Word Roots

Question 0

What is the word root for testis

Answer 0

Orchido

e.g. Orchidectomy

Question 1

What is the word root for mouth

Answer 1

Stomato

e.g. Stomatitis

Question 2

What is the word root for ovary

Answer 2

Oophoro

e.g. Oophorectomy

Question 3

What are the two word roots for uterus

Answer 3

Hystero/metro
e.g. Hysterectomy
Endometriosis

Question 4

What is the word root for uterine tubes

Answer 4

Salpingo

e.g. Hysterosalpingogram

Question 5

What is the word root for bladder

Answer 5

Cysto

e.g. Cystitis

Question 6

What are the word roots for veins

Answer 6

Phlebo/veno

Phlebotomy

Question 7

What are the word roots for lung

Answer 7

Pneumo/pulmo
e.g. Pneumonitis
Pulmonologist

Question 8

What is the word root for hand

Answer 8

Chir(o)

Question 9

What is the word root meaning sensitivity to pain

Answer 9

Algesi(o)

e.g. Analgesic: without pain

Question 10

What is the word root meaning feeling or sensation

Answer 10

Esthesi(o)

Anesthesia: without feeling

Question 11

What is the term meaning pertaining to the body

Answer 11

Somato

Question 12

What is another term for umbilicus

Answer 12

Omphalus

Question 13

What is the term for rupture of a closed wound/ separation of a surgical incision

Answer 13

Dehiscence

Question 14

What is the term for the protrusion of internal organs through an open wound

Answer 14

Evisceration

Question 15

What are the word roots meaning blood

Answer 15

Hem(a), hem(o), hemat(o)

Question 16

What is the word root for perspiration

Answer 16

Hidr(o)

Question 17

What is the word root for water

Answer 17

Hydr(o)

Question 18

What is the word root for mucus

Answer 18

Muc(o)

Question 19

What is the word root for pus

Answer 19

Py(o)

Question 20

What is the word root for saliva, salivary glands

Answer 20

Sial(o)

Question 21

What is the word root for urine, urinary tract

Answer 21

Ur(o)