Root Words/Combining forms (June 7) Flashcards
(156 cards)
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abdomin/o
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abdomen
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acr/o
A
extremity
3
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aden/o
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gland
4
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aer/o
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air
5
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albin/o
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white
6
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ambly/o
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dimness
7
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andr/o
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male
8
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angi/o
A
vessel
9
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anis/o
A
unequal, dissimilar
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anter/o
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front
11
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arteri/o
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artery
12
Q
arthr/o
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joint
13
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asthen/o
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lack of strength, weakness
14
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ather/o
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plaque; fatty substance
15
Q
audi/o
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hearing
16
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aur/o, aur/i
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ear
17
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bacteri/o
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bacteria
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bi/o
A
life
19
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blephar/o
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eye lid
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brachi/o
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arm
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carcin/o
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cancerous, cancer
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cardi/o
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heart
23
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carp/o
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wrist
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caud/o
A
tail
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cephal/o
head
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cerebr/o
brain
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cervic/o
neck
28
cheil/o
lip
29
chem/o
drug; chemical
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chir/o
hand
31
chlor/o
green
32
chol/e
bile; gall
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cholangi/o
bile duct
34
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
35
chondr/o
cartilage
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chrom/o
colour
37
cis/o
to cut
38
col/o, colon/o
colon
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colp/o
vagina
40
coron/o
heart
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cost/o
rib
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crani/o
skull
43
cry/o
cold
44
cutane/o
skin
45
cyan/o
blue
46
cyst/o
cyst, bladder, sac
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cyt/o
cell
48
dacry/o
tear
49
dactyl/o
fingers; toes
50
dent/o
tooth, teeth
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derm/o, dermat/o
skin
52
dextr/o
right
53
dipl/o
double
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dips/o
thirst
55
dors/o
back
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electr/o
electricity
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encephal/o
brain
58
enter/o
small intestine
59
eosin/o
red, rosy
60
erythr/o
red
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estr/o
female
62
gastr/o
stomach
63
gen/o
producing; produced by
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glauc/o
gray
65
gloss/o
tongue
66
gluc/o
glucose
67
glyc
sugar
68
gynec/o
female
69
hem/o, hemat/o
blood
70
hepat/o
liver
71
hidr/o
sweat
72
hist/o
tissue
73
home/o
same
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hydr/o
water
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hyster/o
uterus
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iatr/o
relationship to a physician or medicine
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ichty/o
scaly, dry
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inguin/o
groin
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is/o
equal
80
kary/o
nucleus
81
kinesi/o
movement
82
lacrim/o
tear
83
lapar/o
abdominal wall
84
later/o
side
85
leuk/o
white
86
lip/o
fat
87
lith/o
stone; calculus
88
lumb/o
lower back
89
lymph/o
lymph
90
mamm/o, mast/o
breast
91
medi/o
middle
92
melan/o
black
93
mening/o
membrane
94
men/o
menses, menstration
95
ment/o
mind
96
metr/o
uterus
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mon/o
one
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morph/o
form, shape, structure
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my/o
muscle
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myc/o
fungus
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myel/o
bone marrow, spinal cord
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nas/o
nose
103
nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
105
ocul/o
eye
106
odont/o
teeth
107
olig/o
scanty
108
onc/o
tumor
109
onych/o
nail
110
oophor/o
ovary
111
opthalm/o
eye
112
orchid/o
testes
113
orth/o
straight, upright
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oste/o
bone
115
ot/o
ear
116
pachy/o
thick, heavy
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path/o
disease
118
ped/i, ped/o
foot, child
119
phag/o
eat
120
phleb/o
vein
121
phren/o
diaphragm, mind, phrenic nerve
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pod/o
foot
123
port/o
liver
124
poster/o
back (of body); behind
125
poikil/o
varied, irregular
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preby/o
old age
127
proct/o
rectum
128
proxim/o
toward; nearer to
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pseud/o
false
130
psych/o
mind
131
py/o
pus
132
pyr/o
fever; fire
133
rachi/o
spine
134
radi/o
x-ray, radiation
135
rect/o
rectum
136
ren/o
kidney
137
rhin/o
nose
138
salping/o
tube
139
sarc/o
flesh
140
scler/o
hard
141
sept/o
wall, septum
142
sinistr/o
left sid
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somat/o
body
144
spir/o
breath
145
spondyl/o
vertebrae
146
steth/o
chest
147
thorac/o
chest
148
top/o
place, position, location
149
trich/o
hair
150
ungu/o
nail
151
ur/o
urine
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vas/o
vessel
153
ven/o
vein
154
ventr/o
belly side of body
155
vesic/o
bladder
156
viscer/o
internal organs
