Root Words Chapter 8 Flashcards
1
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absorpt/o
A
to suck in
2
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aden/o
A
gland
3
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aliment/o
A
nourishment
4
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amyl/o
A
starch
5
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anabol/o
A
building up
6
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append/o
A
appendix
7
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appendic/o
A
appendix
8
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bil/o
A
gall, bile
9
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bucc/o
A
cheek
10
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catabol/o
A
a casting down
11
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cheil/o
A
lip
12
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celi/o
A
abdomen, belly
13
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chol/e
A
gall, bile
14
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choledoch/o
A
common bile duct
15
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cirrh/o
A
orange-yellow
16
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col/o
A
colon
17
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colon/o
A
colon
18
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constipat
A
to press together
19
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cyst/o
A
bladder
20
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cyst
A
sac
21
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defecat
A
to remove dregs
22
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dent/o
A
tooth
23
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diverticul/o
A
diverticula
24
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duoden/o
A
duodenum
25
enter/o
intestine
26
esophage/o
esophagus
27
fibr/o
fibrous tissue
28
gastr/o
stomach
29
gingiv/o
gums
30
gloss/o
tongue
31
glyc/o
sweet, sugar
32
halit/o
breath
33
hermat/o
blood
34
hemorrh/o
vein liable to bleed
35
hepat/o
liver
36
herni/o
hernia
37
ile/o
ileum
38
ile
a twisting
39
jejun/o
middle intestine
40
labi/o
lip
41
lapar/o
abdomen
42
lingu/o
tongue
43
lip/o
fat
44
mes
middle
45
nid
nest
46
odont/o
tooth
47
pancreat/o
pancreas
48
paralyt
to disable; paralysis
49
pept/o
to digest
50
pharyngl/e
pharynx
51
pil/o
hair
52
prand/i
meal
53
proct/o
anus, rectum
54
pylor/o
gatekeeper, pylorus
55
rect/o
rectum
56
sial/o
saliva
57
sigmoid/o
sigmoid
58
splen/o
spleen
59
stomat/o
mouth
60
verm/i
worm
61
volvul
to roll
62
eructat
breaking out
63
masticat
to chew
