1- Word Roots Flashcards
(43 cards)
1
Q
afferent
A
going towards
2
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
3
Q
bacteri/o
A
bacteria
4
Q
bio
A
life
5
Q
blast
A
rapidly dividing cell
6
Q
carc/i
carc/in
carc/ino
A
cancer (Greek word that literally means “crab”)
7
Q
card/i
card/io
A
heart
8
Q
caud/o
A
tail
9
Q
cephal/o
A
head
10
Q
chole
A
bile (bodily humor in Greek medical practice)
11
Q
constrict
sten/o
A
narrowing; decreasing the size of an opening (constriction is generally normal where stenosis is generally abnormal)
12
Q
cyst/o
A
bladder, fluid-filled space
13
Q
dilate
A
increasing the size of an opening
14
Q
efferent
A
going away from
15
Q
eti/o
A
how something came to be, from Greek aitia, “cause” + o + -logy
16
Q
enceph/a
encephal/o
A
en- + -cephal- head, “inside the head”
17
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
18
Q
gen/o
A
cause, origin
19
Q
genetic
A
inheritance
20
Q
hem/o
hemat/o
A
blood
21
Q
hepat/o
A
liver
22
Q
hydr/o
A
water
23
Q
idio
A
private, distinct (unknown to others)
24
Q
morph/o
A
change
25
muscul/o
my/o
muscle
26
myc/o
fungus
27
necr/o
dead
28
neur/o
nervous system
29
orth/o
straight, at right angles
30
ost/e
ost/eo
bone
31
path/o
disease (literally, "suffering")
32
ped/o
children
33
phag/o
eating
34
plas/o
formation
35
py/o
pus
36
sarc/o
flesh, muscle
37
scler/o
hard
38
stom/a/t
mouth
39
therm/o
temperature
40
troph/o
nourishment (e.g. a trophy is nourishment for a job well done)
41
trop/o
moving towards or acting on
42
ur
urine
43
valv/ulo
valve
