Unit 1-2 Roots Flashcards
1
Q
aden/o
A
gland
2
Q
ang/i/o
A
vessel
3
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
4
Q
card/i/o
A
heart
5
Q
chol/e
A
bile
6
Q
cyt/o
A
cell
7
Q
derm/at/o
A
skin
8
Q
gastr/o
A
stomach
9
Q
glyc/o
A
sweet, sugar
10
Q
hem/at/o
A
blood
11
Q
lith/o
A
stone
12
Q
mast/o
A
breat; nipple
13
Q
my/o/s
A
muscle
14
Q
nephr/o
A
kidney
15
Q
neur/o
A
nervous system
16
Q
orch/i/o
A
testicles
17
Q
os/t/e/o
A
bone
18
Q
ot/o
A
ear
19
Q
scler/o
A
hard
20
Q
splen/o
A
spleen
21
Q
ten/d/o
A
tendon
22
Q
thyroid/o
A
thyroid gland
23
Q
ur/o
A
urine
24
Q
vas/o
A
vessel, tube, duct
25
abdomin
belly
26
acerb/o/a
harsh, bitter
27
acute
sharp
28
aise/ease
state of rest or wellbeing
29
alert
viligant/aware of surrounding
30
anter/i
front
31
antrum
cave
32
assur
secure
33
ausculta
listen attentively to...
34
benign
well-mannered
35
caud
tail
36
charge
obligation
37
chondr
cartilage (ribs)
38
chronic
pertaining to time
39
coron
crown
40
cran/i
head; skull
41
crino
secretion
42
different
set apart
43
dila
increase in size
44
dist
farther away
45
dors/um
back
46
drome
route, road
47
endo
inside
48
etio
cause
49
febr
fever
50
front
front
51
genera
ancestry
52
genet
birth
53
gnos
knowing
54
graph
device used for a test or procedure
55
hereditar
transmitted in a family line
56
homeo
same
57
horizon/t
parallel to the ground
58
il/eum
(that one word we dont know and sounds like a piratey eel word)
flank
59
fer
(skin is ___ the fur)
undernearth
60
inguin
groin
61
later
to the sidele
62
sion
damage, injury
63
lethargic
drowsy
64
lipid
fat
65
local
place
66
lumb/us
lower back
67
marked
making an impression
68
med/i
towards the middle
69
morbid
(puking is morbid)
sick
70
mortal
dead
71
observa
what is seen
72
occult
what is unseen
73
orient
towards the east
74
ox
shortening of oxygen
75
palliat
(sounds like an indian viel thing)
covering
76
palm
front surface of the hand
77
palpa
feeling with the fingers
78
path/o
disease
79
pend
hanging
80
percuss
tapping
81
phylax
protection
82
physi/o
function ("nature")
83
plant
bottom surface of the foot
84
port
carry
85
posi
(a posi follows you to each and every ___ yoi go)
place
86
poster/i
behind
87
press
pressure; dent
88
produc
giving rise to
89
progress
moving forward
90
prone
(prone to smoosh your nose)
face down, bending forward
91
prox/im
near
92
ptom
something that falls on you
93
recurr
happening again
94
remark
making a dent again
95
remiss
diminishing, becoming less
96
rostr
nose
97
rupt
breaking, bursting
98
sagitt
arrow
99
sequel
what comes next
100
skelet
bones
101
stas
standing still
102
stem
standing
103
sterile
not producing offspring
104
super/i
toward the top
105
supine
(this is how u drink soup)
face up, bending forward
106
tens
stretching, pressure
107
tribut
to pay
108
umbilic/us
navel, belly button
109
vascul
little vessel
110
ventr
belly
111
vers
across
