Module 5-Root Words Flashcards
(105 cards)
1
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essential component of a word, the basic of medical
words.
A
Root word
2
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Root words are most derived from
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Greek, Roman/Latin origins (MAIN)
Arabic, Anglo-Saxon, and German.
3
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Root words can be located:
A
Root words can be located:
- At the beginning of a word (angioedema)
- In the middle of the word (encephalic)
- At the end of a word (scleroderma)
- A combination of root words (phototherapy)
4
Q
abdomen
A
abdomin/o
5
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extremity
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acr/o
6
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gland
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aden/o
7
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vessel
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angi/o
8
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artery
A
arter/i/o
9
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joint
A
arthr/o
10
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embryo
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blast/o
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eyelid
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blephar/o
12
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bronchus
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bronch/i, bronch/o
13
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calaneous
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calcane/o
14
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heart
A
cardi/o
15
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carpal, wrist
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carp/o
16
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head
A
cephal/o
17
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cerebrum
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cerebr/o
18
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lip
A
cheil/o
19
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bile, gall
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chol/e
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cartilage
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chondr/o
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coccus
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cocc/i
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colon
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col/o
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vagina
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colp/o
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condyle
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condyl/o
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pupil
core/o, cor/o
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cornea
corne/o
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ribs
cost/o
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cranium
crani/o
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ciliary body
cycl/o
30
bladder, sac
cyst/o
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cell
cyt/o
32
fingers or toes
dactyl/o
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tooth
dent/o
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skin
derm/o, dermat/o
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duodenum
duoden/o
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intestine
enter/o
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esophagus
esophag/o
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fiber
fibr/o
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ganglion
gangli/o
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stomach
gastr/o
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gums
gingiv/o
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tongue
gloss/o
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women
gynec/o
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blood
hem/o, hemat/o
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liver
hepat/o
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sweat
hidr/o
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humerus
humer/o
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water
hydr/o
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uterus
hyster/o
50
ileum
ile/o
51
iris
irid/o, ir/o
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ischium
ischi/o
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jejunum
jejun/o
54
cornea
kerat/o
55
tear
lacrim/o
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larynx
laryng/o
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fat
lip/o
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stone, calculus
lith/o
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loin, lumbar area
lumb/o
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chin
ment/o
61
muscle
my/o
62
spinal cord, bone marrow
myel/o
63
nose
nas/o
64
kidney
nephr/o, ren/o, pyel/o
65
nerve
neur/o
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umbilicus, navel
omphal/o
67
nail
onych/o
68
ovary
oophor/o
69
eye
opthalm/o
70
testicles
orchid/o
71
bone
oste/o
72
ear
ot/o
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pancreas
pancreat/o
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pelvis
pelv/i
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digestion
peps/o, peps/ia
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phalanx
phalang/o
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pharynx
pharyng/o
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speech
phas/o
79
veins
phleb/o
80
pleura
pleur/o
81
air, breathing
pne/o
82
lung
pneum/o, pneumon/o
83
foot
pod/o
84
rectum and anus
proct/o
85
mind
psych/o
86
pubis
pub/o
87
pus
py/o
88
rectum
rect/o
89
retina
retin/o
90
nose
rhin/o
91
fallopian tube
salping/o
92
sclera
scler/o
93
sperm
spermat/o
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spleen
splen/o
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sternum, breastbone
stern/o
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mouth
stomat/o
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thorax, chest
thorac/o
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trachea
trache/o
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trauma
traumat/o
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eardrum
tympan/o
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urine
ur/o
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ureter
ureter/o
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urethra
urethr/o
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vessel
vas/o
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gut, contents of the abdomen
viscer/o
