Med Word Building Word Scramble
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Question | Answer |
amygdalo/o | almond shaped structure |
chemonucle/o | chemical/dissolution |
cistern/o | reservoir |
dendr/o | tree, branching |
plex/o | interweave |
sulc/o | furrow/ditch |
hypn/o | sleep |
phil/o | love, attraction to |
epidur/o | upon or outside dura mater |
lamin/a and /o | thin flat plate/layer |
lob/o | well-defined part of organ |
rhiz/o | relating to a root |
thalam/o | brain division/ovoid mass |
cata- | down |
listhesis- | slippage |
ana- | up (anabolism: building up of body substance) |
blast- | embryonic, immature (as in cell) |
cata- | down |
choledoch/o | common bile duct |
enter/o | intestines |
hidr/o | sweat (hidropoiesis: formation of sweat) |
hist/o | tissues |
-ior | pertaining to (ex. anterior) |
celi/o | belly, abdomen |
proct/o | anus, rectum |
pylor/o | pyloric sphincter |
sialaden/o | salivary gland |
stomat/o | mouth |
amyl/o | starch |
steat/o | fat |
-ic | pertaining to (adjective) |
-eal | pertaining to (adjective) |
-ac | pertaining to (adjective) |
-ive | pertaining to (adjective) |
-al | pertaining to (adjective) |
-an | pertaining to (adjective) |
-ar | pertaining to (adjective) |
-ay | pertaining to (adjective) |
-able | capable of (adjective) |
-ible | capable of (adjective) |
-ia | condition (noun) |
-iasis | condition (noun) |
-ism | condition (noun) |
kerat- | cornea |
blenn- | mucus |
noci- | pain, injury |
cholangi/o | bile vessel |
vesic/o | urinary bladder |
-clasis | fracture/break |
desis | binding or fixation of a bone or joint |
-icle | small, minute, little |
-ole | small, minute, little |
-ula | small, minute, little |
-ule | small, minute, little |
-in | not |
dys- | difficult/abnormal |
-ine | a substance (endocrine) |
-tropin | stimulating the function (endocrine) |
-uria | urine condition (endocrine) |
oxy- | rapid, sharp (oxytocia: rapid birth) |
-physis | growth (as in the bone, ex. diaphysis) |
spir/o | to breathe |
cytosis | condition of cells |
-in | not (ex. inability) |
dys- | difficult/abnormal |
-asthenia | lacking strength |
-porosis | porous |
-schisis | a splitting |
iso- | equal |
-latry | worship of |
-phore | bearer/producer |
aesthet- | perception (ex. anesthetic is without perception) |
ast- | star |
gyro- | circle (gyroscope) |
helio- | the sun |
amo/ami- | love |
fibor- | fiber |
plic/plex- | interweave, fold (ex. complicated, perplex) |
furc/o | forking |
ipsi- | same |
thec/o | sheath |
desm/o | fibrous connection, ligament |
-agra | sudden onslaught of acute pain |
-emphraxis | obstruction |
-tocia | childbirth (ex. oxytocia, means rapid childbirth) |
omo- | shoulder |
epipl/o | omentum |
rhytid/o | wrinkle (ex. rhytidectomy or removal of wrinkles) |
-y | condition or process |
zo/o | animal life (NOT as in sperm or spermatozoa) |
kary/o | nucleus |
myx/o | mucus (ex. myxopoeisis or production of mucus) |
spondyl/o | vertebra |
myel/o | spinal cord or bone marrow (as in myelography diagnoses spinal cord/nerve root problems) |
my/o | muscle |
iatr/o | physicians, treatment, medicine |
omphal/o | umbilicus |
pyel/o | renal pelvis |
phren/o | mind or diaphragm |
metr/i | uterine tissue |
articul/o | joint |
arthr/o | joint |
roentgen/o | x-ray, as in roentgenology |
scint/i | spark, as in scintigraphy (note the spelling is with an āiā) |
cine- | movement, as in cineradiogram |
-ptysis | spitting (ex. hemoptysis) |
olig/o | scanty |
terat/o | monster (ex. teratoma - germ cell tumor such as dermoid cyst) |
kary/o | nucleus |
poikil/o | varied, irregular |
sider/o | iron |
plasm/o | formation |
ple/o | more, many |
rube/o | red |
scirrh/o | hard |
myx/o | mucus |
acr/o | extremity |
crin/o | secrete |
kerat/o | hard, horny tissue or cornea |
myc/o | fungus |
trich/o | hair |
pil/o | hair |
thel/o | nipple |
squam/o | scaly |
eosin/o | rosy |
lute/o | yellow |
poli/o | gray |
sudor- | sweat |
-plasia | formation, growth |
ana- | anew, again, backward |
apo- | away, off |
-emia | blood condition |
-globin | protein |
-phoresis | carried |
-poesis | formation |
aniso- | unequal |
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