Word Roots/Combining Forms Flashcards
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cardi/o
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heart
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acr/o
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extremities
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cyan/o
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blue
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cyt/o
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cell
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dermat/o, derm/o
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skin
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duoden/o
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duodenum
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electr/o
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electrical
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eti/o
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cause
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gastr/o
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stomach
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gram/o
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record
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leuk/o
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white
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megal/o
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enlarged
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path/o
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disease
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aden/o
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gland
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arthr/o
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joint
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carcin/o
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malignancy
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cele/o, o/cele
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hernia
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cephal/o
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head
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chondr/o
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cartilage
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cost/o
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ribs
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dent/o
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tooth
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emes/is
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vomiting
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hist/o
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tissue
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laryng/o
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larynx
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lip/o
fat
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malac/o
soft
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morph/o
structure of
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muc/o
mucus
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onc/o
tumor
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ost/o, oste/o
bone
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plast/o
repair
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troph/o
development
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abdomin/o
abdomen
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cocc/i
coccus
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chol/e
bile/gall
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crani/o
cranium/skull
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cyst/o
bladder/sac
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dipl/o
double
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hydro
water
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lith/o
stone/calculus
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metr/o, meter
measure
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ot/o
ear
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pelv/i
pelvis
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phob/ia
fear
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py/o
pus
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rhin/o
nose
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staphyl/o
grape (cluster)
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strept/o
chain
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therap/o
treatment
49
thorac/o
thorax
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angi/o
vessel
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blast/o
embryo
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arteri/o
artery
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colp/o
vagina
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crypt/o
hidden
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fibr/o
fiber
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hem/o, hemat/o
blood
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hyster/o
uterus
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kinesi/o
motion
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lys/o
destruction
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men/o
menses
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my/o
muscle
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nephr/o
kidney
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neur/o
nerve
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o/o
egg/ovum
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oophor/o
ovary
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orchid/o
testes
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peps/o, peps/ia
digestion
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pyel/o
pelvis of the kidney
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salping/o
fallopian tube
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scler/o
tough, hard
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spermat/o
sperm
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ureter/o
ureter
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urethr/o
urethra
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ur/o
urine
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hepat/o
liver
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pharyng/o
pharynx
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esophag/o
esophogus
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enter/o
intestine
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proct/o
rectum and anus
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rect/o
rectum
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cholecyst/o
gallbladder
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col/o
colon
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pancreat/o
pancreas
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an/o
anus
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stomat/o
mouth
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cheil/o
lips
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gloss/o
tongue
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alges/ia
sense of pain
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myel/o
spinal cord, bone marrow
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dactyl/o
fingers
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phas/o
speech
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phleb/o
vein
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plas/o
formation
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erythr/o
red
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melan/o
black
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pyret/o
fever
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xanth/o
yellow
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chlor/o
green
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amni/o, amniot/o
fetal sac
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gravid/a
with child
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gyn/o, gynec/o
woman
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metr/o
uterus
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mamm/o
breast
104
mast/o
breast
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men/o
menses, menstruation
106
para
bear, bring forth
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blephar/o
eyelid
108
core, core/o
pupil
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corne/o, kerat/o
cornea
110
cycl/o
ciliary body
111
dipl/o
double
112
ir, irid/o
iris
113
lacrim/o
tear
114
ophthalm/o
eye
115
retin/o
retina
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scler/o
sclera
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bronch/i
bronchio, bronchus
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laryng/o
voice box
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ment/o
chin
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nas/o
nose
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pleur/o
covering of the lung
122
pne/o
air, breathe
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pneum/o
air, breathe
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pneumon/o
lung
125
thorac/o
thorax
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trache/o
windpipe
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trach/e
trachea