root words Flashcards
1
Q
acr (o)
A
extremity, peak
2
Q
aden
A
gland
3
Q
adipo
A
fat
4
Q
andr (o)
A
male
5
Q
angi (o)
A
blood vessel
6
Q
ankyl
A
crooked, fusion
7
Q
arthr (o)
A
joints
8
Q
bili
A
bile
9
Q
bi (o)
A
life
10
Q
blast
A
embryonic state of development or the creator of a type of cell
11
Q
brachi (o)
A
arm
12
Q
brady
A
slow
13
Q
calc (i)
A
heel
14
Q
carcin (o)
A
cancer
15
Q
caud
A
tail
16
Q
chem (o)
A
chemical
17
Q
chol (e)
A
bile
18
Q
chondr (o)
A
cartlidge
19
Q
cut
A
skin
20
Q
cyan
A
blue
21
Q
cyt (o)
A
cell
22
Q
derm
A
skin
23
Q
dors (i) (o)
A
back
24
Q
erythr (o)
A
red
25
fasci
bundle
26
febri
fever
27
fil
threadlike
28
galact (o)
milk
29
ger (o) or geront (o)
aging
30
haeme (a) (o) or haemato
blood
31
hist (i) (o)
tissue
32
hydro
water
33
hyster (o)
uterus
34
ile (o)
ilieum
35
ischi (o)
hip
36
jejun (o)
jejunum
37
kerat (o)
horny tissue, cornea
38
kine (t) (o)
movement
39
labio
lips, labia
40
lact (o)
milk
41
leuk (o)
white
42
lip (o)
fat
43
lith (o)
stone
44
melan (o)
black
45
meno
menses
46
my (o)
muscle
47
myc (o)
fungus
48
myel (o)
bone marrow, spinal cord
49
myx
mucus
50
neur (o)
nerve, nervous system
51
onc (o)
tumor
52
orchi (o)
testes
53
oste (o)
bone
54
paed or ped
child
55
path (o)
disease
56
pharmaco
drugs
57
phot (o)
light
58
plasm (o)
liquid part of blood - plasma
59
pod (o)
foot
60
pyel (o)
kidney
61
pyr (o)
burning or fever
62
sarc (o)
flesh
63
scler (o)
hard
64
soma or samat(o)
body
65
sten (o)
narrow
66
tachy
rapid, fast
67
therm (o)
heat
68
thromb (o)
clot
69
ur (o)
urinary, urine
