Final Exam Roots Flashcards
1
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acr/o
A
extremities, top, extreme point
2
Q
aden/o
A
gland
3
Q
adenoid/o
A
adenoids
4
Q
aer/o
A
air
5
Q
ambly/o
A
dim, dull
6
Q
angi/o
A
vessel (blood, lymph)
7
Q
ankyl/o
A
stiffness, bent, crooked
8
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
10
Q
atel/o
A
incomplete, imperfect
11
Q
ather/o
A
fatty plaque
12
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
13
Q
bronchi/o
A
bronchus (bronchi)
14
Q
bronch/o
A
bronchus (bronchi)
15
Q
calc/o
A
calcium
16
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
17
Q
cardi/o
A
heart
18
Q
card/o
A
heart
19
Q
caus/o
A
burning, burn
20
Q
cephal/o
A
head
21
Q
cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
22
Q
cervic/o
A
neck, cervix uteri
23
Q
col/o
A
bile, gall
24
Q
colp/o
A
vagina
25
cost/o
ribs
26
crani/o
cranium
27
crin/o
secrete
28
cyan/o
blue
29
crypt/o
hidden
30
cyst/o
bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
31
cyt/o
cell
32
dermat/o
skin
33
derm/o
skin
34
dipl/o
double
35
diaphor/o
profuse sweating
36
electr/o
electricity
37
encephal/o
brain
38
enter/o
intestine (usually small)
39
esthesi/o
feeling
40
erythr/o
red
41
fasci/o
fascia, band
42
gastr/o
stomach
43
gangli/o
ganglion
44
glauc/o
grey
45
glyc/o
sugar, sweetness, glucose
46
glycos/o
sugar, sweetness, glucose
47
hem/o
blood
48
hemat/o
blood
49
hidr/o
sweat
50
hirsut/o
hairy, rough
51
home/o
same, alike
52
hydr/o
water
53
ile/o
ilium
54
isch/o
to hold back, block
55
kerat/o
horny tissue, hard, cornea
56
kines/o
movement
57
kyph/o
humpback
58
lamin/o
lamina
59
laryng/o
larynx
60
leuk/o
white
61
lipid/o
fat
62
lip/o
fat
63
lith/o
stone, calculus
64
lord/o
curve, swayback
65
lymph/o
lymph
66
mast/o
breast
67
men/o
menses, menstruation
68
mening/o
meninges
69
metr/o
uterus, measure
70
metri/o
uterus
71
my/o
muscle
72
myos/o
muscle
73
myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
74
myring/o
tympanic membrane
75
necr/o
death
76
nephr/o
kidney
77
nerv/o
nerve
78
neur/o
nerve
79
olig/o
scanty, few
80
onych/o
nail
81
oophor/o
ovary
82
orch/o
testis (testes)
83
orchid/o
testis (testes)
84
orchi/o
testis (testes)
85
oste/o
bone
86
ot/o
ear
87
ovari/o
ovary
88
pancreat/o
pancreas
89
parathyroid/o
parathyroid glands
90
path/o
disease
91
pept/o
digest, digestion
92
pituitar/o
pituitary gland
93
phag/o
swallowing, eating
94
pharyng/o
pharynx
95
phleb/o
vein
96
pineal/o
pineal gland
97
pneum/o
air, lung
98
presby/o
old age
99
proct/o
anus, rectum
100
protein/o
protein
101
pyel/o
renal pelvis
102
py/o
pus
103
pyr/o
fire, fever
104
quadr/i
four
105
retin/o
retina
106
rhytid/o
wrinkle
107
salping/o
tube (fallopian, eustachian)
108
sarc/o
flesh (muscular substance)
109
scler/o
hardening, sclera
110
synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
111
scoli/o
crooked, bent
112
spasmod/o
involuntary contraction, twitching, tightening
113
spondyl/o
vertebrae
114
ten/o
tendon
115
tend/o
tendon
116
thromb/o
blood clot
117
trache/o
trachea
118
tympan/o
tympanic membrane
119
ur/o
urine, urinary tract
120
ureter/o
ureter
121
urethr/o
urethra
122
vas/o
duct, vessel, vas deferens
123
xen/o
foreign, strange
124
xer/o
dry
