CHAPTER 1: INTRODUCTION TO MEDICAL TERMINOLOGY - ROOTS Flashcards
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cyan/o
A
blue
2
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erythr/o
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red
3
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leuk/o
A
white
4
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melan/o
A
black
5
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poli/o
A
gray
6
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myel/o
A
spinal cord
7
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gastr/o
A
stomach
8
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enter/o
A
small intestine
9
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neur/o
A
nerve
10
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tonsill/o
A
tonsils
11
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crani/o
A
skull
12
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cardi/o
A
heart
13
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path/o
A
disease
14
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hepat/o
A
liver
15
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arteri/o
A
artery
16
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abdomin/o
A
abdomen
17
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angi/o
A
blood vessel
18
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my/o
A
muscle
19
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arthr/o
A
joint
20
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hem/o
A
blood
21
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ten/o
A
tendon
22
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nat/o
A
birth
23
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laryng/o
A
larynx or throat
24
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rhin/o
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nose
25
ot/o
ear
26
lith/o
stone
27
appendic
appendix
28
ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
29
pyel/o
renal pelvis
30
myc/o
fungus
31
mast/o
breast
32
mamm/o
breast
33
phleb/o
vein
34
ven/o
vein
35
colp/o
vagina
36
vagin/o
vagina
37
oophor/o
ovary
38
ovari/o
ovary
39
or/o
mouth
40
stomat/o
mouth
41
vascul/o
blood vessel
42
blephar/o
eyelid
43
bronch/o
bronchus (air passages of the lungs)
44
cephal/o
head
45
cyst/o
bladder
46
encephal/o
brain
47
gingiv/o
gums
48
gloss/o
tongue
49
hemat/o
blood
50
hyster/o
uterus
51
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
52
laryng/o
larynx (voice box)
53
opthalm/o
eye
54
orchi/o
testicle
55
salping/o
fallopian tube
56
aden/o
gland
57
adip/o
fat
58
anter/o
before, front
59
caud/o
lower part of body, tail
60
cephal/o
head
61
hist/o
tissue
62
patho/o
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
63
plas/i, pas/o
development, growth, formation
64
poster/o
behind, toward the back
