Root Words Flashcards by Savannah Seiverth

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acro

A

extremity

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ambi

A

both

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bio

A

life

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cephalo

A

head

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cordo

A

cord

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encephalo

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brain

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karyo

A

cell’s nucleus

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lemma

A

rind

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lord

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bending

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ment

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mind

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metr

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to measure

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scop

A

to examine

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spondylo

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vertebra

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tendo

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tendon

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tentori

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tentorium, tent

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ulno

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elbow

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vago

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wandering

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stomato

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mouth

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dento

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teeth

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glosso/linguo

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tongue

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gingivo

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gums

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encephalo

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brain

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gastro

A

stomach

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entero

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intestine

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colo

large intestine

procto

anus/rectum

hepato

liver

nephro/rene

kidney

orchido

testis

oophoro

ovary

hystero/metro

uterus

salpingo

uterine tubes

dermo

skin

masto/mammo

breast

osteo

bones

cardio

heart

cysto

bladder

rhino

nose

phlebo/veno

veins

pneumo/pulmo

lung

hemo/emia

blood

aden/o

gland

lip/o

fat

my/o

muscle

lymph/o

lymph tissue

carcin/o

malignant

osteo/o

bone

cardi/o

heart

brady

slow

tachy

fast

angi/o

vessel

cephal/o

head

encephal/o

inside the head (brain)

mening/o

membranes surrounding the brain and spinal cord

myel/o

spinal cord

neur/o

nerve

dys

difficult, painful, abnormal

chol/e

gall, bile

emes/o

vomit

lith/o

stone

lapar/o

abdominal wall

laryng/o

larynx, "voice box"

trache/o

trachea, "windpipe"

bronch/o

lung air passageways

pne/u

breath, air, lung

pulmo

lung

hydro

water

pyel/o

renal collecting ducts

ur/o

urine

olig/o

scanty, less than normal

orchid/o

testes

test/o

testes

balan/o

head of the penis

andro/o

male

prostat/o

prostate

vas/o

vessel, duct

salping/o

uterine tube

colp/o

vagina

oophor/o

ovary

men/o

menstruation

momm/o, mast/o

breast

coitus

intercourse

part/o

labor/birth/delivery

toc/o

labor/birth/delivery

chondr/o

cartilage

arthr/o

joint

myel/o

bone marrow

ten/o

tendon (binds muscle to bone)

tendin/o

tendon (binds muscle to bone)

ligament/o

ligament (binds bone to bone)

burs/o

bursa, "bag", shock absorber between tendons and bones