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ROOT WORDS
MEDICAL TERM
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |
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