Medical Terminology Root Words Flashcards
(57 cards)
1
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Tens/o
A
Stretch out, extend, strain
2
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Arteri/o
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Artery
3
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Path/o
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Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
4
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Crani/o
A
Skull
5
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Poli/o
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Grey
6
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Cyan/o
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Blue
7
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Erythr/o
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Red
8
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Leuk/o
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White
9
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Melan/o
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Black
10
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Cost/o
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Ribs
11
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Enter/o
A
Small intestine
12
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Rhin/o
A
Nose
13
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Ot/o
A
Ear
14
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Neur/o
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Nerve, nervous system
15
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Laryng/o
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Larynx or throat
16
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Oste/o
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Bone
17
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Arthr/o
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Joint
18
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Ather/o
A
Plaque or fatty substance
19
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My/o
A
Muscle
20
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Myel/o
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Spinal cord or bone marrow
21
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Myc/o
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Fungus
22
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Aden/o
A
Gland
23
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Adip/o
A
Fat
24
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Anter/o
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Before, front
25
Caud/o
Lower part of body, tail
26
Cephal/o
Head
27
Cyt/o
Cell
28
Hist/o
Tissue
29
Plas/i, plas/o, -plasia
Development, growth, formation
30
Poster/o
Behind, toward the back
31
Physi/o
Nature or physical
32
Ventr
Belly side of the body
33
Dors
Back of the body
34
Megal/o
Large, great
35
Periton
Peritoneum
36
Home/o
Constant
37
Carcin
Cancerous
38
Idi/o
Peculiar
39
Chondr/i
Cartilage
40
Lumb
Lower back
41
Ili
Hip bone
42
Embry/o
Fertilized ovum
43
Gene
Producing
44
Dem/i
Population
45
Tele
Distant
46
Ankyl/o
Crooked, bent, stiff
47
Burs/o
Bursa
48
Chondr/o
Cartilage
49
Kyph/o
Bent/hump
50
Lord/o
Curve, swayback, bent
51
Oss/e
Bone
52
Oss/i
Bone
53
Ost/o
Bone
54
Scoli/o
Curved, bent
55
Spondyl/o
Vertebrae, vertebral column or backbone
56
Synovi/o
Synovial membrane, synovial fluid
57
Synov/o
Synovial membrane, synovial fluid
