Root Words Flashcards
(49 cards)
1
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Root word of: xanth
A
Yellow
2
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Root word of: vit
A
Life
3
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Root word of: vis
A
Seeing, sight
4
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Root word of: ven
A
Vein
5
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Root word of: vascul
A
Blood vessel, little vessel
6
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Root word of: valv, valvul
A
Valve
7
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Root word of: trach, trache
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Trachea, windpipe
8
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Root word of: thorac
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Thorax, chest
9
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Root word of: thromb
A
Clot
10
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Root word of: therm
A
Heat
11
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Root word of: splen
A
Spleen
12
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Root word of: scler
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Sclera, white of the eye, hard
13
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Root word of: noct, nyct
A
Night
14
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Root word of: nephr
A
Kidney
15
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Root word of: neur
A
Nerve
16
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Root word of: necr
A
Death (cells/body)
17
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Root word of: myel
A
Bone marrow, spinal cord
18
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Root word of: mes, meso
A
Middle
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Root word of: mening
A
Meninges
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Root word of: melan
A
Black
21
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Root word of: lip
A
Fat
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Root word of: leuk
A
White
23
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Root word of: laryng
A
Larynx
24
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Root word of: lapar
A
Abdomen
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Root word of: hydr
Water
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Root word of: hidr
Sweat
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Root word of: hepat
Liver
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Root word of: hem, hemat
Blood
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Root word of: glyc, glycos
Sugar, glucose
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Root word of: enter
Intestines (usually small intestine)
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Root word of: encephal
Brain
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Root word of: edema
Swelling
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Root word of: cyt, cyte
Cell
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Root word of: cyst
Bladder, sac
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Root word of: cyan
Blue
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Root word of: crani
Cranium, skull
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Root word of: col
Colon, large intestine
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Root word of: cervic
Neck, cervix
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Root word of: cerebr
Cerebrum, brain
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Root word of: cephal
Head
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Root word of: cardi
Heart
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Root word of: bronch
Airway, bronchus
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Root word of: blephar
Eyelid
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Root word of: bio
Life
45
Root word of: arthr
Joint
46
Root word of: appendic
Appendix
47
Root word of: angi
(Blood) vessel, (lymph) vessel
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Root word of: adren, adrenal
Adrenal gland
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Root word of: aden
Gland
