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Latin & Greek root
| Question | Answer |
|---|---|
| Anus | Ring |
| Caries | Decay |
| Cella | Chamber |
| Lues | Plague |
| Corpus | Body |
| Foramen | Perforation (A hole) |
| Fornix | Arch |
| Fundus | Bottom, Base |
| Hernia | Rupture (burst suddenly) |
| Ilium | Flank (the side of a person's body between the ribs and the hip) |
| Ligamentum | Binding |
| Lens | Lentil (high protein pulse) |
| Dens | Tooth |
| Bucca | Cheek |
| Mens | Mind |
| Mensis | Month |
| Morbus | Disease |
| Meatus | Opening |
| Manus | Hand |
| Labium | Lip |
| Cortex | Bark |
| Cutis | Skin |
| Fascia | Band |
| Nausea | Seasickness |
| Bacillus | Little Rod |
| Caput | Head |
| Soma | Body |
| Hymen | Membrane |
| Pleura | RIbs, side |
| Trauma | Wound |
| Hygieia | Health |
| Pneuma | Air, breath of air |
| Sarx | Flesh |
| Pepsis | The act of digestion |
| Blast(o) | Germ or bud |
| Blenn(o) | Mucus |
| Chil(o) | Lip |
| Chol/ Chole/ Choli | Bile, gall |
| Chondr(o)/ Chondri | Cartilage or gristle |
| Copr(o) | Feces, excrement (Waste matter discharged from the bowels) |
| Hydr(o) | Water |
| Narc | Numbness, stupor |
| Pod | Foot, Foot-like |
| Pyo | Pus |
| Pyr/ Pyret | Fire, Heat, inflammation |
| Sphygmo | Pulse, Pulsation |
| -agogue | Leader |
| -algia/ -odynia | Pain |
| -cele | Protrusion (Bulging out), tumor, hernia |
| -asthenia | Weak |
| -cide | Killing, destorying |
| -esthesia | Sensation, Feeling |
| -lysis | Breaking down, Loosening, Dissolution |
| -malacia | Softening |
| -poiesis/ -genesis | Making, Formation of |
| -opia | Vision |
| -ptosis | Displacement, Falling |
| -sclerosis | Hardening of, Stiffening |
| -version | Turning, Twisting |