word roots Flashcards
(111 cards)
1
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lith/o
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stone, calculus
2
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cyst/o
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urinary bladder, cyst, sac of fluid
3
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nephr/o
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kidney
4
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pyel/o
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renal pelvis, bowl of kidney
5
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ren/o
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kidney
6
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ureter/o
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ureter
7
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urethr/o
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urethra
8
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kerat/o
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horny, hard, cornea
9
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myring/o
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tympanic membrane, eardrum
10
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ot/o
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ear, hearing
11
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retin/o
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retina
12
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scler/o
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sclera, white of eye, hard
13
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tympan/o
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tympanic membrane, eardrum
14
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spondyl/o
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vertebrae, vertebral column, back bone
15
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oss/e, oss/i, ost/o, oste/o
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bone
16
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myel/o
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spinal cord, bone marrow
17
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crani/o
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skull
18
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cost/o
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rib
19
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optic/o, opt/o
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eye, vision
20
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thorac/o
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chest
21
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chondr/o
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cartilage
22
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arthr/o
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joint
23
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ankly/o
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crooked, bent, stiff
24
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trache/o
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trachea, windpipe
25
pulm/o, pulmon/o
lung
26
pneum/o, pneumon/o
lung, air
27
pleur/o
pleura, side of the body
28
pharyng/o
pharynx, throat
29
laryng/o
larynx, throat
30
bronch/o, bronchi/o
bronchial tube, bronchus
31
vagin/o
vagina
32
uter/o
uterus
33
salping/o
uterine (fallopian) tube, auditory (eustachian) tube
34
orch/o, orchid/o
testicles, testis, testes
35
oophor/o, ovari/o
ovary
36
ov/o
egg
37
metr/o, metri/o
uterus
38
men/o
menstruation, menses
39
hyster/o
uterus
40
colp/o
vagina
41
neur/i, neur/o
nerve, nerve tissue
42
mening/o
meninges, membranes
43
encephal/o
brain
44
ten/o, tend/o, tendin/o
tendon, stretch out, extend, strain
45
my/o
muscle
46
fasci/o
fascia, fibrous band
47
splen/o
spleen
48
aden/o
gland
49
xer/o
dry
50
ungu/o
nail
51
seb/o
sebum
52
hidr/o
sweat
53
derm/o, dermat/o
skin
54
cutane/o
skin
55
onc/o
tumor
56
carcin/o
cancerous
57
sarc/o
flesh, connective tissue
58
pyr/o
fever, fire
59
py/o
pus
60
path/o
disease, suffering, feeling, emotion
61
myc/o
fungus
62
melan/o
black, dark
63
lip/o
fat, lipid
64
leuk/o
white
65
lapar/o
abdomen, abdominal wall
66
hist/o
tissue
67
erythr/o
red
68
cyt/o
cell
69
cyan/o
blue
70
coron/o
coronary, crown
71
cervic/o
neck, cervix
72
cephal/o
head
73
albin/o
white
74
adip/o
fat
75
thyr/o, thyroid/o
thyroid gland
76
pancreat/o
pancreas
77
gonad/o
sex gland
78
adren/o
adrenal glands
79
sigmoid/o
sigmoid colon
80
hepat/o
liver
81
gastr/o
stomach
82
esophag/o
esophagus
83
enter/o
small intestine
84
proct/o
anus and rectum
85
col/o, colon/o
colon, large intestine
86
cholecyst/o
gallbladder
87
radi/o
radiation, x-rays
88
ech/o
sound
89
ven/o
vein
90
thromb/o
clot
91
phleb/o
vein
92
hem/o, hemat/o
blood, pertaining to the blood
93
card/o, cardi/o
heart
94
ather/o
plaque, fatty substance
95
arteri/o
artery
96
aort/o
aorta
97
angi/o
pertaining to blood or lymph vessels
98
physi/o
nature
99
ventr/o
belly side of the body
100
py/o
pus
101
burs/o
bursa
102
kyph/o
bent, hump
103
lord/o
curve, swayback, bent
104
lumb/o
lumbar, lower back
105
scoli/o
curved, bent
106
synovi/o, synov/o
synovial membrane, synovial fluid
107
clon/o
violent action
108
fibr/o
fibrous tissue, fiber
109
kinesi/o, kines/o
movement
110
tax/o
coordination, order
111
ton/o
tone, stretching, tension
