Root Words Flashcards by kitana sukut

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angi/o

A

pertaining to blood or lymph vessels

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aort/o

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aorta

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arter/o, arteri/o

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artery

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ather/o

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plaque,fatty substance

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card/o, cardi/o

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heart

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hem/o. hemat/o

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blood pertaining to the blood

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pheb/o

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vein

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Thromb/o

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clot

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ven/o

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vein

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ech/o

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sound

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radi/o

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radiation, x-rays

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cholecyst/o

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gallbladder

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col/o , colon/o

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colon, large intestine

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duoden/i, duoden/o

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dueodenum

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enter/o

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small intestine

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esophag/o

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esophagus

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gastr/o

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stomach

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hepat/o

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liver

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sigmoid/o

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sigmoid colon

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adredn/o , adrenal/o

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adrenal glands

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gonad/o

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sex gland

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pancreat/o

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pancreas

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thyr/o, thyroid/o

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thyroid gland

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adip/o

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fat

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albin/o

white

cephal/o

head

cervic/o

neck, cervix(neck of uterus)

coron/o

coronary, crown

cyan/o

blue

cyt/o

cell

erythr/o

red

hist/o

tissue

lapar/o

abdomen, abdominal wall

leuk/o

white

lip/o

fat, lipid

melan/o

black, dark

myc/o

fungus

path/o

disease, suffering,feeling,emotion

py/o

pus

pyr/o

fever, fire

sarc/o

flesh(connective tissue)

carcin/o

canverous

onc/o

tumor

cutane/o

skin

derm/o, dermat/o

skin

hidr/o

sweat

seb/o

sebum

ungu/o

muscle

xer/o

dry

aden/o

gland

splen/o

spleen

fasci/o

fascia, fibrous band

my/o

muscle

ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o

tendon, stretch out, extend, strain

encephal/o

brain

mening/o

meninges, membranes

neur/i, neur/o

nerve,nervous tissue

hyster/o

uterus

men/o

menstruation, menses

oo/o, ov/i, ov/o

egg

oophor/o, ovari/o

ovary

salping/o

uterine(fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube

uter/o

uterus

bronch/o, bronchio.o

bronchial tube, bronchus

laryng/o

larynx, voice box

pharyng/o

throat, pharynx

pleur/o

pleura, side of the body

pneum/o, pneumon/o

lung air

pulm/o, pulmon/o

lung

trache/o

trachea, windpipe

ankly/o

crooked, bent, stiff

arthr/o

joint

chrondr/o

cartilage

cost/o

rib

crani/o

skull

myel/o

spinal cord,bone marrow

oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o

bone