Root Words- Unit 2 Flashcards by Lindsey Beyeler

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Abdomin

A

Belly

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Acerb[o]/a

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Harsh, bitter

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Acute

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Sharp

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Side
Ease

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State of rest or wellbeing

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Alert

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Aware of surroundings

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Anter/i

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Front

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Antrum

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Cave

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Assur

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Secure

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Ausculta

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Listen attentively to

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Benign

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Well-mannered

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Caud

A

Tail

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Charge

A

Obligation

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Chondr

A

Cartilage (as in the ribs)

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Chronic

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Pertaining to time

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Coron

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Crown

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Cran/i

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Head, skull

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Crino

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Secretion

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Different

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Set apart

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Dila

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Increase in size

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Dist

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Farther away

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Dors
Dorsum

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Back

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Drome

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Route, road

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Endo

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Inside

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Etio

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Cause

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Febr

Fever

Genera

Ancestry

Genet

Birth

Gn[us]

Birth

Gnos

Knowing

Graph

Device used for a test or procedure

Hereditar

Transmitted in a family line

Horizon[t]

Parallel to the ground

Il[eum]

Flank

Infer

Underneath

Inguin

Groin

Later

To the side

Lesion

Damage, injury

Lethargic

Drowsy

Lipid

Fat

Local

Place

Lumbus

Lower back

Marked

Making an impression

Medi

Toward the middle

Morbid

Sick

Mortal

Dead

Observa

What is seen

Occult

What is unseen

Orient

Towards the east (from using a compass)

Ox

Shortening of oxygen

Palliat

Covering

Palpa

Feeling with the fingers

Path/o

Disease

Pend

Hanging

Percuss

Tapping

Phylax

Protection

Physi/o

Function (literally “nature”)

Plant

Bottom surface of foot

Port

Carry

Posi

Place

Poster/i

Behind

Press

Pressure, dent

Produc

Giving rise to

Progress

Moving forward

Prone

Face down, bending forward

Prox/im

Near

Ptom

Something that falls on you

Recurr

Happening again

Remark

Making a dent again

Remiss

Diminishing, becoming less

Rostr

Nose

Rupt

Bursting

Sagitt

Arrow

Sequel

What comes next

Skelet

Bones

Stas

Standing still

Stem

Standing

Sterile

Not producing offspring

Super/i

Toward the top

Supine

Face up, bending backward

Tens

Stretching, pressure

Tribut

To pay

Vascul

Little vessel

Ventr

Belly

Vers

Across