Chapter 3 Roots Flashcards
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Acu/o
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Sharp, severe, sudden
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Acr/o
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Extremities, top, extreme point
2
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Amni/o
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Amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
3
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Angi/o
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Vessel
4
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Arteri/o
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Artery
5
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Axill/o
A
Armpit
6
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Blephar/o
A
Eyelid
7
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Bronch/o
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Bronchial tubes (two tubes, one right and one left, that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs
8
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Chem/o
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Drug, chemical
9
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Chron/o
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Time
10
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Col/o
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Colon (large intestine)
11
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Hydr/o
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Water, fluid
12
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Isch/o
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To hold back
13
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Lapar/o
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Abdomen, abdominal wall
14
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Laryng/o
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Larynx
15
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Lymph/o
A
Lymph
16
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Mamm/o
A
Breast
17
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Mast/o
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Breast
18
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Morph/o
A
Shape, form
19
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Muc/o
A
Mucus
20
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My/o
A
Muscle
21
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Myel/o
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Spinal cord, bone marrow
22
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Necr/o
A
Death (of cells or whole body)
23
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Neutr/o
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Neutrophil (a white blood cell)
24
Nucle/o
Nucleus
25
Ot/o
Ear
26
Peritone/o
Peritoneum
27
Phag/o
To eat, swallow
28
Phleb/o
Vein
29
Plas/o
Formation, development
30
Pleur/o
Pleura (membrane surrounding lungs and adjacent to chest wall)
31
Pneumon/o
Lungs
32
Pulmon/o
Lungs
33
Rect/o
Rectum
34
Splen/o
Spleen
35
Staphyl/o
Clusters
36
Strept/o
Twisted chains
37
Thorac/o
Chest
38
Tonsill/o
Tonsils
39
Ven/o
Vein
