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Root Terms
From Online course of Medical Terminology
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| 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 |