Root Words Flashcards
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Ad
A
to/toward
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Ab
A
off/away from
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Albo/alb
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white
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Alg/algia
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pain
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Anti
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against
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Arthro
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joint
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aster/astr
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star
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bio
A
life
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bi (di)
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two
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brachi
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arm
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brady
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slow
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brev
A
short
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centi
A
hundred
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cephal/cep
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head
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cerat
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horn
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chrom
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color
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crypt
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hidden/covered
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cyan
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blue
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cyte
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cell
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dactyl
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finger
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deca
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ten
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dent
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tooth
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dys
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bad/abnormal, difficult
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e-
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out of/away (without)
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edaphic
of the soil/rock
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encephal
brain
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endo/en
within
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ephemeral
short lived
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epi
on/upon
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erythro
red
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exo (ecto)
outside of
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glob
round, ball like
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gross
thick
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halo
salt
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hemi
half
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hesper
of the evening
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hetero
unlike/unequal
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holo
entire, whole
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homo
same
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hydro
water
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hyper
above, beyond
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hypo
under, below
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inter
between
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intra
within
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-ism
a state or condition
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iso
equal
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-itis
inflammation/swelling
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lact
milk
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leuk/leuko
white
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macro
large
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macula
spot
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mes/meso
middle
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meta
last/after/along
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milli
thousand
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micro
minute/small or million
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mono
one
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morph
form
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myo/my
muscle
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neo
new
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nomen
name
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noto/not
back
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octo
eight
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ology
study of
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onc
mass, tumor
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osteo
bone
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pan
all
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para/par
near/beside
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path/pathy
disease/suffering
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ped/pod
foot/feet
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peri
around
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philic
loving
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phobic
fearing
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phyto
of plants
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plast/plasia
form/formation/formed into
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platy
flat
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poly
many
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pseudo
false, deceptive
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ptera (pterous)
wing
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quad
four
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sapro
putrid
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schizo
to split/split
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scler
hard
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-sis
state/condition
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stom/stoma
mouth
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sacchar
sugar
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some/somat
body
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sten
narrow
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styl
pillar
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supra
above, over, beyond
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sym/syn
together
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tachy
quick, swift
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tele
far off, distant
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telo
end
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thermo
temperature
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trans
across
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tri
three
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trophic
pertaining to nutrition/ feeding
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ventr
belly, underside
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zo/zoa
animal
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zygous
pair
