Medical Terminology Review-Roots Flashcards by Judith Reilley

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abdomin/o

A

abdomen

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aden/o

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gland

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angi/o

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vessel

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arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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fatty plaque

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aur/i or aur/o

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ear

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aut/o

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self

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bi/o

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life

Note: bi is two and bi/o is life

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blephar/o

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eyelid

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burs/o

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cavity

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carcin/o

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cancer

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cardi/o

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heart

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celi/o

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abdominal

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cephal/o

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head

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cerebr/o

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brain

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chol/o

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gall or bile

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chondr/o

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cartilage

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col/o

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colon

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cry/o

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freezing/cold

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cyan/o

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blue

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cyst/o

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bladder or sac

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cyt/o

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cell

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derm

derma- dermat- dermot- dermo-

A

skin

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dist/o

A

away

away from the point of attachment of a body part

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encephal/o

brain

enter/o

intestine

erythr/o

red

gastr/o

stomach

gynec/o

woman/female

hem/o or hemat/o

blood

hepat/o

liver

hyster/o

uterus

lapar/o

abdominal wall

later/o

side

leuk/o

white

lith/o

stone or calculus

lob/o

lobe

mamm/o or mast/o

breast

meat/o

opening

melan/o

black

myc/o

fungus

myel/o

bone marrow or spinal cord

my/o

muscle

necr/o

death

nephr/o

kidney

neuro/

nerve

noct/i

night

onc/o

tumor/mass

oophor/o

ovary

ophthalm/o

eye

orchid/o ## Footnote orchi/o or orch/o

testis/testicles

or/o

mouth

ortho/o

straight

oste/o

bone

ot/o

ear

ox/i or ox/o

oxygen

path/o

disease

phalang/o

finger

pharyng/o

throat

phleb/o

vein

phon/o

sound

phot/o

light

pneum/o ## Footnote pneumat/o pneumon/o

lung or air

poster/o

back, behind

proxim/o

near ## Footnote near the point of attachment of a a body part)

pseud/o

false

psych/o

mind

pulmon/o

lung

pyel/o

renal pelvis

py/o

pus

radic/o or radicul/o

nerve root

ren/o

kidney

rhabd/o

rod-shaped, striated

rhin/o

nose

salping/o

uterine (fallopian) tubes

sarc/o

flesh (connective tissue)

scoli/o

crooked, curved

somat/o

body

somat/o

body

son/o

sound

spir/o

breathing/breathe

steth/o

chest

spondyl/o

vertebra

super/o

above

tars/o

ankle

tendin/o ## Footnote tend/o or ten/o

tendon

throrac/o

chest

thromb/o

clot

thyroid/o or thyr/o

thyroid gland

tom/o

cut, section

trich/o

hair

tympan/o

eardrum

ungu/o

nail

ur/o or urin/o

urinary, urinary tract

valv/o or valvul/o

valve

vas/o

vessel, duct

ventr/o

belly, front

viscer/o

internal organs

xanth/o

yellow

xer/o

dry