A congenital heart problem in which four defects occur at the same time: a hole between the two ventricles, a narrowing below the pulmonary valve, a misaligned aorta, and an overdeveloped cardiac muscle tone.

The physiological process controlling the balance between heat production and heat loss in the body so as to maintain body temperature.

A minute, irregularly shaped, disklike cytoplasmic body found in blood plasma that promotes blood clotting and has no definite nucleus, no DNA, and no hemoglobin.

The surgical removal of the appendix.

A condition in which the blood contains bacterial toxins disseminated from a local source of infection or metabolic toxins resulting from organ failure or other disease.

A fluid substance that has passed through a membrane or has been extruded from a tissue.

Hormones that stimulate the ovary and testicles.

The outermost layer of cells of the blastocyst that attaches the fertilized ovum to the uterine wall and serves as a nutritive pathway for the embryo.

The tendency of an organism to turn or move toward or away from light.

A tendency of growth or movement toward or away from the Earth.

Having or consisting of a single cell.

The presence of glucose in the urine.

Pertaining to vessels, particularly blood vessels.

The diploid cell resulting from union of a male and a female gamete.

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JCS Mr. Morris' Bio Root Words Section 16 W/ Words

Question	Answer
Tetra	four
Tetrology of Fallot	A congenital heart problem in which four defects occur at the same time: a hole between the two ventricles, a narrowing below the pulmonary valve, a misaligned aorta, and an overdeveloped cardiac muscle tone.
therm	heat
Thermoregulation	The physiological process controlling the balance between heat production and heat loss in the body so as to maintain body temperature.
thorac	thorax or chest
Thoracotomy	Incision into the chest wall.
thromb	clot
Thrombocyte	A minute, irregularly shaped, disklike cytoplasmic body found in blood plasma that promotes blood clotting and has no definite nucleus, no DNA, and no hemoglobin.
tomy	to cut
Appendectomy	The surgical removal of the appendix.
tox	poison
Toxemia	A condition in which the blood contains bacterial toxins disseminated from a local source of infection or metabolic toxins resulting from organ failure or other disease.
trans	through
Transudate	A fluid substance that has passed through a membrane or has been extruded from a tissue.
tri	three
Trimester	A period of three months.
trophic, trophin, trophy	nourishing
Gonadotrophin	Hormones that stimulate the ovary and testicles.
tropho	nutrition
Trophoblast	The outermost layer of cells of the blastocyst that attaches the fertilized ovum to the uterine wall and serves as a nutritive pathway for the embryo.
tropo	turning
Phototropism	The tendency of an organism to turn or move toward or away from light.
Geotropism	A tendency of growth or movement toward or away from the Earth.
uni	one
Unicellular	Having or consisting of a single cell.
uro, uria	urine
Glycosuria	The presence of glucose in the urine.
vas	vessel
Vascular	Pertaining to vessels, particularly blood vessels.
zyg	yoked
Zygote	The diploid cell resulting from union of a male and a female gamete.

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