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| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Emesis | vomiting |
| entero | intestine |
| gastro | stomach |
| glosso | tongue |
| hepat | liver |
| laparo | abdomen |
| myxo | mucus |
| procto | anus, rectum |
| viscero | body organs |
| prurigo | itching |
| squama | scaly |
| pyloro | gatekeeper |
| stoma | opening,mouth |
| chole | bile,gallbladder |
| ile | ileum,small intestine |
| tricho | hair |
| onychia | nail bed |
| cutis | skin |
| dent | teeth |
| derma | skin |
| hapsia | touch |
| odont | teeth |
| pedicular | lice |
| psora | itch-condition |
| sarco | flesh |
| sclero | hard |
| colon | large intestine |
| vena | vein |
| phleb | vein |
| vaso | blood vessel |
| arterior | artery |
| angio | vessel |
| aortal | main artery |
| emboli | vessel obstruction |
| laryngo | larynx,voice box |
| ectasis | expansion |
| cili | hairlike process |
| broncho | airway,bronci |
| ventricu | heart cavity |
| pulmo | lungs |
| rhin | nose |
| cardio | heart |
| emia | blood |
| hema,hemo | blood |
| pector | chest,breast |
| pleura | rib side |
| pneuma | lungs |
| ptysis | spit |
| varico | varicose veins |
| thrombo | blood clot |
| tracheo | windpipe |
| oxy | oxygen |
| oro | mouth |
| naso | nose |
| myel | bone marrow |
| manus | hand |
| thermic | heat |
| radi | rays |
| pyo | pus |
| psych | mind |
| madaro | hair falling |
| lith | stone |
| lip | fat |
| lingua | tongue |
| homeo | similar,alike |
| glyco | sugar |
| ili | hip |
| dactyl | finger,toe |
| cranio | brain |
| costa | rib cage |
| chondro | cartlidge |
| carpo | wrist |
| arthro | joints |
| cyto | cell |
| cele | tumor,cyst,hernia |
| calculi | stone |
| adeno | gland |
| spondyl | vertebrae |
| pedi | foot |
| osteo | bones |
| ortho | straighten |
| myo | muscle |
| onco | tumor |
| oophoro | ovary |
| natal | born |
| salping | tube,fallopian |
| mast | breast |
| bulbo | bulblike |
| cervi | neck |
| galacto | milk |
| genito | reproductive system |
| reni | kidney |
| pyelo | pelvis |
| peritoneo | lining of abdomen organs |
| nephro | kidney |
| cysto | bladder |
| creatinine | waste in urine |
| uri,uro,urina | urine |
| uric | pertaining to urine |
| hyster | uterus |
| metr | uterus |
| vas | vessel,duct |
| sperma,spermato | seed |
| ova,ovi,ovo | egg |
| lactin | milk |
| orchido | testicled |
| glomerulo | nephron part,ball like |
| urethro | urethra |
| uretero | ureter |
| audio | sound |
| cerebro | brain |
| encephalo | sensation |
| medulla | brain middle |
| meningo | membranes,spinal cord |
| neuro | nerves |
| occiput | back of skull |
| oculo | eye |
| opthalmo | eye |
| oto | ear |
| parietes | parietal,wall part |
| pons | bridges |
| tempora | temporal |