Lesson 1, Part 1 - Common Root Terms

13 cards   |   Total Attempts: 182
  

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Question 1
adeno / sweaty Dino
Answer 1
gland adenoma (gland tumor)
Question 2
calculi / Calculus
Answer 2
stone calculosis (stones)
Question 3
cele / Two more, sale, cele
Answer 3
tumor -cyst - hernia hydrocele (water cyst, tumor)
Question 4
cyto / cell, jail cell, the hole, site, hole
Answer 4
cell cytology (cells, study of)
Question 5
glyco / sugar, doughnut, "O", gee like "O"
Answer 5
sweet, sugar glycosuria (sugar in the urine)
Question 6
homeo, homo / same home, home, homeo
Answer 6
similar, same, like homeostasis (same environment)
Question 7
lingua / eat, pasta, linguini, lingua
Answer 7
tongue linguiform (tongue-shaped)
Question 8
lip / fatty food passes through your lips
Answer 8
fat lipoma (fat tumor)
Question 9
lith / speaking with stones in your mouth, lisp, lith
Answer 9
stone lithotripsy (stone dissolve)
Question 10
psych / mind, circuit, cycle
Answer 10
mind psycho (mind; study of psychology; mental processes)
Question 11
madaro / hair cut, sharp cut, arrow, mad arrow
Answer 11
falling hair madarosis (loss of eyelashes or eyebrows)
Question 12
pyo / yellow ooze, yellow, lemon, lemon pie, pie, pyo
Answer 12
pus pyogenic (pus producing)
Question 13
radi / sunshine
Answer 13
rays radiology (rays, study of)