Medical Root Words
Neuro-
What is nerve/nervous system?
Hippocrates
Who is the Father of Medicine?
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)?
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?
John F Kennedy
What is Addison's disease?
Onco-
What is mass/tumor? (ex: Oncology = the study of cancer)
Gregor Mendel
Who is the Father of Genetics?
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?
The final electron acceptor in the electron transport chain.
What is oxygen?
Abraham Lincoln
Sarco-
What is tissue? (Sarcoma = tumor of bone, muscle, or connective tissue)
Alexander Fleming
Who is the Father of Penicillin?
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)?
In a reaction, enzymes change this to increase the rate of reaction.
The Hapsburg Dynasty
What is inbreeding...
Cyto-
Herophilus
Who is the Father of Anatomy?
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)?
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
Julius Caesar
What is epilepsy?
Hepati-
What is liver? (ex: hepatoblastoma = liver cancer)
Antoine Lavoisier
Who is the Father of Chemistry?
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)?
In the ear, sound waves bend hair cell stereocilia bend against what structure?
Claude Monet
What is Cataracts?