Roots Flashcards
(64 cards)
1
Q
Adrenal/
A
Adrenal glands
2
Q
Aer/
A
Air
3
Q
Alges/
A
Sensitivity to pain
4
Q
Anxi/
A
Uneasy, anxious
5
Q
Aut/
A
Self, own
6
Q
Cac/
A
Bad
7
Q
Carcin/
A
Cancerous, cancer
8
Q
Cortic/
A
Cortex, outer region
9
Q
Cras/
A
Mixture, temperament
10
Q
Crin/
A
Secrete
11
Q
Cry/
A
Cold
12
Q
Cutane/
A
Skin
13
Q
Cycl/
A
Ciliary body of eye, cycle , circle
14
Q
Cyst/
A
Urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
15
Q
Dips/
A
Thirst
16
Q
Erg/
A
Work
17
Q
Estr/
A
Female
18
Q
Follicul/
A
Follicle, small sac
19
Q
Fung/
A
Fungus, mushroom
20
Q
Gonad/
A
Sex glands
21
Q
Hallucin/
A
Hallucinations
22
Q
Home/
A
Sameness, unchanging, constant
23
Q
Hormon/
A
Hormone
24
Q
Hypn/
A
Sleep
25
iatr /
Physician, treatment
26
Insulin/
Insulin ( pancreatic hormone)
27
ior/
Process
28
Klept/
To steal
29
Medull/
Médula ( inner section) middle soft, marrow
30
Ment/
Mind, chin
31
Mucos/
Mucos membrane (mucosa )
32
Mut/a
Genetic change
33
Mutagen/o
Causing genetic change
34
Natr/o
Sodium
35
Onc/o
Tumor
36
Papill/o
Nipple like, optic disk
37
Parathyroid/o
Parathyroid glands
38
Pharmac /
Drug
39
Phil/
Like, love, attraction to
40
Phys/
Growing
41
Pituitar/
Pituitary gland
42
Plas/
Development, formation, growth
43
Ple/
More, many varied
44
Polyp/o
Polyp, small growth
45
Pruit/ o
Itching
46
Psych
Mind
47
Pyr/
Fever, fire
48
Pyret/
Fever
49
Sarc/
Flesh (connective tissue )
50
Scirrh/
Hand
51
Schiz/o
Split
52
Somat/
Body
53
Son/o
Sound
54
Ster/o
Solid, structure, steroid
55
Thec/
Sheath
56
Therapeut/
Treatment
57
Thyr/
Thyroid gland, shield
58
Thyroid/
Thyroid gland
59
Toc/
Labor, birth
60
Toxic/
Poison
61
Ur/
Urine, urinary tract
62
Vit/
Life
63
Vitre/
Glass
64
Viv/
Life
