Root Words
Axill/o
Armpit
Ad
toward
algia
painful
Acute
Short term, less than 3 months
ADHD
Attention deficit hyperactive disorder
Cost/o
Rib
hemi
half
ectomy
removal
Angina
Chest pain
ADL
Activities of Daily Living
Carcin/o
Cancer
Infra
below or beneath
lysis
destruction
Embolus
clot
AKA
Above the knee amputation
Gynec/o
female
Leuk
white
megaly
enlargement
Metastatic
Cancer that has spread
AMS
Altered Mental Status
Ophthalm/o
eye
Lith
Stone
phagia
eating
Etiology
Cause of a disease
AU
Both Ears