Complete Roots Flashcards
1
Q
abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
ablat/o
A
to take away
3
Q
abort/o
A
miscarriage
4
Q
abrad/o, abras/o
A
to scrape
5
Q
abrupt/o
A
broken away from
6
Q
abscess/o
A
pus collection, going away
7
Q
absorpt/o
A
suck up, suck in
8
Q
acanth/o
A
spiky, thorny
9
Q
acar/o
A
mites
10
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acetabul/o
A
acetabulum (hip socket)
11
Q
acid/o
A
acid, sour
12
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acne/o
A
point, peak
13
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acous/o
A
hearing
14
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acoust/o
A
hearing, sound
15
Q
acquir/o
A
obtain
16
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acr/o
A
extremities
17
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acromi/o
A
acromion (process of scapula)
18
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actin/o
A
ray, radiation
19
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acu/o, acut/o
A
sharp, severe
20
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acuit/o
A
sharp
21
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acust/o
A
hearing
22
Q
aden/o
A
gland
23
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adenoid/o
A
adenoids
24
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adhes/o
A
stick to
25
adip/o
fat
26
adnex/o
bound to
27
adren/o
adrenal glands
28
aer/o
air, gas
29
aesthet/o
sensation
30
affect/o
influence
31
agglutin/o
clumping
32
aggress/o
attack
33
agit/o
rapidity, restlessness
34
agor/a
marketplace
35
alb/o, albin/o
white
36
albumin/o
albumin
37
algesi/o, algi/o
pain
38
align/o
straighten
39
aliment/o
food, nutrition
40
alopec/o
baldness
41
alveol/o
alveolus
42
ambly/o
dim, dull
43
ambul/o
to walk
44
ametr/o
out of proportion
45
ammon/o
ammonium
46
amni/o
amnion
47
amput/o
to cut off
48
amyl/o
starch
49
an/o
anus
50
andr/o
male
51
aneurysm/o
aneurysm
52
angi/o
vessel
53
angin/o
angina, choking, strangling
54
anis/o
unequal
55
ankyl/o
bent, crooked, stiff
56
anomal/o
irregular
57
anter/o
front
58
anthrac/o
coal dust, carbuncle, carbon
59
anthrop/o
human, male
60
antr/o
antrum
61
anxi/o
anxiety
62
aort/o
aorta
63
aphth/o
ulcer
64
apic/o
apex
65
aplast/o
defective development
66
aponeur/o
aponeurosis, flat sheet of connective tissue
67
apoplect/o
stroke (apoplexy)
68
aque/o
water
69
arachn/o
spider
70
arc/o
bow, arch
71
arch/e, arch/I
first
72
areat/o
occuring in patches
73
areol/o
little open space
74
arrect/o
upright, raised
75
arteri/o
artery
76
arteriol/o
arteriole
77
arthr/o
joint
78
articul/o
joint
79
asbest/o
asbestos
80
aspir/o, aspirat/o
inhaling, removal
81
asthen/o
weakness
82
asthmat/o
gasping, choking
83
astr/o
star
84
atel/o
incomplete, imperfect
85
ather/o
fatty plaque
86
athet/o
uncontrolled
87
atop/o
out of place
88
atri/o
atrium
89
attenuat/o
weakened, diluted
90
audi/o
sound, hearing
91
aur/o
ear
92
auricul/o
ear
93
auscult/o, auscultat/o
listening
94
aux/o
growth
95
axi/o
axis
96
axill/o
armpit
97
azot/o
nitrogen, urea
98
bacill/o
rod-shaped bacterium
99
bacteri/o
bacteria
100
balan/o
glans penis
101
balne/o
bath
102
bar/o
pressure
103
bartholin/o
Bartholin's gland
104
bas/o
base (not acidic)
105
bas/o
foundation, base
106
bibli/o
book
107
bifid/o
split, bifurcated
108
bifurcat/o
forked, divided, two branches
109
bil/i
bile
110
bilirubin/o
bilirubin (yellow product of heme catabolism)
111
bin
two
112
bio-, bi/o
life
113
blast/o, -blast
embryonic cell, forming cell
114
blenn/o
mucus
115
blephar/o
eyelid
116
borborygm/o
rumbling sound
117
brachi/o
arm
118
brev/o
short
119
brom/o
bromine compound, odor
120
bronch/o
bronchus
121
bronchiol/o
bronchiole
122
brux/o
grind
123
bucc/o
cheek
124
burs/o
bursa (fluid filled sac)
125
byssin/o
cotton dust
126
cac/o
bad, ill
127
cadaver/o
corpse
128
calc/o
calcium
129
calcane/o
heel
130
calcul/o
calculating
131
cali/o
calyx (cup-like area or structure)
132
call/i
hardened, thickened
133
callos/o
hardened, thickened
134
calor/i
heat
135
campt/o
bent
136
canalicul/o
little canal
137
canth/o
corner of the eye
138
capill/o
hair
139
capit/o
head
140
capn/o
carbon dioxide
141
caps/o
container, capsule
142
capsul/o
container, capsule
143
carb/o
carbon
144
carbuncl/o
carbuncle
145
carcin/o
cancer
146
cardi/o
heart
147
cari/o
caries (decaying and crumbling)
148
carot/o
numbness, stupor, sleep
149
carp/o
wrist
150
cartilag/o
cartilage
151
caruncul/o
bit of flesh
152
catabol/o
breaking down
153
cathar/o, cathart/o
purging, cleansing
154
cathet/o
send down, insert
155
caud/o
tail
156
caus/o
burn
157
cauter/o
burn
158
cav/o
hollow, cavity
159
cavern/o
containing hollow space
160
cavit/o
hollow, cavity
161
cec/o
cecum
162
celi/o
abdomen
163
cement/o
cementum
164
centr/o
center
165
cephal/o
head
166
cerebell/o
cerebellum
167
cerebr/o
cerebrum
168
cerumin/o
earwax
169
cervic/o
cervix, neck of uterus, neck
170
cheil/o, chil/o
lip
171
cheir/o
hand
172
chem/o
chemical
173
chir/o
hand
174
chlor/o
green
175
chlorhydr/o
hydrochloric acid
176
chol/e
bile, gall
177
cholangi/o
bile vessel
178
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
179
choledoch/o
common bile duct
180
cholesterol/o
cholesterol
181
chondr/o
cartilage
182
chord/o
spinal cord
183
chore/o
dance
184
chori/o
chorion (outer fetal membrane)
185
choroid/o
choroid (layer of eye)
186
chrom/o
color
187
chron/o
time
188
chrys/o
gold
189
chyl/o
chyle (milky body fluid)
190
chym/o
to pour, juice
191
cib/o
meal
192
cicatric/o
scar
193
cili/o
cilia, eyelashes
194
circ/I
ring, circle
195
circulat/o
to circulate
196
circumcis/o
cutting around
197
circumscrib/o
confined
198
cirrh/o
orange-yellow
199
cis/o
to cut
200
claudicat/o
limping
201
claustr/o
barrier
202
clav/i
key
203
clavicul/o
clavicle
204
cleid/o
clavicle
205
climacter/o
crisis, ladder rung
206
clin/o
sloping, bent
207
clitor/o
clitoris
208
clus/o
close
209
coagul/o
coagulation, clotting
210
coarct/o
narrow
211
cocc/o
spherical bacteria
212
coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
213
cochle/o
cochlea
214
coher/o
cling together
215
coit/o
coming together
216
col/o
colon
217
coll/a
glue
218
colon/o
colon
219
colp/o
vagina
220
column/o
pillar
221
comat/o
deep sleep
222
comminut/o
break into pieces
223
communic/o
share, make common
224
compatibil/o
sympathize with
225
concav/o
hollow
226
concentr/o
condense, intensify
227
concept/o
become pregnant
228
conch/o
shell
229
concuss/o
shake violently
230
condyl/o
condyle (round prominence at end of bones)
231
confus/o
confusion
232
coni/o
dust
233
conjunctiv/o
conjunctiva
234
consci/o
awareness, aware
235
consolid/o
become solid
236
constipat/o
pressed together
237
constrict/o
narrowing, binding
238
contact/o
touched, infected
239
contagi/o
infection, touching
240
contaminat/o
pollute, contaminate
241
contine/o
restrain, hold back
242
continent/o
restrain
243
contracept/o
prevention of conception
244
contus/o
bruise
245
convalesc/o
recover
246
convex/o
arched, vaulted
247
copi/o
plentiful
248
copulat/o
coming together
249
cor/o
pupil
250
cordi/o
heart
251
core/o
pupil
252
cori/o
leather, skin
253
corne/o
cornea
254
coron/o
heart
255
corpor/o
body
256
corpuscul/o
little body
257
cortic/o
cortex
258
cost/o
ribs
259
cox/o
hip
260
crani/o
skull
261
creatin/o
creatine
262
crepit/o
crackling
263
cric/o
ring
264
crin/o
secrete
265
cris/o
turning point
266
critic/o
crisis, dangerous
267
cry/o
cold
268
crypt/o
hidden
269
crystall/o
crystal, transparent
270
cubit/o
elbow, forearm
271
cuboid/o
square-like
272
culd/o
cul-de-sac
273
cult/o
cultivate
274
cune/o
wedge-shaped
275
cupr/o
copper
276
cusp/i
flap
277
cutane/o
skin
278
cyan/o
blue
279
cycl/o
circular, ciliary bodies
280
cyst/o
bladder, cyst
281
cyt/o, -cyte
cell
282
dacry/o
tear
283
dacryocyst/o
lacrimal (tear) sac
284
dactyl/o
digit (finger or toe)
285
deaphor/o
sweat
286
debrid/e
open a wound
287
decidu/o
shedding, falling off
288
decubit/o
lying down
289
defec/o
free from waste, defecate
290
defer/o
carrying down or out
291
deglutit/o
swallow
292
dehisce/o
burst open, split
293
deliri/o
mind wandering
294
delt/o
triangular
295
delus/o
mock, cheat, delude
296
dem/o
people
297
dendr/o
tree
298
dent/o
tooth
299
depilate/o
hair removal
300
depress/o
lower
301
derm/o
skin
302
dermat/o
skin
303
desicc/o
dry
304
desm/o
ligament
305
deteriorat/o
worsening, gradual impairment
306
deuter/o
secondary, second
307
dextr/o
right
308
diaphor/o
sweat
309
diaphragmat/o
diaphragm
310
diastole/o
standing apart, expansion
311
didym/o
testis, twin
312
diffus/o
spread out
313
digest/o
divide, distribute
314
digit/o
finger, toe
315
dilat/o
enlarge, expand
316
dilut/o
dissolve, separate
317
diphther/o
membrane
318
dipl/o
double
319
dips/o
thirst
320
disk/o
disk
321
dislocat/o
displacement
322
dissect/o
cut apart
323
disseminat/o
widely scattered
324
dist/o
distant
325
distend/o
stretch apart
326
diur/o
increasing urine output
327
divert/o
turning aside
328
dolich/o
long
329
dolor/o
pain
330
domin/o
controlling, ruling
331
don/o
give
332
dors/o
back
333
drom/o
running
334
duct/o
to lead, tube
335
duoden/o
duodenum (first part of small intestine)
336
dynam/o
power, strength
337
ecchym/o
bruise
338
echin/o
spiny, prickly
339
eclamps/o
shining forth
340
ectr/o
congenital absence
341
eczemat/o
eruption
342
edemat/o
swelling
343
edentul/o
without teeth
344
effect/o
activate, bring a response
345
effus/o
pouring out
346
ejaculat/o
throw out
347
ele/o
oil
348
electr/o
electricity
349
eliminat/o
expel from the body
350
emaciat/o
wasted by disease
351
embol/o
embolus
352
embry/o
embryo
353
emet/o
vomit
354
emmetr/o
correct measure, proportioned
355
emolli/o
to soften
356
encephal/o
brain
357
endocrin/o
internal secretion
358
enem/o
end in, inject
359
enter/o
small intestine
360
eosin/o
rosy, dawn
361
epidemi/o
epidemic, among the people
362
epididym/o
epididymis
363
epiglott/o
epiglottus
364
epipl/o
omentum
365
episi/o
vulva
366
epitheli/o
epithelium (outer layer of skin)
367
equin/o
horse
368
erect/o
upright
369
erethism/o
irritation
370
erg/o
work
371
erot/o
sexual love
372
eruct/o
belch forth
373
erupt/o
break out
374
erythem/o
flushed, redness
375
erythr/o
red
376
eschar/o
scab
377
esophag/o
esophagus
378
esthesi/o, -esthesia
sensation, feeling
379
esthet/o
sense of feeling
380
estr/o
female
381
ethm/o
sieve
382
eti/o
cause
383
evacu/o
empty out
384
exacerbat/o
aggravate
385
exanthemat/o
rash
386
excis/o
cutting out
387
excit/o
arouse
388
excori/o
abrasion
389
excret/o
separate, discharge
390
excruciat/o
intense pain
391
exhal/o
breathe out
392
expir/o
breathe out
393
exstroph/o
turned out, twisted out
394
extern/o
outside
395
extreme/o
extremity, outermost
396
extrins/o
from the outside, contained outside
397
exud/o
sweat out
398
faci/o
face
399
fasci/o
fascia (layer of fibrous tissue)
400
fascicul/o
little bundle
401
fatal/o
death
402
fauc/I
narrow pass, throat
403
febr/i
fever
404
fec/I, fec/o
waste
405
femor/o
femur
406
fenestr/o
window
407
fer/o
carry
408
ferr/o
iron
409
fertil/o
fertile, productive
410
fet/o
fetus
411
fibr/o
fiber
412
fibrill/o
muscular twitching
413
fibrin/o
fibrin, threads of a clot
414
fibros/o
fibrous connective tissue
415
fibul/o
fibula
416
fic/o
making, producing
417
fil/o
thread, thread-like
418
filament/o
thread, thread-like
419
filtr/o
to strain through, filtration
420
fimbri/o
fringe
421
fimbria/e
finger-like, thread-like
422
fiss/o
crack, split
423
fistul/o
tube, pipe
424
flat/o
flatus, rectal gas
425
flav/o
yellow
426
flect/o
to bend
427
flex/o
to bend
428
flu/o
to flow
429
fluor/o
fluorine
430
flux/o
to flow
431
foc/o
focus, point
432
foll/I
bag, sac
433
follicul/o
small sac, follicle
434
foramen/o
opening
435
fornic/o
arch, vault
436
foss/o
ditch, shallow depression
437
fove/o
pit
438
fract/o
break, broken
439
fren/o
device that limits movement
440
frig/o
cold
441
frigid/o
cold
442
funct/o
function
443
fund/o
bottom, base
444
fung/i
fungus
445
furuncul/o
furunculus, boil
446
fusc/o
dark brown
447
galact/o
milk
448
gam/o
marriage, sexual union
449
gamet/o
gamete
450
gangli/o, ganglion/o
ganglion (mass of nerve tissue)
451
gangren/o
eating sore, gangrene
452
gastr/o
stomach
453
gastrocnemi/o
calf muscle (gastrocnemius)
454
ge/o
earth, soil
455
gel/o
to freeze
456
gemell/o
twins
457
gen/o
producing
458
geni/o
chin
459
genit/o
reproduction
460
ger/o
old age
461
germin/o
bud, sprout
462
geront/o
old age
463
gest/o
to bear
464
gestat/o
to bear
465
gigant/o
huge
466
gingiv/o
gums
467
glauc/o
gray, bluish green
468
glen/o
socket, pit
469
gli/o
glue
470
globin/o
protein
471
globul/o
little ball
472
glomerul/o
glomerulus (tubular structure in kidney)
473
gloss/o
tongue
474
glott/o
back of the tongue
475
gluc/o
sugar, glucose
476
glyc/o
sugar
477
glycer/o
sweet
478
glycogen/o
glycogen, animal starch
479
gnath/o
jaw
480
gnos/o
knowledge
481
goitr/o
goiter, thyroid enlargement
482
gon/o
genitals, semen
483
gonad/o
gonads
484
goni/o
angle
485
gracil/o
slender
486
grad/I
step, go
487
granul/o
granule
488
graph/o
writing
489
gravid/o
pregnancy
490
gust/o
taste
491
gustat/o
taste
492
gynec/o
woman, female
493
gyr/o
circle, spiral
494
hal/o
breath
495
halit/o
breath
496
halluc/o
big toe
497
hallucin/o
hallucination
498
haph/e
touch
499
hapl/o
single
500
hect/o
100 (10^2)
