Root Words Flashcards
Medical root words. (125 cards)
1
Q
alb/o
A
white
2
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alges/o
A
pain
3
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andr/o
A
male
4
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
5
Q
angin/o
A
blood vessel
6
Q
ankyl/o
A
fused/stiff
7
Q
anter/o
A
front
8
Q
append/o
A
appendix
9
Q
arthr/o
A
joints
10
Q
asthen/o
A
weak
11
Q
atel/o
A
incomplete
12
Q
ather/o
A
fat
13
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aur/o
A
ear
14
Q
aut/o
A
self
15
Q
bi
A
life/two
16
Q
bil/i
A
bile
17
Q
blast/o
A
germ/bud/developing cell
18
Q
blephar/o
A
eyelid
19
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brachi/o
A
arm
20
Q
bucc/o
A
cheek
21
Q
burs/o
A
pouch/sac
22
Q
calc/i
A
calcium
23
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capn/o
A
carbon dioxide
24
Q
carp/o
A
wrist
25
cartil/o
cartilage/gristle
26
caud/o
tail
27
cec/o
blind intestine/cecum
28
cel/o
hernia/protrusion
29
cent/e
to puncture (a body cavity)
30
cephal/o
head
31
cent/i
one-hundredth/100
32
cerebr/o
brain/cerebrum
33
cervic/o
neck
34
chol/e
bile
35
chondr/o
cartilage
36
chrom/o
color
37
chron/o
time
38
cirrh/o
yellow-orange
39
cleid/o
clavicle
40
col/o
colon
41
colp/o
vagina
42
condyl/o
knuckle of a joint
43
cor/o
pupil
44
corne/o
cornea
45
cost/o
rib
46
crin/o
to secrete
47
cubitus
elbow
48
cutane/o
skin
49
cycl/o
circle/cycle
50
cyst/o
bladder
51
cyt/o
cell
52
dipl/o
two/double
53
dips/o
thirst
54
disk/o
flat shape/intervertebral disk
55
dist/o
distant
56
diverticul/o
diverticulum/a small blind pouch
57
duct/o
lead/move
58
ech/o
to bounce/sound
59
ede
swelling
60
elast/o
change shape
61
embol/o
a plug
62
emmetr/o
according to measure
63
encephal/o
brain
64
enter/o
small intestine
65
episi/o
vulva
66
erythr/o
red
67
esthesi
sensation/perception
68
febr
fever
69
foramen
opening
70
gest
carry/produce/congestion
71
gno
know
72
hem(at)/o
blood
73
hepat/o
liver
74
heter/o
other/different
75
hom/o
the same
76
idi/o
person/self
77
leuk/o
white
78
lingu/o
tongue
79
mal/o
bad/abnormal
80
medi/o
middle
81
melan/o
black/dark
82
men/o
month/menstration
83
mening/o
usually refers to the meninges
84
myel/o
marrow/spinal chord
85
my/o
muscle
86
nephr/o
kidney
87
neur/o
nerve
88
ocul/o
eye
89
ophthalm/o
eye
90
ot/o
ear
91
palpate
examine by touch
92
path/o
disease
93
percuss
to examine by striking
94
phag/o
eat
95
pharyng/o
throat
96
phot/o
light
97
pleur/o
rib/side
98
pneum(at)/o
lungs/air
99
pneumo(n)/o
lung
100
pod(i)
foot
101
pseud/o
false
102
psych/o
mind
103
pto
fall
104
ptyal/o
saliva
105
pulmon/o
lungs
106
pur, py
pus
107
quadr/o; quar
four
108
ren/o
kidney
109
scler/o
hard
110
sebum
fatty secretion of the sebaceous glands
111
sect/o
cut
112
sept/o
wall/divider/seven
113
serum
clear portion of blood
114
sinus
cavity/channel/hollow space
115
som(at)
body
116
spir/o
coil/to breathe
117
stomat/o
mouth
118
tom/o
cut
119
trich/o
hair
120
ur/o
urine
121
varic/o
dialated vein
122
vas/o
blood vessels
123
viscer/o
internal organs
124
xen/o
foreign (material)
125
xer/o
dry
