Medical Root Words
Papa
Las Drogas
That LS 7 Hit (TW!)
Medical pathologies in historical figures
100

Neuro-

What is nerve/nervous system?

100

Hippocrates

Who is the Father of Medicine?

100

A once-weekly GLP-1 RA medicine that, along with diet and exercise, may help improve blood sugar in adults with type 2 diabetes. 

What is Ozempic (semaglutide)?

100

The principle by which half the gametes receive one allele of a gene and half receive the other allele.

What is the Principle of Segregation?

100

John F Kennedy

What is Addison's disease?

200

Onco-

What is mass/tumor? (ex: Oncology = the study of cancer)

200

Gregor Mendel

Who is the Father of Genetics?

200

A widely used drug in the late 1950s and early 1960s for the treatment of nausea in pregnant women. Resulted in a clinical trial tragedy.

What is Thalidomide?

200

The final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain.

What is oxygen?

200

Abraham Lincoln

What is Depression?
300

Sarco-

What is tissue? (Sarcoma = tumor of bone, muscle, or connective tissue)

300

Alexander Fleming

Who is the Father of Penicillin?

300

A prescription medicine used to reduce the signs and symptoms of moderate to severe rheumatoid arthritis (RA) in adults. The top-selling pharmaceutical in the world.

What is Humira (adalimumab)?

300

In a reaction, enzymes change this to increase the rate of reaction.

What is activation energy?
300

The Hapsburg Dynasty

What is inbreeding...

400

Cyto-

What is cell? (ex: Cytotoxic = toxic to the cell)
400

Herophilus

Who is the Father of Anatomy?

400

The first oral antiviral pill to be approved by the FDA for the treatment of mild to moderate COVID-19 in adults who are at high risk for progression to severe illness, including hospitalization or death.

What is Paxlovid (Nirmatrelvir/ritonavir)?

400

A true-breeding black rabbit is crossed with a true-breeding white rabbit to produce an F1 generation of 15 individuals. If the black color trait is dominant, how many black, grey, and white rabbits would you have?

15 black rabbits, 0 white rabbits, 0 grey rabbits

400

Julius Caesar

What is epilepsy?

500

Hepati-

What is liver? (ex: hepatoblastoma = liver cancer)

500

Antoine Lavoisier

Who is the Father of Chemistry?

500

An anticoagulant medication used to treat and prevent blood clots. Specifically, it is used to treat deep vein thrombosis and pulmonary embolisms.

What is Xarelto (rivaroxaban)?

500

In the ear, sound waves bend hair cell stereocilia bend against what structure?

What is the tectorial membrane?
500

Claude Monet

What is Cataracts?

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