Common Root Words Flashcards by Al Townsend

abdomino-

belly or abdominal wall

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acou-

to hear

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acq-

water

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acro-

extreme ends of a part

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aden-

a gland

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adip-

soft fat of animals

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alb-

white

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alg-

pain

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all-

other, different

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anc-, ang-, ank-

bend or hollow

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andr-

male

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angi-

blood vessel

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aort-

large artery exiting from the left ventricle

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arter-

artery

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arth-

joint

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artic-

joint

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asphyxia

unconsciousness due to suffocation

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asth-

short drawn breath, panting

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asthenia

weakness

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aud-, aur-, aus-

to hear

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bio-

life

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brachy-

short

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branchi-

arm

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bronch-

one of the major divisions of the trachea

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bucc-

cheek

burs-

pouch or sac

caes-, cis

cut

call-

hard, thick skin

calx, calca-

heel

can-

malignant tumor

caput, capitis

head

carc-

cancer

card-, cardia

heart

carotid

great arteries of the neck

carpus

wrist

caus-, caut-

to burn

celi-

hollow or cavity, specifically the abdomen

cent-

center/centimeter/centigrade

-centesis

puncture of a cavity

ceph-

head

cerv-

neck

chol-

bile

chond-

cartilage

chrom-

color

cil-

hairlike process

cleid-

collarbone (clavicle)

coll-

gelatin, neck

Cochlea

part of the inner ear

cond-

knuckle

core

pupil

cori-

skin

corp-

the body

cry-

cold

cubitus

elbow

-cuss

shake violently

cyan-

blue

cyc-

circle

cyst

bladder, cyst

dent-

tooth

derm-

skin

digit

finger

duct

to lead or guide

edem-

swelling

embryo

fetus

enter-

intestines

eryth-

red

-esth

sensation

eti-

cause

facil-

easy

febr-

fever

flex

to bend

foramen

opening

fract-

to break into pieces

gangl-

tumor under the skin, junction of nerve cells

gangr-

gnawing sore

gast-

stomach, belly

gen-, gon-

become, produce

gest-

carry, produce

glomerulus

plexus of capillaries

gnosis

knowledge

-gram

something written

-graph

to write

gyn-

female

hem-, em

blood

hepat-

liver

heter-

other, different

homo-

the same

humerus

upper arm

hydr-

water

hyster-

the womb

idi-

personal, one's own

idio-

distinct

ingui-

front of body between hips and groin

lact-

milk

lev-

left side

ligament

band of fibrous tissue connecting two bones

ling-

tongue

-lith-

stone

mal-

bad

meatus

external opening

med-

middle

mega-

large

melan-, melen-

black

men-, mena-

monthly

menin-

membrane covering brain and spinal cord

morb-

disease

myel-

marrow or spinal cord

myo-

muscle

nephr-

kidney

noct-

night

nomen-, nomin-

name

oa-, oss-, ost-

bone

ocul-

eye

odon-

tooth

oo-, ov-

egg

ophthalm-

eye

orch-

testis

ot-

ear

pari-, part-

to bear

pariet-

wall

palpate

to touch

path-

disease

pea-, ped-

foot

ped-

child

percuss

to strike

phag-

to eat

photo-

light

placenta

organ supplying nutrients to the fetus during gestation

pleur-

membrane surrounding lung and lining the thoracic cavity

pneum-

breathing

pod-

foot

pseud-

false

psych-

mind

ptosis

falling down

pty-

spit out

pur-, pus-, py-

pus

pyel-

pelvis (including pelvis of kidney)

pyr-

fever

quad-, quar-, quat-

four

radius

rod

ren-

kidney

reticulum

network

rhin-

nose

rub-

red

salpinx

tube

retina

inner nerve-containing layer of the eye

sang-

blood

scler-

hard

sebum

hard fat of animals

sect-, seg-

to cut

sepsis

containing growing bacteria

sept-

wall

serum

fluid formed when blood clots

sinus

cavity or hollow

somat-

body

spir-

coil

stasis

standing

stature

height

stern-

chest

sphincter

muscle that closes an opening when it contracts

stoma

opening or mouth

sulc-

groove on surface of brain

tact-

to touch

talus

heel

status

condition

tarsus

bones of the forefoot

tel-

distance

temp-

time, or temple of the head

tendon

fibrous tissue connecting muscle to bone

tachy-

rapid

tom-

to cut

trich-

hair

ur-, urin-

urine

varic-

dilated vein

vertex

top of the skull

viscera

internal organs

viscous

sticky

tetr-

four

xen-

foreign

xer-

dry

toxic

poisonous

trachea

windpipe

vagina

female genital canal

vertebra

bone supporting the spinal column

vertigo

dizziness

Common Root Words Flashcards

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