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Chapter 6
Paramedic: Common Root Words
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12/08/2012
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acou-
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hear
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adip-
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fat
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alb-
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white
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alges-
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pain
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andr-
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male
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aorta
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large artery exiting from the left ventricle of the heart
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aqua-
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water
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asphyxia
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lack of oxygen or excess of carbon dioxide in the body that results in unconsciousness
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asthen-
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weak
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audi-
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hear
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bronch-
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windpipe
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bucc-
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cheek
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bursa
 Definition
pouch or sac
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callus
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hard, thick skin; also a meshwork of connective tissue that forms during the healing process after a fracture
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carcin-
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cancer
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carotid
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great arteries of the neck
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carpus
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wrist
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cent-
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a fraction in the metric system; one hundredth or 100
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cente-
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to puncture (a body cavity)
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cili-
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eyelid
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cleid(o)-
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clavicle
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cubitus
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elbow
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cycl-
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circle or cycle
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digit
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finger or toe
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ede-
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swelling
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-esthesi(o)
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pertaining to sensation or perception
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febr-
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fever
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flex
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bend
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foramen
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opening
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fract-
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break
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gest-
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carry, produce, congestion
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gno-
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know
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-gram
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something written or recorded
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graph-
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write, record
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humerous
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the bone in the upper arm
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idi-
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seperate, distinct
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iod(o)-
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iodine
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lact-
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milk
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lingu-
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tongue
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men-
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mouth
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ocul-
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eye
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ov-
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egg
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palpate
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to examine by touch
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ped-
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child or foot
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percuss
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to examine by striking
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phot-
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light
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pleur-
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rib, side
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pod-
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foot
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pto-
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fall
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ptyal-
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saliva
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pyr-
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fire
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radius
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the forearm bone on the thumb side; also a line from the center of a circle or sphere to the edge
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ren-
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kidney
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retina
 Definition
inner nerve-containing layer of the eye
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sangui(n)-
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blood
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sebum
 Definition
a fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands
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sect-
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cut
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sepsis
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the presence of microorganisms or their toxins in the blood; also the toxic condition caused by such presence
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sept-
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wall, divider; also seven
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serum
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the clear portion of body fluids, including blood
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sinus
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cavity, channel, or hollow space
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som(a)-
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body
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spir-
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coil
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stasis
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slowing or stopping of the normal flow of a fluid, such as blood
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stature
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height
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stern(o)-
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sternum (breastbone)
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stoma
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any small opening on the surface of the body, such as a pore; also, the opening created in the abdominal wall for the passage of urine or feces
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tact-
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touch
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tetra-
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four
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tom-
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cut
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toxic
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poisonous
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trich-
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hair
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ur-
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urine
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varic-
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varicose vein
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vertigo
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a disordered sensation in which one's own body or the surroundings are perceived as moving
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viscer-
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internal organs
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viscous
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sticky
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xen-
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foreign (material)
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xer-
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dry
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