Root Words Flashcards
root words (43 cards)
1
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Aden/o
A
gland
2
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adip/o
A
fat
3
Q
albin/o
A
white
4
Q
aut/o
A
self
5
Q
bi/o
A
biology
6
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
7
Q
carcin/o
A
cancer
8
Q
caus/o
A
burn/burning/heat
9
Q
cauter/o
A
burning
10
Q
cis/o
A
to cut
11
Q
cry/o
A
cold
12
Q
cutane/o
A
skin
13
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
14
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
15
Q
derma/a,dermat/o, derma/o
A
skin
16
Q
diaphor/o
A
profuse sweating
17
Q
ecchym/o
A
blood in tissues
18
Q
erythema/o, erythemat/o
A
redness
19
Q
erythr/o
A
red
20
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hidr/o
A
sweat
21
Q
hist/o
A
tissue
22
Q
ichthy/o
A
scaly,dry
23
Q
immun/o
A
immune
24
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integument/o
A
covering (like skin in the integumentary system)
25
jaund/o
yellow
26
keratin/o
hard, horned shaped tissue
27
lip/o
fat (liposuction)
28
melan/o
black
29
myc/o
fungus
30
necr/o
death
31
onych/o
nail
32
papill/o
nipple - like
33
pil/o
hair
34
Pruitt/o, psor/o
itching
35
py/o
pus
36
rhytid/o
wrinkle
37
scler/o
hardening
38
seb/o
sebum (oily secretion)
39
squam/o
scale
40
steat/o
fat
41
trich/o
hair
42
ungu/o
nail
43
xer/o
dry
