root Flashcards
abdomin
belly
acerb (o)/a
harsh; bitter
absurd! it tastes so bitter
acute
sharp
acute triangle
aise
ease
state of rest or well-being
ease your way into rest
alert
aware of surroundings; vigilant
anter/i
front
anterior
antrum
cave
throw antrum you go in a cave
assur
secure
assur your self your secure
ausculta
listen attentively to
asculta=cult=listen attentively to cult
benign
well-mannered
be nice
cardio
heart
caud
tail
caud fishes have tails
charge
obligation
to obligate you must take charge
chondr
cartilage (as in the ribs)
cc: chondr = cartilage
chronic
pertaining to time
it chronic you pertain to time
coron
crown
coron sounds like crown
carn/i
head; skull
cranium=head
crino
secretion
different
set apart
dila
increase in size
dilate=increase
dist
farther away
distant/distal
dora
dorsum
back
dorsal
drome
route; road
the drome flies over road
endo
inside
into
etio
cause
etiology = study of cause
febr
fever
front
front
gastr
stomach
gas truck
genera
ancestry
generations
genet
birth
genetic=given at birth
gn(us)
birth
gnos
knowing
gnos us knowing it
graph
device used for a test or procedure
graphs used for test results
hereditar
transmitted in a family line
heritage
homeo
same
homeostasis
horizon(t)
parallel to the ground
il(eum)
flank
between hip & illiac
infer
underneath
we infer whats underneath the ground
inguin
groin
in between groin
later
to the side
lateral
lesion
damage; injury
lesliy makes a lot of damage
lathargic
drowsy
lipid
fat
lips are fat
local
place
lumb(us)
lower back
lumbar
marked
making an impression
med/i
towards the middle
medial
morbid
sick
more bed because I’m sick
mortal
dead
immortal don’t die
observa
what is seen
oberseervation
occult
what is unseen
you dont know whats going on in the occult
orient
towards the east (from using a compass)
ox
shortening of oxygen
ox=oxygen
palliat
covering
make up pallet covers face
palm
front surface of the hand
palpa
feeling with the fingers
my blind palpa feels with his fingers
path/o
disease
path of daisies
pend
hanging
pendant hanging from neck
percuss
percussion