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roots of medical terms
Question | Answer |
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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 |