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Roots Mini Final 2
“aden-” – “cerebr-”
aden = gland Examples: • Adenectomy – “ad-n-ek-tə-mē” • Adenoma – “ad-n-ō-mə”
aer = air Examples: • Aerated – “er-āt-id” • Aeroneurosis – “er-ō-no o-ro-sis”
angi = vessel Examples: • Angiotomy – “an-jē-ot-ō-mē” • Angitis or Angiitis – “an-jī-tis”
arthr = joint Examples: • Arthralgia – “är-Thral-jē-ə” • Arthritis – “är-THrī-dəs”
blephar = eyelid Examples: • Blepharedema – “blef-ər-ĕ-dē-mə” • Blepharoplasty – “blef-ə-rō-plas-tē”
cardi = heart Examples: • Phonocardiography – “fō-nō-kahr-dēog-rah-fē” • Electrocardiogram – “ē –lek-trō-kahrdē -o-gram”
cerebr = brain, cerebrum Examples: • Cerebral – “sə-rē-brəl” • Cerebromalacia – “sə-rē-bro-mah-lashah”
“cephal-” – “cyst-”
cephal = head Examples: • Cephalic – “sĕ-fal-ik” • Cephalitis – “sef-ă-lī-tis”
cervic = neck Examples: • Cervical – “sər-vi-kəl” • Cervicectomy – “sûr-vĭ-sěk-tə-mē”
cheil = lips Examples: • Cheilitis – “kī-lī-tis” • Cheilosis – “kī-lō-sis”
chir = hand Example: • Chiromegaly – “kī-rə-meg-ə-lē”
chole = bile, gall Example: • Cholecystogram – “koh-luh-sis-təgram”
chondr = cartilage Example: • Chondrofibroma – “kon-dro-fī-bromah”
cost = rib Example: • Costophrenic angle – “kos-tō-fren-ik”
crani = skull Examples: • Cranial – “krā-nē-əl” • Craniotomy – “krā-nē-ät-ə-mē”
cyst = sac of fluid, cyst, urinary bladder Example: • Cystoscope – “sis-tə-skōp”
cyt = cell Examples: • Cytoplasm – “sīdə-plazəm”
dacry = tears Examples: • Dacryocele – “dak-rē-ō-sis-tō-sēl” • Dacryocyst – “dak-rē-ō-sist”
dactyl = fingers, toes Examples: • Dactylogram – “dak-til-uh-gram” • Dactylomegaly – “dăk-tə-lō-mĕg-əlē”
derm-, dermat = skin Examples: • Dermatitis – “dər-mə-tī-dəs” • Dermal – “dur-muh-l”
encephal = brain Example: • Encephalitis – “en-sef-əl-ī-dəs” • Encephalopathy – “en-sefə-läpəTHē”
enter = intestine, small intestine Examples: • Enteritis – “en-tər-ī-dəs”
gastr = stomach Example: • Gastrectasis – “gas-trek-tă-sis”
glycos- glyc = glucose, sugar Example: • Glycosuria – “ɡlī-kōs-o or-ē-ə”
hem-, hemat = blood Example: • Hematoma – “hēm-ə-tō-mə”
“hepat-” – “ophthalm-”
hepat = liver Example: • Hepatitis – “hep-ə-tī-dəs”
hyster = uterus Example: • Hysterectomy – “his-tər-ek-tə-mē”
ile = ileum (final section of small intestine) Examples: • Ileostomy – “il-ē-äs-tə-mē”
ili = ilium (uppermost and largest bone of the pelvis) Example: • Iliofemoral – “ĭl-ē-ō-fěm-ər-əl”
leuk = white Example: • Leukemia – “lo o-kē-mē-ə”
lip = fat, lipid Example: • Lipectomy – “lip-ek-tə-mē”
lith = stone, calcification Example: • Lithoscope – “lĭth-ə-skōp”
mening = membranes Examples: • Meningitis – “men-ən-jī-dəs”
metr = uterus (womb) Example: • Metrorrhexis – “me-tro-rek-sis”
myel = spinal cord, bone marrow Example: • Myelosarcoma – “mī-əl-ō-sär-kō-mə”
my = muscle Example: • Myocardium – “mī-ə-kär-dē-əm”
nephr = kidney Example: • Nephrosis – “nə-frō-sis”
opthalm = eye Example: • Ophthalmology – “äf-THəl-mäl-ə-jē”
“oste-” – “viscer-”
oste = bone Example: • Osteoma – “os-te-ō-mə”
pneum-, pneumon = lung, air Example: • Pneumonia – “n(y)o o-mō-nyə”
proct = rectum, anus Example: • Proctoscopy – “prok-tos-kah-pē”
psych = soul, mind Examples: • Psychiatry – “sī-kī-ə-trē” • Psychoneurosis – “sī-kō-nyo o-rō-səs”
pyel = renal pelvis Example: • Pyelitis – “pī-ə-lī-tis”
pylor = pylorus, gatekeeper Example: • Pylorostenosis – “pī-lō-rō-ste-nō-sis”
py = pus Example: • Pyogenic – “pī-ə-jen-ik”
radi = x-ray, radius Example: • Radiosensitive – “rā-dē-ō-sen-si-tiv”
spondyl = vertebrae, backbone Example: • Spondylitis – “spän-də-lī-tis”
trachel = neck Examples: • Trachelitis – “trā-kē-lī-tis”
tubercul = tubercle Example: • Tuberculosis – “tyo o-bər-kyə-lō-səs”
viscer = organs Example: • Visceral – “vis-ər-əl”
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