Root Words Flashcards
(176 cards)
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aden/o
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gland
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arthr/o
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joint
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bi/o
A
life
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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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cephal/o
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head
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cerebr/o
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cerebrum (largest part of the brain)
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cis/o
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to cut
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crin/o
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to secrete (to form and give off)
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder; a sac or a cyst (sac containing fluid)
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cyt/o
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cell
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derm/o, dermat/o
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skin
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electr/o
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electricity
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encephal/o
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brain
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enter/o
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intestines (usually the small intestine)
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erythr/o
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red
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gastr/o
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stomach
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glyc/o
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sugar
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gnos/o
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knowledge
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gynec/o
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female
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hem/o, hemat/o
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blood
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hepat/o
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liver
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iatr/o
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treatment, physician
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leuk/o
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white
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log/o
study of
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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onc/o
tumor (cancerous)
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ophthalm/o
eye
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oste/o
bone
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path/o
disease
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ped/o
child
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psych/o
mind
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radi/o
x-rays
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ren/o
kidney
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rhin/o
nose
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sarc/o
flesh (connective tissue)
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sect/o
to cut
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thromb/o
clot, clotting
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ur/o
urinary tract, urine
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abdomin/o
abdomen
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acr/o
extremities, top, extreme point
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acu/o
sharp, severe, sudden
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adip/o
fat
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amni/o
amnion (sac surrounding the embryo in the uterus)
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angi/o
vessel
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arteri/o
artery
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axill/o
armpit
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blephar/o
eyelid
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bronch/o
bronchial tubes (2 tubes that branch from the trachea to enter the lungs)
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chem/o
drug, chemical
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chondr/
cartilage
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chron/o
time
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col/o
colon (large intestine)
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hydr/o
water, fluid
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inguin/o
groin
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isch/o
to hold back
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lapar/o
abdomen, abdomen wall
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laryng/o
layrnx
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lymph/o
lymph
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
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morph/o
shape, form
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muc/o
mucus
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my/o
muscle
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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necr/o
death (of cells or whole body)
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neutr/o
neutrophil (a kind of white blood cell)
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nucle/o
nucleus
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ot/o
ear
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peritone/o
peritoneum (membrane lining abdomen cavity)
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phag/o
to eat, swallow
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phleb/o
vein
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plas/o
formation, development
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pleur/o
pleura (membrane surrounding lungs
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pneumon/o
lungs
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pulmon/o
lungs
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rect/o
rectum
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splen/o
spleen
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staphyl/o
clusters
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strept/o
twisted chains
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thorac/o
chest
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tonsil/o
tonsils
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trache/o
trachea
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ven/o
vein
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omphal/o
umbilicus, navel
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eosin/o
rosy
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bas/o
basic [think blue granulocyte]
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carp/o
wrist bones
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cost/o
rib
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cutane/o
skin
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dactyl/o
fingers/toes
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duct/o
to lead, carry
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flex/o
to bend
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gloss/o
tongue
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immun/o
protection
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mort/o
death
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nat/o
birth
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norm/o
rule, order
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ox/o
oxygen
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pub/o
pubis (pubic bone); anterior (front) portion of pelvic or hipbone
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seps/o
infection
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somn/o
sleep
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son/o
sound
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the/o
to put, place
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thel/o, theli/o
nipple
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thyr/o
thyroid gland; shield (shape of thyroid gland)
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top/o
place, position, location
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tox/o
poison
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urethr/o
urethra
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anter/o
front
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cervic/o
neck; cervix (neck of uterus)
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chrom/o
color
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coccyg/o
coccyx (tailbone)
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crani/o
skull
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dist/o
far; distant
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dors/o
back (of body)
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hist/o, histi/o
tissue
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ili/o
ilium (broad bone forming upper part of the pelvis)
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kary/o
nucleus
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later/o
side
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lumb/o
lower back; loin
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medi/o
middle
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pelv/i
pelvis; hip region
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poster/o
back (of body) behind
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proxim/o
near
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sacr/o
sacrum
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spin/o
spine
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umbilic/o
umbilicus (navel)
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ventr/o
belly side of body
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vertebr/o
vertebra
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bartholin/o
Bartholin glands
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chori/o, chorion/o
chorion
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colp/o
vagina
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culd/o
cul-de-sac
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episi/o
vulva
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galact/o
milk
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gynec/o
woman
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hyster/o
uterus
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lact/o
milk
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mamm/o
breast
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mast/o
breast
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men/o
menses
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metr/o, metri/o
uterus
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myom/o
muscle tumor
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nat/i
birth
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obstetr/o
pregnancy
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olig/o
scanty
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o/o
egg
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oophor/o
ovary
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ov/o
egg
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ovari/o
ovary
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ovul/o
egg
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perine/o
perineum
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phor/o
to bear
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py/o
pus
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salping/o
fallopian tubes
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uter/o
uterus
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vagin/o
vagina
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vulv/o
vulva
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andr/o
male
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balan/o
glans penis
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cry/o
cold
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crypt/o
hidden
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epididym/o
epididymis
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gon/o
seed
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orch/o, orchi/o, orchid/o
testis
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pen/o
penis
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prostat/o
prostate gland
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semin/i
semen
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sperm/o, spermat/o
spermatozoa
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terat/o
monster
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test/o
testis
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varic/o
varicose veins
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vas/o
vessel
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zo/o
animal life
