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Root Terms
From Online course of Medical Terminology
Question | Answer |
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Adeno | Gland |
Calculi | Stone |
Cele | Tumor, cyst, hernia |
Cyto | Cell |
Glyco | Sugar, Sweet |
Homeo (homo) | Same, like |
Lingua | Tongue |
Lip | Fat |
Lith | Stone |
Madaro | Falling Hair |
Psych | Mind |
Pyo | Pus |
Radi | Rays |
Thermic | Heat |
Arthro | Joint |
Carpo | Wrist |
CHONDRO | CARTILAGE |
COSTA | RIB |
CRANIO | SKULL |
DACTYL | FINGER |
ILI | HIP |
MANUS | HAND |
MEL | BONE MARROW |
MYO | MUSCLE |
ORTHO | STRAIGHTEN |
OSTEO | BONE |
PEDI | FOOT |
SPONDYL | VERTEBRA |
CUTIS | SKIN |
DENT | TEETH |
DERMA | DERMATOLOGY |
HAPSIA | TOUCH |
ODONT | TEETH |
ONCO | TUMOR |
ONYCHIA | NAIL BED |
PEDICULAR | LICE |
PRURIGO | ITCHING |
PSORA | ITCH |
SARCO | FLESH |
SCLERO | HARD |
SQUAMA | SCALY |
TRICHO | HAIR |
CHOLE | BILE, GALL BLADDER |
COLON | LARGE INTESTINE |
EMESIS | VOMITING |
ENTERO | INTESTINE |
GASTRO | STOMACH |
GLOSSO | TONGUE |
HEPAT | LIVER |
ILE | ILEUM (LAST THREE SECTIONS IN SMALL INTESTINE) |
LAPARO | ABDOMEN |
MYXO | MUCUS |
PROCTO | ANUS, RECTUM |
PYLORO | PYLORUS, GATE KEEPER |
STOMA | OPENING, MOUTH |
VISCERO | BODY ORGANS |
OCULO | EYE |
OPTHALMO | EYE |
OTO | EAR |
PARIETES | WALL, PART |
PONS | BRIDGES |
TEMPORA | TEMPERAL |
OCCIPUT | BACK OF SKULL |
NEURO | NERVES |
MENINGO | MEMBRANES; SPINAL CORD |
MEDULLA | BRAIN MIDDLE |
ESTHESIA | SENSATION |
ENCEPHALO | BRAIN |
CEREBRO | BRAIN |
AUDIO | SOUND |
CREATININE | A WASTE MATERIAL IN URINE |
CYSTO | BLADDER |
GLOMERULO | NEPHRON PART, LITTLE BALL |
NEPHRO | KIDNEY |
PERITONEO | LINING OF ABDOMINAL ORGANS |
PYELO | PELVIS |
RENI | KIDNEY |
URETERO | URETER |
URETHRO | URETHRA |
URI | URINE |
URIC | PERTAINING TO URINE |
URINA | URINE |
URO | URINE |
VAS | DUCT, VESSEL |
OVA | EGG |
SALPING | TUBE, FALLOPIAN |
SPERMA | SEED |
BULBO | BULBLIKE |
CERVI | NECK, UTERUS |
GALACTO | MILK |
GENITO | REPRODUCTIVE SYSTEM |
HYSTER | UTERUS |
LACTIN | MILK |
MAST | BREAST |
METR | UTERUS |
NATAL | BORN |
OOPHORO | OVARY |
ORCHIDO | TESTICLE |
ORO | MOUTH |
NASO | NOSE |
LARYNGO | LARYNX (VOICE BOX) |
ECTASIS | EXPANSION |
CILI | HAIRLIKE PROCESSES |
BRONCHO | BRONCHI, AIRWAY |
OXY | OXYGEN, KEEN |
TRACHEO | TRCHEA, WIND PIPE |
RHIN | NOSE |
PULMO | LUNGS |
PTYSIS | TO SPIT |
PNEUMO | LUNG |
PLEURA | RIB SIDE |
PECTOR | CHEST |
ANGIO | VESSELL |
AORTAL | MAIN ARTERY |
ARTERIO | ARTERY |
CARDIO | HEART |
EMBOLI | VESSELL OBSTRUCTION |
EMIA | BLOOD |
HEMA OR HEMO | BLOOD |
PHLEB | VEIN |
THROMBO | BLOOD CLOT |
VARICO | VARICOSE VEINS |
VASO | BLOOD VESSEL |
VENA | VEIN |
VENTRICU | HEART CAVITY |