Root Words Flashcards
(42 cards)
1
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Aort/o
A
Aorta
2
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Arter/o , arteri/o
A
Artery
3
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Ather/o
A
Plaque, fatty substance
4
Q
Card/o, cardi/o
A
Heart
5
Q
Hem/o, hemat/o
A
Blood, pertaining to the blood
6
Q
Pheb/o
A
Vein
7
Q
Thromb/o
A
Clot
8
Q
Ech/o
A
Sound
9
Q
Radi/o
A
Radiation, x rays
10
Q
Cholecyst/o
A
Gallbladder
11
Q
Col/o, Colon/o
A
Colon , large intestine
12
Q
Duoden/I , duoden/o
A
Dueodenum
13
Q
Enter/o
A
Small intestine
14
Q
Angi/o
A
Pertaining to blood or lymph vessels
15
Q
Esophag/o
A
Esophagus
16
Q
Gastr/o
A
Stomach
17
Q
Hepat/o
A
Liver
18
Q
Sigmoid/o
A
Sigmoid colon
19
Q
Adredn/o , adrenal/o
A
Adrenal glands
20
Q
Gonad/o
A
Sex gland
21
Q
Pancreat/o
A
Pancreas
22
Q
Thyr/o, thyroid/o
A
Thyroid gland
23
Q
Adip/o
A
Fat
24
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Albin/o
A
White
25
Cephal/o
Head
26
Cervic/o
Neck, cervix (neck of uterus)
27
Coron/o
Coronary, crown
28
Cyan/o
Blue
29
Cyt/o
Cell
30
Erythr/o
Red
31
Hist/o
Tissue
32
Lapar/o
Abdomen, abdominal wall
33
Leuk/o
White
34
Lip/o
Fat, lipid
35
Melan/o
Black, dark
36
Myc/o
Fungus
37
Path/o
Disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
38
Py/o
Pus
39
Pyr/o
Fever, fire
40
Sarc/o
Flesh (connective tissue)
41
Carcin/o
Cancerous
42
Onc/o
Tumor
