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roots of medical terms
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| carpo | wrist |
| Lith | stone |
| lip | fat |
| lingua | tongue |
| calculi | stone |
| chondro | cartilage |
| costa | rib |
| dactyl | fingers |
| osteo | bones |
| spondyl | vertebra |
| pedi | foot |
| thermic | heat |
| homeo | same, like, similar |
| glyco | sugar, sweet |
| cele | tumor, cyst, hernia |
| adeno | gland |
| manus | hand |
| pyo | pus |
| radi | rays |
| cranio | skull |
| myel | bone marrow |
| myo | muscle |
| ortho | straighten |
| artho | joint |
| madaro | falling hair |
| ili | hip |
| cyto | cell |
| psych | mind |
| Procto | anus, rectum |
| Tricho | Hair |
| chole | bile, galbladder |
| colon | large intestine |
| Entero | intestine |
| Hepat | Liver |
| Derma | skin |
| Myxo | mucus |
| cutis | skin |
| emesis | vomiting |
| Pyloro | gatekeeper, pylorus |
| Stoma | mouth,opening |
| Gastro | stomach |
| Glosso | tongue |
| Odont | teeth |
| Hapsia | touch |
| onychia | nail beds |
| pedicular | lice |
| prurigo | itching |
| onco | tumor |
| psora | itch |
| sarco | flesh |
| sclero | hard |
| dent | teeth |
| ile | ileum |
| Ileum | last of the 3 sections of the small intestine |
| Laparo | abdomen |
| Squama | scaly |
| viscero | body organs |
| tracheo | trachea, windpipe |
| Laryngo | Larynx,voicebox |
| Ventricu | Heart cavity |
| Broncho | bronchi,airway |
| Naso | nose |
| Rhin | nose |
| Emia | blood |
| Vena | vein |
| Hema,homa | blood |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| Arterio | artery |
| Pulmo | lung |
| Pector | breast,chest |
| Pleura | ribside |
| angio | vessel |
| cili | hairlike processes |
| aortal | aorta,main artery |
| cardio | heart |
| varico | varicose veins |
| oxy | oxygen keen |
| oro | mouth |
| ectasis | expansion |
| pneumo | lung |
| ptysis | to spit |
| emboli | vessel obstruction |
| phleb | vein |
| thrombo | blood clot |