Can you name the meaning of these word roots used in medicine? by hogfather

term	meaning	example
cardio		cardiology
myo		myocardial
bio		antibiotic
ology		cytology
path		sociopathy
itis		appendicitis
ectomy		splenectomy
neuro		neurofibromatosis
leuko		leukocytes
cyano		cyanosis
cision		excision
derm		epidermis
nephro		nephrocyte

term	meaning	example
chondro		chondrodysplasia
cervic		cervical spine
rrhoea		rhinorrhoea
phobia		claustrophobia
orchido		orchidectomy
cyto		erythrocyte
necro		necrosis
costo		intercostal
gingivo		gingivitis
oo		oocyte
dys		dyspepsia
hepat		hepatitis
oma		melanoma

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Medical Word Roots Quiz

by hogfather

Created Dec 19, 2009 in Science
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	LinkinMarc:	Dec 21st, 2009 at 02:11 GMT	4 points
	I like it, one suggestion, change neuro to accept nerve instead of "nerves", I got confused

	Penny:	May 13th, 2010 at 03:55 GMT	3 points
	Nice idea for a quiz. I was puzzled when none of the terms I entered for "path" was accepted, including sickness and illness -- I didn't think of the word disease, but don't they mean much the same?

	tomfoolery8:	May 13th, 2010 at 21:56 GMT	6 points
	"Dys" should have more accepted answers. For instance in dyslipidemia, it doesn't mean "difficult", it expresses abnormality in relation to normal lipid levels, so maybe "abnormal" would be a good alternate answer.

	JoeFish:	May 17th, 2010 at 20:44 GMT	5 points
	I believe you mean "claustrophobia" rather than "clostrophobia"?

	meelar:	May 19th, 2010 at 22:51 GMT	2 points
	Should take "gums" for "gum"--it was not accepted for me

	Hooby:	May 20th, 2010 at 01:56 GMT	3 points
	orchidectomy...im familiar. had a tumor removed. oddly you accept balls for that but not testicles. also maybe accept brain for neuro

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	kwijiborjt:	Jun 5th, 2010 at 07:27 GMT	4 points
	that's sort of tangential... the infection causes the inflammation, but the 'itis' specifically refers to the inflammation. not all infections are called '-itis'.

	TeganX7:	Jun 8th, 2010 at 03:09 GMT	2 points
	Phenomenal idea .... please make the changes being suggested, but otherwise this is a great quiz.

	kwijiborjt:	Jun 13th, 2010 at 05:40 GMT	2 points
	why not accept 'testis' or 'testicle'? and maybe myco/mushroom as a bonus answer :-)

	marsviking:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 16:07 GMT	1 point
	how did i miss myo? just never think of the heart as muscle

	marsviking:	Jul 10th, 2010 at 16:08 GMT	4 points
	i typed in balls for testes and it was accepted!

	markyb:	Jul 15th, 2010 at 05:31 GMT	2 points
	@opendestiny: not all inflammations are caused by pathogens. Arthritis, colitis, tendinitis and pancreatitis are just a few that usually aren't caused by bacteria, parasites or viruses.

	EvilGreenMonkey:	Jul 16th, 2010 at 20:17 GMT	1 point
	Is it just coincidence that "testes" was the only answer with a pair of clues?

	hogfather:	Jul 21st, 2010 at 12:24 GMT	1 point
	Requested acceptable answers added. Brain not accepted for neuro though. And as others have said an '-itis' does not have to be caused by an infection.

	cthulhu:	Aug 13th, 2010 at 23:34 GMT	1 point
	@hog Brain is cerebro- and -itis, whether or not it is used as such, means inflammation.

	bob99:	Sep 11th, 2010 at 00:00 GMT	3 points
	Isn't it supposed to be leuko such as leukemia

	cthulhu:	Sep 15th, 2010 at 08:44 GMT	1 point
	@bob, it's often necessary to relax our sense of spelling when translating from prefixes. For example, in biology we have Eukarya or Eucarya, both of which are fine.

	julian94:	Sep 27th, 2010 at 19:01 GMT	2 points
	There's another alternative for Path, in the original greek, it doesn't mean disease, it means suffering

	kezune:	May 1st, 2011 at 01:03 GMT	2 points
	Good quiz, except for the fact that leuco should be spelled "leuko" as in Leukocytes or Leukemia.

	darkstar58:	Nov 8th, 2011 at 19:24 GMT	0 points
	oma means swelling...eg a seroma has nothing to do with tumours. Also im fairly sure dys means change as oppose to difficulty...think dysplasia

	hogfather:	Nov 19th, 2011 at 05:13 GMT	1 point
	Requested changes have been made. Leuco was changed to leuko in line with the original Greek spelling. darkstar58, you may be under the impression that tumor is synonymous with cancer. It isn't necessarily, but a cancer can be a form of tumor. I have added 'swelling' as an acceptable answer though. And dys does mean difficulty but also abnormality (both acceptable answers). Dysplasia is a 'maturation abnormality'

	tink112:	May 11th, 2012 at 01:35 GMT	1 point
	Unless yours is an alternate spelling it's "rrhea".