Interior root words Flashcards
(121 cards)
1
Q
Abdomin/o
A
abdomen
2
Q
Aden/o
A
gland
3
Q
Adren/o
A
adrenal gland
4
Q
Alveoli/o
A
air sac
5
Q
Angi/o
A
vessel
6
Q
Arteri/o
A
artery
7
Q
Arteriol/o
A
arteriole
8
Q
Athr/o
A
joint
9
Q
Atri/o
A
atrium
10
Q
Audi/o
A
hearing
11
Q
Balan/o
A
glans penis
12
Q
Bio-
A
life
13
Q
Bronch/i, bronch/o
A
bronchus
14
Q
Bronchiol/o
A
bronchiole
15
Q
Carcin/o
A
cancer
16
Q
Cardi/o
A
heart
17
Q
Cellul/o
A
Cell
18
Q
Cerebello/o
A
Cerebellum
19
Q
Cerebr/i, cerebr/o
A
cerebrum
20
Q
Chol/e
A
bile
21
Q
Cholecyst/o
A
gallbladder
22
Q
Choledoch/o
A
common bile duct
23
Q
Chondr/i, chondr/o
A
cartilage
24
Q
Chrom/o
A
color
25
Col/o
Colon
26
Colp/o
vagina
27
Cost/o
rib
28
Cry/o
cold
29
Crypt/o
hidden
30
Cutane/o
skin
31
Cyan/o
blue
32
cysti, cyst/o
bladder or cyst
33
cyt/o
cell
34
Dipl/o
double, twice
35
Duoden/o
duodenum
36
Encephal/o
brain
37
Enter/o
intestine
38
Episi/o
vulva
39
Erthr/o
red
40
Esophag/o
Esophagus
41
Fibr/o
fibers
42
Galact/o
milk
43
Gastr/o
stomch
44
Glyc/o
sugar
45
Gynec/o
female
46
Hemat/o
blood
47
Hepat/o, hepatic/o
liver
48
Heter/o
other, different
49
Hidr/o
sweat
50
Hist/o, histi/o
tissue
51
Hom/o, home/o
same, alike
52
Hydr/o
water, wet
53
Hyster/o
uterus
54
iatr/o
treatment
55
ile/o
ileum (intestine)
56
ili/o
ilium (pelvic bone)
57
Intestin/o
intestine
58
Jejun/o
Jejunum
59
Kerat/o
Cornea of eye, horny tissue
60
Lacrima
tears
61
Laryng/o
larynx
62
Leuk/o
white
63
lipid/o
fat
64
Lith/o
stone (in gallbladder or kidney)
65
Lymph/o
lymph vessels
66
Melan/o
black
67
Men/o
menses, menstruation
68
Mening/o
uterus
69
My/o
muscle
70
Myel/o
bone marrow or spinal cord
71
Myring/o
eardrum
72
Nat/o
birth
73
Necr/o
death
74
Nephr/o
kidney
75
Neur/o
nerve
76
Oophor/o
ovary
77
Orchid/o, orchi/o
testis
78
Oss/eo, oss/i, ost/e, ost/eo
bone
79
Palat/o
roof of mouth
80
Path/o
disease
81
Peritone/o
peritoneum
82
Pharmac/o
drug
83
Pharyng/o
Pharynx
84
Phleb/o
vein
85
Phren/o
diaphagm
86
Pleur/o
pleura, rib (side)
87
Pneum/a, phenm/o
lungs
88
Poli/o
gray matter of nervoussystem
89
Proct/o
rectum, anus
90
Pulmon/o
lungs
91
Py/o
pus
92
Pyel/o
Pelvis of kidney
93
Rect/o
rectum
94
Ren/i, ren/o
kidney
95
Sacr/o
sacrum
96
Salping/o
fallopian tube
97
Sarc/o
flesh
98
Scapul/o
Scapula
99
Sept/o
infection
100
Splen/o
spleen
101
Spondyl/o
vertebra
102
Stern/o
sternum
103
Tend/o, ten/o
tendon
104
Testicul/o
testis
105
Therm/o
heat
106
Thorac/o
chest
107
thym/o
Thymus
108
Thyr/o
thyroid gland
109
Thyroid/o
thyroid gland
110
Tonsill/o
tonsils
111
Trache/o
trachea
112
Tympan/o
eardrum
113
Ur/e, ur/ea, ur/eo, urin/o, ur/o
urine
114
Ureter/o
Ureter
115
Urethr/o
Urethra
116
Vas/o
vas deferens
117
Vas/o, ven/o
vein
118
Vesic/o
bladder
119
Viscer/o
viscera (internal organs)
120
Xanth/o
red, redness
121
Xer/o
dry
