MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY (COMMON ROOT WORDS)

Question 1

acou-

Answer 1

hear

Question 2

adip-

Answer 2

fat

Question 3

alb-

Answer 3

white

Question 4

alges-

Answer 4

pain

Question 5

andr-

Answer 5

male

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aorta

Answer 6

large artery exiting from the left ventricle of the heart

Question 7

aqua-

Answer 7

water

Question 8

asphyxia

Answer 8

lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that results in unconciousnes

Question 9

asthen-

Answer 9

weak

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audi-

Answer 10

to hear

Question 11

bronch-

Answer 11

windpipe

Question 12

bucc-

Answer 12

cheek

Question 13

bursa

Answer 13

pouch or sac

Question 14

callus

Answer 14

hard, thick skin

Question 15

carcin-

Answer 15

cancer

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carotid

Answer 16

great arteries of the neck

Question 17

carpus

Answer 17

wrist

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cent-

Answer 18

one hundredth or 100

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cente-

Answer 19

to puncture

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cili-

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eyelid

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cleido-

Answer 21

clavicle

Question 22

cubitus

Answer 22

elbow

Question 23

cycl-

Answer 23

circle or cycle

Question 24

digit

Answer 24

finger or toe

Question 25

ede-

Answer 25

swelling

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-esthesi(o)-

Answer 26

pertaining to sensation or perception

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febr-

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fever

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flex

Answer 28

bend

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foramen

Answer 29

opening

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fract-

Answer 30

break

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gest-

Answer 31

carry, produce, congestion

Question 32

gno-

Answer 32

know

Question 33

-gram

Answer 33

something written or recorded

Question 34

graph-

Answer 34

write, record

Question 35

humerus

Answer 35

the bone in the upper arm

Question 36

idi-

Answer 36

separate, distinct

Question 37

iod(o)-

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iodine

Question 38

lact-

Answer 38

milk

Question 39

lingu-

Answer 39

tongue

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men-

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month

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ocul-

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eye

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ov-

Answer 42

egg

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palpate

Answer 43

to examine by touch

Question 44

ped-

Answer 44

child or foot

Question 45

percuss

Answer 45

to examine by striking

Question 46

phot-

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light

Question 47

pleur-

Answer 47

rib, side

Question 48

pod-

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foot

Question 49

pto-

Answer 49

fall

Question 50

ptyal-

Answer 50

saliva

Question 51

pyr-

Answer 51

fire

Question 52

radius

Answer 52

the forearm bone on the thumb side

Question 53

ren-

Answer 53

kidney

Question 54

retina

Answer 54

inner nerve containing layer of the eye

Question 55

sangui-

Answer 55

blood

Question 56

sebum

Answer 56

a fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands

Question 57

sect-

Answer 57

cut

Question 58

sepsis

Answer 58

the presence of microorganisms or their toxins in the blood; toxic condition caused by such presence

Question 59

sept-

Answer 59

wall, divider; also seven

Question 60

serum

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the clear portion of body fluids, including blood

Question 61

sinus

Answer 61

cavity, channel, or hollow space

Question 62

som(a)-

Answer 62

body

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spir-

Answer 63

coil

Question 64

stasis

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slowing or stopping of the normal flow of a fluid such as blood

Question 65

stature

Answer 65

height

Question 66

stern(o)-

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sternum aka breastbone

Question 67

stoma

Answer 67

and small opening on the surface of the body like the pores; the opening created in the abdominal wall for the passage of urine or feces

Question 68

tact-

Answer 68

touch

Question 69

tetra-

Answer 69

four

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tom-

Answer 70

cut

Question 71

toxic

Answer 71

poisonous

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trich-

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hair

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ur-

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urine

Question 74

varic-

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varicose vein

Question 75

vertigo

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a disordered sensation in which one’s own body or surroundings are perceived as moving

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viscer-

Answer 76

internal organs

Question 77

viscous

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sticky

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xen-

Answer 78

foreign

Question 79

xer-

Answer 79

dry