Root Words to know Flashcards
(93 cards)
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Adeno (before a vowel it shortens to become aden)
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Gland
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Af
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towards
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Algia
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Pain
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Ambi
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both
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Arthro
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Joint (think of SynARTHROsis, Amphiarthrosis, etc)
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Aur
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Ear
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Blast
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Precursor/something prior to
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Brachy
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Short
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Brady
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slow (think of Bradycardia)
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Bronch
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Airway
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Carcin
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Cancer
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Caudal
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Tail
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Cephalo
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Head
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Cervical
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Neck (think of vertebrae’s C1-C7) cervical1-7 of the neck
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Chemo
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chemical
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Chondro
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Cartilage ( think of chondrocytes= mature cartilage cells)
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Clast
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broken (think of Osteoclasts and how they BREAK bone down)
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Cide
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Kill (think of insecticide)
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Corp
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Body (spanish “cuerpo”
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Cost
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Ribs (think of spanish costillas)
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Cruci
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Cross
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Cyano
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blue
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leuko
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White (think of Leukocytes=white blood cells
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Erythro
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Red (think of erythrocytes=red blood cells)
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cysts
sac
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cyte
cell
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Cyrpt
hidden
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dent
teeth
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Dia
passing through (think of diabetic Dialisis with filthers THROUGH the blood)
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Dis
Apart to seperate
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Dys
painful
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Ectomy
Excision which means surgical removal(think of hysterectomy= removal of the uterus)
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Hyster
Uterus
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Em/Hemo
Blood
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Endo
Inside
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Exo
Outside
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Flex
To bend
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Fovea
Small pit or depression
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Gastro
Stomach
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Gest
To bear/to carry (think of Gestation which is the process of carrying an organism in the womb)
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Gen
Creation/beginning (think of biblical genesis)
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Glosso
tounge
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Grapho
Write
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Gyn
woman
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Hemi
Half
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Hepato
Liver
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Hist
Tissue (histology, the study of tissue)
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HYPER
Over/above
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HYPO
below/deficiency
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ia
Condition of
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ic
Resembling/characterized by/ relating to/pertaining to (for example: democratic views, views pertaing to democracy)
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inter
between
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intra
within
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itis
imflamation
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Lith
Stone
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Lysis
BREAK APART (think of lysis which is the breaking down/rupture of the membrane or cell wall of a cell)
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mamm/ mast
breast
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myo/mys
muscle (think of myofibers of the muscle tissue)
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Naso/Rhin
nose (think of Rhinoplasty/nose plastic surgery)
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Nephro/renal
Kidney
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Oculo/opia
Eye
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Vis
See (think of spanish "Vista")
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oid
like/resemblance (humanoid for example resembles a homosapian)
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Oma
tumor
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orb
circle
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oto
ear
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ped/pod
foot
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pen
deficiency in
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Peri
around
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pen (ia)
deficiency of
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Phage
to eat (think of a bacteriophage (a bacteria "eating" virus)
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Phragm
Barrier
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Plasia
Formation
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Pnea
Breathing
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Poiesis
Formation/creation of
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Poro
Passage
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Rrhea
Flow/discharge (think of Amenorrhea=the absence of menstrual cycle)
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Sclero
Hard
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Sect
to cut (disect= to cut into two/among the sagital plane)
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Osis
condition/state of
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spin
spine
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Steno
narrowing
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stasis
equilibrium/steady
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syn/sym
together (think of symbiosis)
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Tendo
Stretching
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Thromb
Clot
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Tox
Poison
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Uro/uria
urine
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Vaso
vessel
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Viscero
Organs
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Adeno
Glands
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Agglutin
Sticking/clumping together
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Steno
Narrowing
