Word Roots Flashcards
(88 cards)
1
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Afferent
A
Going towards
2
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Arthro
A
Joint
3
Q
Bacterio
A
Bacteria
4
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Bio
A
Life
5
Q
Blast
A
Rapidly dividing cell
6
Q
Carc/I
Carc/in
Carc/ino
A
Cancer (Greek word that literally mean crab)
7
Q
Card/i
Card/io
A
Heart
8
Q
Caud/o
A
Tail
9
Q
Cephal/o
A
Head
10
Q
Chole
A
Bile
11
Q
Constrict
Sten/o
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Narrowing; decreasing the size of an opening (construction is generally normal, stenosis is generally abnormal)
12
Q
Cyst/o
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Bladder/ fluid filled space
13
Q
Dilate
A
Increasing the size of an opening
14
Q
Efferent
A
Going away from
15
Q
Eti/o
A
How something came to be
16
Q
Enceph/a
Encephal/o
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Inside the head
17
Q
gastr/o
A
Stomach
18
Q
Gen/o
A
Cause, origin
19
Q
Genetic
A
Inheritance
20
Q
Hem/o
Hemat/o
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Blood
21
Q
Hepat/o
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Liver
22
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Hydr/o
A
Water
23
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Idio
A
Private, distinct
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Morph/o
A
Change
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Muscul/o
My/o
Muscle
26
Myc/o
Fungus
27
Necro
Dead
28
Neur/o
Nervous system
29
Orth/o
Straight, at right angles
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Ost/e
Ost/eo
Bone
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Path/o
Disease (literally “suffering”)
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Ped/o
Children
33
Phag/o
Eating
34
Plas/o
Formation
35
Py/o
Pus
36
Sarc/o
Flesh, muscle
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Scler/o
Hard
38
Stom/a/t
Mouth
39
Therm/o
Temperature
40
Troph/o
Nourishment
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Trop/o
Moving towards or acting on
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Ur
Urine
43
Valv/ulo
Valve
44
Acid
Substance which gives off hydrogen ions
45
Active
Requires energy
46
Agonist
Fighter, champion
47
Amino
Chemical group containing the element nitrogen
48
Archaea
Ancient, the oldest most primitive form of living things
49
Bio
Life
50
Cancer
A disease characterized by uncontrolled cell division and/or the unusual appearance of cells
51
Capsid
Box
52
Cell
Unit of living things bounded by a cellular membrane
53
Centr/i
Centr/o
Center
54
Chondr
Granule
55
Chrom/at
Chrom/o
Color
56
Clone
A cell which is an exact genetic copy of its parent cell
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Deoxyrib/o
A sugar which is similar to ribose but is missing an oxygen
58
Dox
Opinion; belief
59
Electron
Subatomic particle
60
Feedback
Information in the body used to monitor a state or condition
61
Golgi apparatus
Goldi bodies
Golgi complex
Same organelle
62
Karyon
Nucleus
63
Lys/o
Lytic
Breakdown; destruction
64
Malignant
Invasive or destructive
65
Meion
Lessen; reduce
66
Mito
Thread
67
Myel/o
Marrow
68
Necr/o
Death
69
Nucleus
The center of a cell
70
Onc/o
Cancer
71
Organ
Tool;instrument
72
Paradox
Against prevailing opinion
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Passive
Does not require energy
74
Phag/o
Phage
Eating
75
Pin/o
Drinking
76
Plasm
Jelly
77
Ptosis
Drooping
78
Respiration
Process of turning oxygen into energy
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Ret/e
Net
80
Rib/o
A sugar which is the basis for many molecule
81
Soma
Body
82
Stasis
Stopping; holding
83
Transcript
Changing the form without changing the language
84
Translate
Changing the language
85
Transmissibility
The ability of a disease to move from one person to another
86
Ves
Bladder
87
Virus
Latin, “slimy liquid”
88
Zym/o
Leavening
