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Terminology
root words for medical terminology
Question | Answer |
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angi | vessel |
aort | aorta |
card | heart |
oxy | oxygen |
pector | chest |
phleb | vein |
stenosis | narrowing |
thromb | clot |
vas | blood vessel |
ven | vein |
adrena | adrenal |
glyc | sugar |
lipid | fat |
nephr | kidney |
pancreat | pancreas |
somat | body |
thym | thymus |
chol | bile |
col | colon |
duoden | duodenum |
enter | intestine |
esophag | esophagus |
gastr | stomach |
hepat | liver |
lapar | abdomen |
pancreat | pancreas |
adip | fat |
cutane | skin |
derma | skin |
hist | tissue |
kerat | hard |
mast | breast |
necr | death |
onych | nail |
aden | gland |
cyt | cell |
hemo | blood |
hemat | blood |
lymph | lymph |
splen | spleen |
thromb | clot |
thym | thymus |
chondr | cartilage |
my | muscle |
fibr | fiber |
tendin | tendon |
cerebr | cerebrum |
dementio | to be mad |
encephal | brain |
esthesi | sensation |
mening | meninges |
myel | spinal cord |
neur | nerve |
arthr | joint |
carp | wrist |
crani | skull |
dactyl | finger or toe |
femor | thigh bone |
fibul | small leg bone |
humer | upper arm bone |
oste | bone |
patell | knee cap |
ped | foot |
pod | foot |
pelv | pelvis |
phalang | finger and toe bones |
rachi | vertebrae |
spondyl | vertebrae |
stern | sternum |
tibi | large leg bone |