Root words Flashcards by kyrsten smith

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actino-

A

ray, radiated structure

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adipo

A

fat

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aer-

A

air, gas

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aneurys

A

widening

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ankyl-

A

crooked, attached

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blast

A

bud, germ (osteoblast)

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blenno

A

mucus

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bucc

A

cheek

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clas

A

smash, break

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cyt-

A

cell

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gero-

A

aged (gerontology)

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gust

A

taste

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iatro

A

medicine, physician

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ictero

A

jaundice

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kinesio

A

movement

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macro

A

large, long

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mal

A

ill, bad

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megalo-

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large

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myco-

A

fungi

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myx-

A

mucus

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nocto-, nycto

A

night

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oligo

A

few, little

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pachy-

A

thick

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paleo

A

old

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pedia

child

pedo-, pod-

foot

phago

devour, eat

platy

flat, broad

pur-, pyo-

pus

scirrh-, scler-

hard

sphygmo-

pulse

splanchn

viscera

staphylo-

grapelike cluster

stear-, steat-

fat

steno-

narrow, contracted (stenosis)

sthen

strength (myasthenia)

micro-

small

muco-

mucous

strepto-

twisted, vurved

viscer

organ

angio-

vessel

arterio-

artery

cardio-

heart

hema, hemo, sangui-

blood

bili-, chol-

bile

col-

colon

entero-

intestine

gloss-

tongue

oro-, stoma-

mouth

procto-

rectum

acro-

extremity

chondr-

cartilage

dactylo-

finger, toe

myel-

marrow

cutis-, derm-

skin

pilo-, tricho-

hair

varico-

dilated vein

vaso-

vessel, duct

phlebo-, veni-

vein

cheil-, labio-

lip

dent-, odont-

tooth

gastro-

stomach

hepato-

liver

pharyngo-

pharynx

pyloro-, sial-

pylorus, gatekeeper

arth-

joint

costa-

rib

myo-

muscle

spondyl-

vertebra

onych-

nail

seb-, sebi-

sebum, sebaceous

omphalo-

navel

naso-, rhino-

nose

pleuro

pleura, side, rib

pneum

air, lung

thoraco-

chest

sino-

sinus

phreno-

diaphragm

pneo

breath, breathing

pulmo-

lung

tracheo-

trachea

spiro-

coil, breathe (spirometer)

colpo-

vagina

gravi-

pregnant

masto-

breast

oophor-

ovary

para-

to bear

galact-

milk

hyter-

uterus

meno-

menses

orchi-

testis

salpingo-

fallopian tube

cysto-

bladder, sac

pyelo-

pelvis

nephro-

kidney

vesico-

bladder

cephal-

head

meningo-

membrane (of spine and brain)

cerebro-, encephalo-

brain

neuro

nerve

auri-

ear

cilio-

eyelid

irido-

iris

lacri-

tears

ocul-, aothal-

eye

photo-

light

tympano-

eardrum, middle ear

blephar-

eyelid

dacry

tear duct

kerato-

cornea

myringo-

eardrum

oto-

ear

osmo-, osphresio-

smell

aden-, sial-

gland

cyt-

cell

leuk

white

phleb

vein

thrombo-

clot

splen-, lieno-

spleen

carcin-

cancer

onco-

mass, swelling

neo-

new, strange

chemo-

chemistry

orexia-

appetite

troph-

nourishment