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Terminology
root words for medical terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| angi | vessel |
| aort | aorta |
| card | heart |
| oxy | oxygen |
| pector | chest |
| phleb | vein |
| stenosis | narrowing |
| thromb | clot |
| vas | blood vessel |
| ven | vein |
| adrena | adrenal |
| glyc | sugar |
| lipid | fat |
| nephr | kidney |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| somat | body |
| thym | thymus |
| chol | bile |
| col | colon |
| duoden | duodenum |
| enter | intestine |
| esophag | esophagus |
| gastr | stomach |
| hepat | liver |
| lapar | abdomen |
| pancreat | pancreas |
| adip | fat |
| cutane | skin |
| derma | skin |
| hist | tissue |
| kerat | hard |
| mast | breast |
| necr | death |
| onych | nail |
| aden | gland |
| cyt | cell |
| hemo | blood |
| hemat | blood |
| lymph | lymph |
| splen | spleen |
| thromb | clot |
| thym | thymus |
| chondr | cartilage |
| my | muscle |
| fibr | fiber |
| tendin | tendon |
| cerebr | cerebrum |
| dementio | to be mad |
| encephal | brain |
| esthesi | sensation |
| mening | meninges |
| myel | spinal cord |
| neur | nerve |
| arthr | joint |
| carp | wrist |
| crani | skull |
| dactyl | finger or toe |
| femor | thigh bone |
| fibul | small leg bone |
| humer | upper arm bone |
| oste | bone |
| patell | knee cap |
| ped | foot |
| pod | foot |
| pelv | pelvis |
| phalang | finger and toe bones |
| rachi | vertebrae |
| spondyl | vertebrae |
| stern | sternum |
| tibi | large leg bone |