Chapter 3 root words Flashcards
Many are reapeated or from anatomy
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amni/o
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amnion (sac of fluid surrounding the embryo)
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aden/o
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gland
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angi/o
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vessel (usually a blood vessel)
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arteri/o
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artery
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ather/o
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plaque (a yellow fatty material)
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bronch/o
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bronchial tube
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arthr/o
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joint
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bronchi/o
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bronchial tube
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axill/o
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armpit (anderarm)
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carcin/o
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cancerous
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cardi/o
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heart
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chem/o
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drug; also chemical
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cholecyst/o
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gallbladder
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chron/o
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time
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crani/o
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skull
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cry/o
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cold
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erythr/o
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red
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder; also a sac of fluid or a cyst
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electr/o
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electricity
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encephal/o
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brain
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esophag/o
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esophagus (tube leading from the throat to the stomach)
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hem/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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hyster/o
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uterus
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lapar/o
abdomen (abdominal wall)
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hemat/o
blood
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isch/o
to hold back
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inguin/o
groin (area in which the thigh meets the trunk of the body)
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mamm/o
breast (use with -ary, -graphy, -gram, & -plasty)
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laryng/o
voice box (larynx)
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leuk/o
white
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mast/o
breast (use with -ectomy, & -itis)
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men/o
menses (menstruation); month
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myel/o
spinal cord (nervous tissue connected to the brain), can also mean bone marrow (soft, inner part of bones, where blood cells are made)
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mening/o
meninges (membranes around the brain and spinal cord)
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my/o
muscle
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necr/o
death (of cells)
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nephr/o
kidney (use with all suffixes expect -al & -gram)
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neur/o
nerve
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oophor/o
ovary
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oste/o
bone
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ot/o
ear
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pelv/o
hip area
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peritone/o
peritoneum (membrane surrounding organs in the abdomen)
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phleb/o
vein
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pneumon/o
lung
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pulmon/o
lung
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radi/o
x-rays
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ren/o
kidney (use with -al and -gram)
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rhin/o
nose
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salping/o
fallopian (uterine) tube
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sarc/o
flesh
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septic/o
pertaining to infection
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thorac/o
chest
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tonsill/o
tonsil
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trache/o
windpipe; trachea
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ur/o
urine or urea (a waste material); urinary tract
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vascul/o
blood vessel
