Root Words page 2 Flashcards by Andrew Gilland

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lig

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to tie, bind

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lip

A

lipid(fat)

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lys

A

break apart

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mal

A

bad

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melan

A

black

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men-, mens-

A

month (monthly)

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muta

A

change

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myo

A

muscle

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myc

A

fungus

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myel

A

marrow

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nat

A

birth

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nat

A

birth

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natri

A

Sodium

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nephr

A

nephron; kidney

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neuro

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nerve

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noct-, nyct-

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night

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noto-

A

Back

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oculo

A

eye

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odont

A

tooth

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onco

A

Mass

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Ophthalm

A

Eye

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Orchi

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Testis

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Osteo

A

Bone

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Oto

A

Ear

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Ov-,oo-,ovi-

Egg

Oxy

Oxygen

Path

Disease

Ped

Children

Phag

Eat

Pharm

Drug

Phleb

Vein

Photo

Light

Physio

Nature(function) of

Plex; plexus

Network

Pneumo

Air;breath

Pod

Foot

Poie

Make; produce

Presby

Old

Proct

Rectum

Pseud

False

Psych

Mind

Pyel

Pelvis

ren

kidney

rhino

nose

rigor

Stiffness

Sarco

Flesh; muscle

Scler

hard

Semen, semin

Seed, sperm

Sept

Contamination

Sin

Cavity; recess

Son

Sound

Spiro, spire

Breathe

Stat, stas

Arrest

Syn

Together

Systol

Contract

Tachy

Fast

Therm

Heat

Thromb

Clot

Tox

Poison

Troph

Grow; nourish

Tympan

Drum

Varic

Enlarged vessel

Vas

Vessel; duct