter	between
infra	beneath
cryo	cold
mal	bad
glom	ball
tens	stretch
spas	pull, draw
somni	sleep
pharmac	drug
lumbo	loins
arter	artery
appendic	appendix
thyro	thyroid
splen	spleen
ovario	ovary
adreno	adrenal (gland)
basi	base
pelvi	pelvis
vena	vein
urethr	urethra
utero	uterus
sacro	sacrum
pharyng	pharynx
duodeno	duodenum
ureter	ureter
laryng	larynx
bronch	bronchus
col	colon
esophag	esophagus
bi	two
tri	three
ile	ileum (end intestine)
ili	ilium (hip)
lig	ligament
therap	therapy
ventr	front
vert	turn
eu	good
ambi	both
amphi	around, on both sides
brachy	short
capit	head
cau	burn
clas	break
duct	tube
fiss	split
ger	old
heter	other
infer	under
home	same
olfact	smell
orth	straight
gyn	female
pachy	thick
phrag	fence
poster	back part
cata	down
platy	flat
pseud	false
schiz	split
proxim	nearest
scol	curved
apo	away from
di	twice
dia	through
eury	broad
pect	chest
necr	dead
mi	less
morph	form
dis	apart
fac	make, do
lept	slender
lymph	water fluid
meta	beyond
rrhag	burst, burst forth
sta	stand
ton	stretch
volv	to roll
splanchn	internal organs
rrhe	flow
med	middle
xer	dry
per	throughout
blast	bud

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Della Hanna on 2011-11-02