Root words
What part of the body is the root word referring to?
What part of the body is the root word referring to?
Pulm/o
What is the lungs?
The condition of being able to walk.
What is ambulatory?
Multi
What is many/much/a lot?
What is the femur?
Cancer of the blood/blood forming tissues, hindering the body's ability to fight infection.
What is leukemia?
Derm/o
What is skin?
The determination of the cause/nature of a disease.
What is diagnosis?
Tri
What is three?
The organ that holds urine before it is excreted from the body.
What is the bladder?
What is a myocardial infarction/heart attack?
Oste/o
What is bone?
The act of cutting into.
What is making an incision?
Centi
What is one hundred?
What is the humerus?
Damage of the brain due to an interruption in its blood supply, secondary to a blood clot or plaque.
What is a cerebral vascular accident/stroke?
Gastr/o
What is the stomach/intestines?
The removal of a small piece of tissue for microscopic examination.
What is biopsy?
Uni
What is one?
The largest organ in the body.
What is skin?
What is chicken pox/varicella?
Hemat/o
What is blood?
Death of a tissue.
What is necrosis?
Milli
What is one thousand?
This organ helps in digestion and regulates blood sugar.
What is the pancreas?
Compression of the median nerve in the hand, causing pain, numbness and tingling in the thumb, index finger, and middle finger; usually found in people who type on keyboards frequently.
What is carpal tunnel syndrome?