word root Flashcards
(159 cards)
1
Q
abdomin-
A
Abdomen
2
Q
Acou/o
A
Hear
3
Q
Adip/o
A
fat
4
Q
Alb/o
A
white
5
Q
Alges/o
A
pain
6
Q
Andr/o
A
man, male
7
Q
angi/o
A
vessel
8
Q
ankyl/o
A
fused, stiff
9
Q
anter/o
A
front
10
Q
aort/o
A
aorta
11
Q
append/o
A
appendix
12
Q
arteri/o
A
artery
13
Q
arthr/o
A
joint
14
Q
asthen/o
A
weak
15
Q
atel/o
A
incompete
16
Q
ather/o
A
fat
17
Q
atri/o
A
atrium
18
Q
audi/o
A
To hear
19
Q
aur/o
A
ear
20
Q
aut/o
A
self
21
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bateri/o
A
bacteria
22
Q
bi
A
life; also two
23
Q
bil/i
A
bile
24
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blast/o
A
germ, bud, developing cell
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blephar/o
eyelid
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brachi/o
arm
27
broch/i
airway, bronchus
28
bucc/o
cheek
29
burs/o
pouch or sac
30
cac/i
calcium
31
carcin/o
cancer
32
cardi/o
heart
33
carp/o
wrist
34
cartil/o
cartilage, gristle
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caud/o
tail
36
cec/o
blind intestine, cecum
37
cel/o
hernia, protusion
38
cent/e
to puncture
39
cent/i
a fraction in the metric system; 1/100
40
cephal/o
head
41
cerbr/o
brain, cererum
42
cervic/o
neck
43
chol/e
bile
44
chrodr/o
cartilage
45
chrom/o
color
46
chron/o
time
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cirrh/o
yellow-orange
48
cleid/o
clavicle
49
col/o
colon
50
colp/o
vagina
51
condyl/o
knuckle of a joint
52
cor/o
pupil
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corne/o
cornea
54
cost/o
rib
55
crani/o
cranium, skull
56
crin/o
to secrete
57
cubitus
elbow
58
cutane/o
skin
59
cyan/o
blue
60
cycl/o
circle or cycle
61
cyst/o
bladder
62
cyt/o
cell
63
derm(at)/o
skin
64
digit
finger or toe
65
dipl/o
two, double
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dips/o
thrist
67
disk/o
flat shape, intervertebral disk
68
dist/o
distant, away
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diverticul/o
divertuculum, small blind pouch
70
dors/o
back
71
duct/o
lead, move
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duoden/o
duodenum
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ech/o
to bounce, sound
74
ede
swelling
75
elast/o
change shape
76
electr/o
electricity
77
embol/o
a plug
78
embry/o
embryo
79
emesis
vomit
80
emmetr/o
according to measure
81
enchephal/o
brain
82
enter/o
small intestine
83
episi/o
vulva
84
erythr/o
red
85
esthesi
sensation or perception
86
febr
fever
87
flex
bend
88
foramen
opening
89
fract
brake
90
gastr/o
stomach
91
gest
carry, produce, congestion
92
glyc/o
sugar, sweet
93
gno
know
94
gyn/o
women, femaile
95
hem(at)/o
blood
96
hepta/o
liver
97
heter/o
other, different
98
hom/o
the same
99
hydr/o
water
100
idi/o
person, self
101
lact/o
milk
102
leuk/o
white
103
lingu/o
tongue
104
mal/o
abnormal, bad
105
medi/o
middle
106
melan/o
black, dark
107
men/o
month, menstruation
108
mening/o
membrane, usually refering to the meninges
109
myel/o
marrow or spinal cord
110
my/o
muscle
111
nephr/o
kidney
112
neur/o
nerve
113
ocul/o
eye
114
ophthalm/o
eye
115
oste/o
bone
116
ot/o
ear
117
ov/o
egg
118
palpate
to examine by touch
119
path/o
disease
120
ped/o
child or foot
121
percuss
to examine by striking
122
phag/o
eat
123
pharyng/o
throat
124
phot/o
light
125
pleur/o
rib, side
126
pneum(at)/o
lungs, air
127
pneumo(n)/o
lung
128
pod(i)
foot
129
pseud/o
false
130
psych/o
mind
131
pto
fall
132
ptyal/o
salica
133
pulmon/o
lungs
134
pur, py
pus
135
pyr/o
fire, heat
136
quar/o; quar
four
137
ren/o
kidney
138
rhin/o
nose
139
sagui(n)o
blood
140
scler/o
hard
141
sebum
a fatty secretion of the sebaceous gland
142
sect/o
wall, divider;also seven
143
serum
the clear portion of body fluids, includding blood
144
sinus
cavity, channel, or hollow space
145
som(a)
body
146
spir/o
coil, tobreathe
147
stern(o)
sternum
148
stomat/o
mouth
149
thorac/o
chest
150
tom/o
cut
151
toxic/o
posisonous
152
trich/o
hair
153
ur/o
urine
154
uter/o
uterus
155
varic/o
dilated vein
156
cas/o
blood vessel
157
ciscer/o
internal organs
158
xen/o
foreign (material)
159
xer/o
dry
