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The word root meaning blood vessel
What is angio/vaso ?
pro, ante
What is the term for before?
lysis
What is the word for separate or destroy?
The word for fast
What is tachy?
gastr(o)
What is the word for stomach?
osis
What is the word for a condition?
hemolysis
What is destroy or separate blood cells?
hemo: blood
lysis: separate/destroy
The word meaning kidney
What is Nephr/o ?
post
What is the word for after?
erythr(o)
What is the word for red?
The word for slow
What is brady?
hemo
What is the word for blood?
pathy
What is the word for disease?
appendectomy
What is the removal of the appendix?
ectomy: removal
The term meaning joint
What is arthr/o ?
sub
What is the word for below?
itis
What is the word for inflammation?
oligo
What is the word for few?
osteo
What is the word for bone?
penia
What is the word for deficiency ?
hepatitis
What is the word for liver inflammation?
hepat(o): liver
itis: inflammation
The root term meaning head
What is cephal(o)?
super, supra
What is the word for above?
cyto
What is the word for cell?
hemi
What is the word for half?
myo
What is the word for muscle?
phagia
What is the word for eating or swallowing?
dyspnea
What is the word for difficulty breathing?
dys: difficult, painful
pnea: air, breathing
The term meaning chest
What is thorac(o)?
epi
What is the word for upon/upper or above?
thromb(o)
What is the word for clot?
poly, multi
What is the word for many or much?
myelo
What is the word for marrow?
phasia
speech
supraclavicular
What is the word for above the clavicle?
supra: above
The word meaning fused, together
What is sym or syn?
peri, circum
What is the word for around?
pyo
What is the word for pus?
pan
What is the word for all/complete?
salping/o
What is the word for tube or fallopian tube?
orrhea
What is the term for flow/discharge?
Cystalgia
What is the word for pain in the bladder/urinary bladder?
cyst/o- bladder, sac
algia- pain