Root Words Factor or Quality Flashcards
(32 cards)
1
Q
acanth/o
A
spiny/ thorny
2
Q
andr/o
A
masculine
3
Q
chlor/o
A
chlorine, green
4
Q
chrom/o, chromat/o
A
color
5
Q
crypt/o
A
hidden, obscure
6
Q
cyan/o
A
blue
7
Q
eosin/o
A
red
8
Q
erythr/o
A
red, redness
9
Q
granul/o
A
granular
10
Q
gyn/o, gyne, gynec/o
A
women
11
Q
home/o, hom/o
A
same, constant
12
Q
ichthy/o
A
dry, scaly, fishy
13
Q
idi/o
A
distinct, unknown
14
Q
immun/o
A
safe, immune
15
Q
leuk/o
A
white
16
Q
macr/o
A
large, long
17
Q
meg/a, megal/o
A
large, million
18
Q
melan/o
A
black, dark
19
Q
micro/o
A
small, tiny
20
Q
mio
A
smaller, less
21
Q
morph/o
A
structure, shape
22
Q
norm/o
A
normal
23
Q
physi/o
A
physical, natural
24
Q
pseud/o
A
false
25
scler/o
hardness, hardening
26
scoli/o
crooked, bent
27
spher/o
round, spherical
28
staphyl/o
grapelike clusters
29
sten/o
narrowness
30
strept/o
twisted chains, streptococci
31
terat/o
monster (as a malformed fetus)
32
xanth/o
yellow
