Med Term, Combining Roots And Forms Flashcards
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Actin(o)
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Light
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Acanth(o)
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Spiny; thorny
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Aer(o)
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Air; gas
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Alge, algesi, algio, algo
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Pain
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Amyl(o)
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Starch
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Andro
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Masculine
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Athero
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Plaque; fatty substance
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Bacill(i)
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Bacilli; bacteria
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Bacteri(o)
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Bacteria
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Bar(o)
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Weight; pressure
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Bas(o), basi(o)
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Base
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Bio-
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Life
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Blasto
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Immature cells
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Cac(o)
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Bad; ill
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Calc(o), calci(o)
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Calcium
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Carcin(o)
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Cancer
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Chem(o)
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Chemical
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Chlor(o)
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Chlorine, green
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Chondrio, chondro
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Cartilage, grainy, gritty
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Chore(o)
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Dance
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Chrom, chromat, chromo
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Color
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Chrono
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Time
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Chyl(o)
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Chyle, a digestive juice
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Chym(o)
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Chyme, semi fluid production of chyme in the stomach
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Cine(o)
Movement
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Coni(o)
Dust
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Crin(o)
Secrete
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Cry(o)
Cold
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Crypt(o)
Hidden; obscure
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Cyan(o)
Blue
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Cycl(o)
Circle; cycle; cystic duct
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Cyt(o)
Cell
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Dextr(o)
Right, toward the right
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Dips(o)
Thirst
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Dors(o), dorsi
Back
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Dynamo
Force; energy
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Echo
Reflected sound
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Electr(o)
Electricity; electric
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Eosin(o)
Red; rosey
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Ergo
Work
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Erythr(o)
Red, redness
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Esthesio
Sensation, perception
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Ethmo
Ethmoid bone
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Etio
Cause
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Fibr(o)
Fiber
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Fluor(o)
Light; luminous; fluorine
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Fungi
Fungus
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Galact(o)
Milk
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Gen(o)
Producing; being born
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Gero, geront(o)
Old age
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Gluco
Glucose
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Glyco
Sugars
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Gonio
Angle
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Granulo
Granular
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Gyn(o), gyne, gyneco
Women
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Home(o), homo
Same; constant
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Hydr(o)
Hydrogen, water
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Hypn(o)
Sleep
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Iatr(o)
Physician; treatment
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Ichthy(o)
Dry; scaly; fish
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Idio
Distinct; unknown
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Immun(o)
Safe; immune
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Kal(I)
Potassium
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Karyo
Nucleus
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Ket(o), keton(o)
Ketone; acetone
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Kin(o), kine
Movement
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Kinesi(o), kineso
Motion
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Kyph(o)
Humpback
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Lact(o), lacti
Milk
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Latero
Lateral, to one side
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Lepto
Light, frail, thin
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Leuk(o)
White
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Lip(o)
Fat
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Lith(o)
Stone
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Log(o)
Speech, words, thought
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Lys(o)
Dissolution
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Macr(o)
Large; long
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Medi(o)
Middle; medial plane
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Meg(a), megal(o)
Large; million
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Melan(o)
Black; dark
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Mes(o)
Middle; median
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Micr(o)
Small; one-millionth; tiny
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Mio
Smaller; less
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morph(o)
structure; shape
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Narcp
Sleep; numbness
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Necr(o)
Death; dying
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Noct(i)
Night
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Normo
Normal
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Nucle(o)
Nucleus
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Nyct(o)
Night
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Oncho, onco
Tumor
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Orth(o)
Stright; normal
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Oxy
Sharp; acute; oxygen
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Pachy
Thick
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Path(o)
Disease
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Phago
Eating; devouring; swallowing
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Pharmaco
Drugs; medicine
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Phon(o)
Sound; voice; speech
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Phot(o)
Light
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Physi, physio
Physical; natural
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Physo
Air; gas; growing
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Phyt(o)
Plant
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Plasma, plasmo
Formative; plasma
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Poikilo
varied; irregular
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Pseud(o)
False
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Pyo
Pus
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Pyreto
Fever
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Pyro
Fever; fire; heat
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Radio
Radiation; X-ray; radius
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Salping(o)
Tube
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Schisto
Split
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Schiz(o)
Split; division
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Scler(o)
Hardness; hardening
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Scolio
Crooked; bent
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Scoto
Darkness
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Sidero
Iron
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Sito
Food; grain
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Somn(o), somni
Sleep
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Sono
Sound
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Spasmo
Spasm
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Spher(o)
Round; spherical
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Spir(o)
Breath; breathe
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Squamo
Scale; squamous
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Staphyl(o)
Grape like clusters
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Steno
Narrowness
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Stere(o)
Three-dimensional
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Strepto
Twisted chains; streptococci
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Styl(o)
Peg-shaped
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Syring(o)
Tube
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Tel(o), tele(o)
Distant; end; complete
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Terato
Monster (as a malformed fetus)
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Therm(o)
Heat
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Tono
Tension; pressure
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Top(o)
Place; topical
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Tox(i), toxico, toxo
Poison; toxin
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Tropho
Food; nutrition
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Vivi
Life
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Xanth(o)
Yellow
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Xeno
Stranger
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Xer(o)
Dry
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Xiph(o)
Sword; xiphoid
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Zo(o)
Life
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Zym(o)
Fermentation; enzyme
